77 Ways to Pocket-fy Your Meals
Okay, here’s the dealio…we are obsessed with pockets. What is a pocket? It is a meal stuffed into a triangular pocket of deliciousness using flatbread strips and your filling of choice. We exclusively use our holy grail flatbread, Cutdacarb, because it’s easy to work with, takes on whatever flavor you season it with, and it fries up fast as hell. We rely on pocket-fying foods because it is a is a low carb hack to control your carb intake but also still get the satisfaction of eating your favorite foods.
The idea for pocket-fying things is based on our love of Hot Pockets (cue theme song) and the technique of folding a paper football or Greek Spanikopita (shout out to my grade school friend’s Yia Yia for showing us how to do this when we were 8 years old). The technique to fold is the same for all of these. See diagram below:
The pocket-fy process involves picking your filling of choice, adding it at the bottom of the flatbread strip, and using the folding technique shown above.
We deep fry 90% of our pockets in avocado oil. The rest are either pan fried in butter or baked in our toaster oven after being sprayed with avocado oil. Our Keto baes have used their air fryers as well.
Here is a bomb ass list of things you can pocket-fy to give you some meal inspo (we added links to the recipes we’ve posted and also suggestions for ones that may not be as obvious):
1. Pastrami & Swiss, topped with coleslaw and Russian dressing
2. Banh mi – pate/mayo + Vietnamese cold cuts & pickled veggies, dipped in spicy soy sauce or tamari
3. Cheeseburger with hottie bites pickles dipped in ketchup and mustard
4. Pb and jelly
5. Churro with cheesecake filling
6. Pizza filling dipped in pizza sauce
7. Ham and Cheese
8. Philly cheesesteak dipped in cheese whiz
9. Meatball mozzarella dipped in marinara
10. Jalapeño popper dipped in ranch
11. Chorizo breakfast dipped in hot sauce
12. Egg and bacon/sausage dipped in ketchup
13. Steak and cheddar dipped in horse radish
14. Broccoli & Cheese
15. Bbq beef and cheese with a side of coleslaw
16. Taco meat dipped in salsa and sour cream
17. BLT on a bed of shredded lettuce
18. Chicken Pot Pie filling
19. Chicken parm (chicken tossed in Parmesan, garlic powder, and marinar dipped in marinara
20. Caprese drizzled with balsamic vinegar
21. Pulled pork and Cheese with a side of coleslaw or cauli mac n cheese
22. Chicken cordon bleu – Chicken n Swiss dipped in a garlic aioli
23. Spinach artichoke dip filling
24. Fajita chicken dipped in sour cream and guac
25. Egg roll filling
27. Spanikopita
28. Buffalo chicken dip
29. Chili cheese dog pockets
30. Potsticker filling
31. Beef Wellington pocket
32. Crawfish Pie filling
33. Meat pie filling
34. Boudin pocket
35. Pate chaude filling
36. Sambusa filling
37. Hoagie filled with salami, provolone, banana peppers, turkey, drizzled in submarine dressing
38. Italian sub filled with salami, pepperoni, capicola, onion, provolone, dipped in marinara
39. Tuna melt
40. Reuben (corned beef with sauerkraut) dipped in Russian dressing
41. French dip (roast beef with au jus)
42. Italian dip (slow cooked beef with giardiniera)
43. Lobster roll
44. Fluffer nutter (marshallow creme and peanut butter or else marshmallow flavored whipped cream cheese with PB
45. Sloppy joe
46. Gyro meat and onion dipped in cucumber dill sauce
47. Hot brown – slow cooked turkey filled and dipped in mornay sauce
48. Croque monsieur – ham and gruyere
49. Shawarma pocket – chopped chicken mixed with onions and dipped in garlic sauce with a side of cucumbers and tabouli
50. Zatar spiced meat with a side of tabbouleh
51. Club pocket (ham, turkey, avocado, bacon) dipped in garlic aioli
52. Monte Cristo – ham and cheese with mustard, rolled in egg, fried, sprinkled with powdered sugar
53. Lasagna pocket
54. Pudding filled
55. Sugar Free Nutella filled dusted with powdered sugar
56. Cheesecake filled dipped in strawberry sauce
57. Strawberry shortcake – filled with strawberries and dipped in whipped cream
58. Caramel apple using chayote
59. Pecan pie filling with vanilla sugar free ice cream
60. Pumpkin pie filling with cinnamon sugar sugar free ice cream
61. Blackberry pie filling with whipped cream
62. Blueberry pie filling with sugar free ice cream
63. Strawberry rhubarb filling with whipped cream
64. S’mores pocket dipped in chocolate
65. Samoa pocket – chocolate pudding filling, drizzled with caramel sauce and toasted coconut
66. Banana cream filling – instant banana cream pie pudding using whipping cream instead of milk
67. Ice cream pockets – flash fried
68. Coconut cream filling dipped in chocolate
69. Peanut Butter chocolate filling
70. Jelly donut filling with powdered “sugar” dusting
71. Baklava filling
72. Eclair filling, dipped in chocolate
73. Napoleon – custard filled, dipped in chocolate
74. Tiramisu filling dusted with cocoa powder
75. Fruit salad – berry blend with monkfruit dipped in whipped cream
76. Key lime pie filling
77. Chinese egg custard filling
