Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Here in the US it is a long weekend for most of us. Memorial Day is often celebrated by grilling up some good food and spending time with friends and family. I love a good hot dog and burger, but if you are looking for something a little different you might want to check out these recipes for grilled curry salmon and macaroni salad. As you can see below, it looks delicious and is a nice change from the regular cook out food.



I hope you all have an awesome long weekend!

Favorite Things #52 - Cooking Sunday

I cook a lot more than I actually blog about, and I love Sundays when I can do cooking for the week and make a meal that doesn't need to come together quickly.

This is what my kitchen usually looks like on a Sunday morning.



By the end of the day it is all cleaned up again and ready for the week. This Sunday I made some Thai Meatballs with noodles that Tom actually ate with me and really liked.



I will share the recipe soon because I know I want to have these again soon!

The Deen Brothers' Marinated Chicken Gyro Wrap

Have I mentioned that I have way too many cookbooks? My Mother In Law used to manage housewares at Dillards and they would get in a lot of celebrity chef cookbooks. She picked up a Deen Brothers cookbook and it has some really good recipes in it. The one I chose is a chicken gyro. I love all the flavors in a gyro and this just lightens it up by using chicken. Of course Tom would not eat this because of that vexing protein so this was cut in half.



This recipe is in two steps, the marinade and then the cooking.


For the marinade you need chicken, olive oil, garlic, oregano, cumin, salt and pepper.


Cut your chicken into 1 inch pieces.


Get it in a bowl and add your garlic, I just used my garlic press to mince it.


Add in the oregano, cumin, salt, pepper and olive oil.


Cover it and put it in the fridge for at least an hour.


After it has marinated it is on to round 2, cooking and eating. Preheat your oven to broil and lets gather ingredients. You need pita bread, dill, onion, greek yogurt, garlic, lemon juice, tomato, cucumber and lettuce. I didn't have lettuce so it didn't make it on my gyro.


Chop your dill and onion.


Get the yogurt, dill, onion, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper into a bowl and stir to combine.


Get the chicken out on a tray, I used nonstick foil on mine for easy cleanup. Pop it under the broiler for about 6-8 minutes.


While the chicken cooks chop up your gyro toppings.


Smear your sauce on a warmed pita and you are almost ready to eat!


Get the chicken out of the oven and layer some on the pita with your veggies.


This was so good, and so easy to make. I made way too much sauce but Tom helped me take care of it by using it as a veggie dip for the leftover cucumber. If you don't make the whole sandwich I would definitely recommend making the sauce as a light and tangy dip.