I had an awesome lunch today. I went to a greek restaurant and ordered their Mediterian Chicken pita without the pita, ofcourse! It was chunks of seasoned chicked sauteed with mushroom and spinach with melted feta cheese on top. It was so good! Something you could even make at home. Had a small greek salad with it and taziki sauce (sour cream, cucumber and seasonings)! Low carb living is definately the way to go! YUM!

Thought I would share incase if you were ever wondering if you could still have greek food and follow the program!

So, I am not eating after 7 PM, but reading your post made my mouth water and I am drooling for that. Maybe will try to recreate it for lunch tomorrow. I could live on tzatzki (sp??). When I was in Germany, they put it on EVERYTHING. Grilled sausage, steak, bread, everything, and I just fell in love with it. Even learned how to make it at home!

Thanks for the idea,

Amy

Amy,

Could you please give me the recipe for the taziki sacue? i would really appriciate it!

1 (32 ounce) container plain yogurt
2 cucumbers
1 medium head garlic
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste


Directions
1 Place the yogurt in a large square of double cheesecloth. Tie the cheesecloth at the top and let any excess liquid drain for about 4 hours. (Also works with coffee strainers)
2 Peel cucumbers; remove seeds with a spoon. Shred the cucumbers, then squeeze to drain excess liquid.
3 Peel and mince garlic.
4 In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add yogurt, cucumbers and garlic and stir until evenly combined. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Depending on whether or not you are eating yogurt, this also works well with sour cream. It is just a bit looser. Or lots of times I will do half and half of each.

In Germany, they use a product called Quark to make theirs, which is a cross between sour cream and cream cheese. If you are brave in the kitchen, you could try this with maybe 3/4 sour cream and 1/4 cream cheese. Not sure how it would work, but hey, anything with garlic is usually pretty tasty!

Now you have my taste buds watering...I may have to make some for this week!

Amy

Amy,

Thanks so much for the recipe! I will try to make it this week!