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Pitta pocket

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Ingredients

Ingredients
½ wholemeal pitta bread
25g cooked skinless chicken breast
¼ cucumber, cut into chunks
4 cherry tomatoes, halved

Direction

Fill the pitta half with the chicken breast, cucumber and cherry tomatoes.

Pitta pocket

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