Sometimes it's just better to do it yourself...

And sometimes it's not.

Out of some serious lunch envy inspiration, I made some type of bizarre decision to forgo stopping by Pita Jungle and instead attempt making my beloved Hummus with Grilled Sirloin myself. After a somewhat lengthy trip to Sprout's which ended up being significantly more expensive than a single dish at Pita Jungle, some frantically hungry cooking with intrigued cats looking on - I had a dish that somewhat resembled what might come out of Pita's kitchens.

To be honest, the failing was less with my abilities and more to do with the pitas I purchased being just a tad too thick and sweet.

So, is recreating restaurant favorites really worth it? Let's examine...

Pita Jungle Version

1. Place phone call to 411. Obtain Pita Jungle number.
2. Call Pita Jungle and order grilled sirloin hummus.
3. Continue driving for 10 minutes on way home.
4. Park.
5. Walk into restaurant, pay approximately $12 and continue home.
6. Enjoy hummus.

My Version

1. Continue driving 10 minutes to Sprout's on way home from work.
2. Park.
3. Pick up basket. Remember to peruse coffee. Coffee snobbery results and continue through to yogurt.
4. Pick up box of favorite crackers on way to yogurt.
   
5. Discover large container of favorite yogurt. Continue to red peppers for lunch next day.
6. Explore beers for guests visiting on weekend. Ignore beer after faced with too many options.
7. Pick up sirloin.
8. Return sirloin after guilt rises up when viewing all natural and grass fed options. Select new sirloin.
9. Pick up container of hummus. No grinding of chick peas tonight!
10. Head to bulk for pine nuts.
    
11. Go through bulk aisles again after first search fails. Find pine nuts and package.
12. Select pita (wrong one!) and continue to check out.
13. Pay approximately $27 and continue home.
14. Put away all groceries.
15. Turn on pan, season sirloin and cube. Place into pan at medium high.
16. Open hummus and arrange into decorative swirl on plate.
17. Add pine nuts to sirloin and brown.
18. When cooked, place sirloin nut mixture over hummus.
19. Microwave pitas for 20 seconds to warm.
20. Kind of enjoy hummus while checking work email.

Well. Really. All I can say is to try and support your local restaurants, folks.