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Homemade Greek Gyros & Pita Breads

Written by Published on Updated on June 3, 2019 in Main dishes, Mediterranean cuisine

Happy Monday everyone!! 

I hope the weekend was a good one for everyone.  A brand new week has begun, and so much to get done. One thing I know I won’t be doing today is talking, 🙁   I lost my voice on Friday due to talking to much while tutoring.  I know understand why my teachers/professors had a glass of water on their desk and sore throats.

I have a lovely blogger friend Ritu, and a good friend in Greece Frances who both teach younger children.  Ritu’s blog is But I Smile Anyway, she is an exceptional writer and I absolutely adore her, her talent, sense of humor.  Frances is a very good friend of mine and a fantastic human being,  and has been teaching younger children for quite a number of years. I just wanted to say to both of these ladies, that I  now understand just very little of what your job entails, and your students are very very lucky to have you as their teachers. 🙂  I only do this part time, and yet I lost my voice, but  I am enjoying it. 🙂 (not losing my voice part) hehehe

Last Thursday was the start of the Carnival and TSIKNOPEMPTI which is also celebrated 11 days before ASH MONDAY or otherwise know was in Greece as CLEAN MONDAY (KATHARI DEYTERA). When we lived in Greece, we would celebrate the start of the three week carnival by going out that day/night.  Since we have been living in NL tradition is not easy to celebrate.  My hubby was working so I decided to celebrate TSIKNOPEMPTI late again, 🙂 by making my own little version of Greek Gyros, with some of my Sweet Paprika baked French Fries and baked Pita Breads. It is quite odd to celebrate on different days, but we need to keep celebrating to keep in touch with our traditions/cultures where ever we are on this planet. 

It turned out quite good even without a normal oven. 🙂  (I have a micro/oven in this house I no no no like)  🙂

Have a great week everyone!! 🙂

HOMEMADE GREEK GYROS & PITA BREADS

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo Pork or Chicken
  • 1 cup Olive Oil
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1/4 cup Oregano
  • 1/4 cup Parsley
  • 2 Tablespoons Mustard mild
  • 2 Tablespoons Paprika sweet
  • Tzatziki
  • Onions diced
  • Tomatoes sliced
  • Pita Bread

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl add the olive, vegetable oil, stir.
  • Add in the oregano and mustard.
  • continue with the paprika,
  • and last but not least the parsley.
  • Mix all the ingredients and pour over the meat.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge overnight. Place one piece on top of the other and use skewers to hold the meat together. Place in a pre-heated oven at 180 and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
  • I cut the pita breads into smaller pieces and sprinkled a bit of vegetable oil, and paprika. Baked them for about 10 minutes.
  • Cut meat into smaller pieces, place on pita along with tzatziki, tomatoes, onions and some of those delicious baked french fries.

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

12 Comments

  1. Ritu
    March 4, 2019 at 8:29 am  ·  Reply

    Aw thank you for the mention Sophie 💜
    Its a crazy job, but someone has to do it, and I must say, I love it! 😍

  2. popsiclesociety
    March 4, 2019 at 9:41 am  ·  Reply

    Yummy 😋It looks really good! Thank you!

  3. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    March 4, 2019 at 11:06 am  ·  Reply

    Your homemade gyros looks absolutely amazing, Sophie! 🙂 <3 My husband would definitely love it… Hopefully, your voice is back soon! <3 Hugs!!!

  4. dtills
    March 4, 2019 at 6:27 pm  ·  Reply

    So sorry about your voice! I once had to teach a 5 hour lab with just a whisper😂, I know how you feel!
    The gyros look amazing😋🌟

    • foodzesty
      March 5, 2019 at 6:20 am  ·  Reply

      Wow!!! 5 hours???? It hurts Dee how could you have possibly taught??? Strong ladyyyyyy!!! Thanks so much 🙂

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