Chicken (or Beef) Greek Dinner

This is one of my go-to dinners for the family. It’s super versatile, you can use chicken, lamb, or beef and then add whatever toppings you have on hand, like feta cheese and kalamata olives and chopped cucumbers. The real star here is the tzatziki sauce - which is super easy to make and can easily be made high protein/low fat for weight loss. I hope you love it as much as we do!

Ingredients:

Chicken, -boneless/skinless breast, chopped and seasoned with salt, garlic powder, and oregano

And/or Beef/Lamb - either steak, thin-sliced, or ground beef formed into kafta - long skinny burgers seasoned with salt, garlic powder, and oregano

Cucumbers, julienned or half moons

Kalamata olives

Feta cheese, European origin for animal-based rennet (American rennet is made from mold)

Optional: small amount of peeled, seeded fresh tomato and/or a little chopped red onion, unless you have digestive or autoimmune disease (these are column 3 foods)

Tzatziki sauce:

2 Cups Greek Yogurt (nonfat for protein-sparing, full fat for weight maintenace or gain)

1/3 Cup cucumbers, minced

1 tablespoon each fresh dill and mint

1 t garlic powder

1 tablespoon lemon juice (half of a medium lemon)

sea salt

Instructions:

Grill or sauteed the chicken and/or steak in a cast iron pan after seasoning. If making kafta, combine the ground beef with the seasonings and form into long skinny meatball-shapes, frying in a cast iron pan until cooked on all sides. Arrange all of the ingredients on a large serving dish or place each topping in it’s own bowl so that guests can make their own plates with their desired toppings. Spoon tzatziki sauce on top and enjoy! This dish also goes well with the sauteed zucchini recipe as a side dish.