Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Lauren's Gyros

Lauren's Gyros
from whatsinlaurenstummy

Sauce:
8 oz plain fat-free yogurt
1 cup cucumber - peeled, seeded, and shredded or finely chopped
Salt
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp olive oil
'Meat':
1 pkg Morningstar Farms Steak Strips mealstarters
1 or 2 pinches of dried rosemary, crushed with your fingers
2 cloves minced garlic
1 Tbsp olive oil
Other ingredients:
2 pitas, sliced in half to form 2 pockets apiece
1 plum tomato, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
1/4 cup reduced-fat feta cheese

For the sauce, combine all ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.Toss all the ingredients for the meat (steak strips through olive oil) into a skillet and saute until crispy and cooked through.Put the pita pockets in the microwave for 30 seconds to get them nice and warm. Divide the steak strips evenly inside each pita pocket. Add tomatoes, onion, feta, and sauce. Eat.

I made a few changes myself to the recipe. 1) I combined all the seasonings for the 'meat' (olive oil, rosemary, and garlic) beforehand and let them kind of work together for a bit. I strained the yogurt beforehand because my mom always does and it makes the sauce a little thicker. I grilled the pita pockets which makes them super yummy and kind of crisp on the outside. I left out the feta cheese because try as I can, I cannot learn to like feta. I added chopped up cucumber and arugula to the veggie mix.

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