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Healthified Gyros & Tzatziki Saucziki

June 23, 2010 8 Comments

Tonight, I had a craving for gyros. Mmmmmm…. Can’t remember the last time I had one of those.

The task at hand: satisfy this craving as healthfully as possible.

I decided to go with ground turkey for the meat to stuff my gyro. I combined the following ingredients and formed a meat “log” which I cooked on the george foreman grill for about 7 minutes.

5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey
sprinkling of dried oregano, S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, red pepper flakes

Then I sliced the meat into long strips and placed atop a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita:

And topped it off with the KEY component of any gyro: Tzatziki Sauce! I mixed up the tzatziki sauce about an hour before grilling the meat. It consisted of:

2 tbsp Oikos plain greek yogurt
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated cucumber
S&P, Dill weed
1 clove garlic, minced

Tzatziki ingredients in the bowl:

All together now!

I used some of the leftover cucumber to make a small cucumber salad (sliced cucumber, dill weed, white vinegar):

YUM!!! This really hit the spot! I do want to note that the meat was a little on the dry side. I personally didn’t really mind because I doused it in the yummy Tzatziki sauce. Next time, I’ll either add some of the shredded cucumber to the meat or try shredded zucchini and/or onion.

Stats on the gyro: 278 calories, 24g carbs, 4g fat, 39g protein, 7g fiber

Despite this delicious dinner, the night did not end on such a happy note:

What’s that, you ask? Ohhhh… that…. Whelp, that’s my iPhone, chilling in some rice, because I apparently dropped it on my way in the door and let it sit outside in the rain for three hours. 🙁

Hopefully this rice trick I found on google with do the trick and suck all the water out!

QUESTION OF THE EVENING: What was the dumbest thing you did today?

P.S. to respond to this question click the little blue button that says “Leave a comment” … look right below this line… just a little further… You can do it! 😉

Recipes

Healthified Gyros & Tzatziki Saucziki

June 23, 2010 8 Comments

Tonight, I had a craving for gyros. Mmmmmm…. Can’t remember the last time I had one of those.

The task at hand: satisfy this craving as healthfully as possible.

I decided to go with ground turkey for the meat to stuff my gyro. I combined the following ingredients and formed a meat “log” which I cooked on the george foreman grill for about 7 minutes.

5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey
sprinkling of dried oregano, S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, red pepper flakes

Then I sliced the meat into long strips and placed atop a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita:

And topped it off with the KEY component of any gyro: Tzatziki Sauce! I mixed up the tzatziki sauce about an hour before grilling the meat. It consisted of:

2 tbsp Oikos plain greek yogurt
1 tsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grated cucumber
S&P, Dill weed
1 clove garlic, minced

Tzatziki ingredients in the bowl:

All together now!

I used some of the leftover cucumber to make a small cucumber salad (sliced cucumber, dill weed, white vinegar):

YUM!!! This really hit the spot! I do want to note that the meat was a little on the dry side. I personally didn’t really mind because I doused it in the yummy Tzatziki sauce. Next time, I’ll either add some of the shredded cucumber to the meat or try shredded zucchini and/or onion.

Stats on the gyro: 278 calories, 24g carbs, 4g fat, 39g protein, 7g fiber

Despite this delicious dinner, the night did not end on such a happy note:

What’s that, you ask? Ohhhh… that…. Whelp, that’s my iPhone, chilling in some rice, because I apparently dropped it on my way in the door and let it sit outside in the rain for three hours. 🙁

Hopefully this rice trick I found on google with do the trick and suck all the water out!

QUESTION OF THE EVENING: What was the dumbest thing you did today?

P.S. to respond to this question click the little blue button that says “Leave a comment” … look right below this line… just a little further… You can do it! 😉

What I ate

Veggies–It’s what’s for dinner.

June 10, 2010 1 Comment

Earlier in the week, I came across a recipe for Grilled Black Bean and Rice Stuffed Peppers and decided to try them out for dinner tonight. I omitted the oil and used brown rice, but otherwise followed the recipe and seasoned to taste.

My pepper:

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Pepper with all the stuffings

I went with a yellow pepper instead of green. I’ve always thought that green peppers get this weird toxic taste about them when they are cooked. I love raw green peppers but can’t stand em cooked. Odd huh?

You would think the best part of these peppers would be the pepper itself — but you’d be wrong! It’s the cilantro and lime combo! I forgot how much I L-O-V-E that combination (could be because it SCREAMS chipotle). All I needed was a big dollop of gauc on top. Mmmm.

Overall – two thumbs up on the peppers. Next time I think I’ll make some sort of salsa or guac to go along side it.

Stats on my pepper: 296 Calories, 62 Carbs, 3 Fat, 11 Protein, 11 Fiber (that’s a lot of carbs… wonder if they make low-carb beans and rice?)

First attempt at roasting veggies went ok (emphasis on ok). I think I actually overroasted them, but despite that fact they were still super tasty. I’ll have to play around with my roasting methods!