Greek Night-Tzatziki and chicken

Here is what we had for dinner.  Tzatziki sauce, Greek chicken, rice pilaf, and saute zucchini. You need to prepare the tzatziki at least two hours before I made mine the day before.

Here is what you need. Olive oil, plain Greek yogurt, two english cucumbers, garlic, lemon, black pepper, and dill.

peel the cucumbers

Slice in half and then into small stripes.

Mince garlic
Sprinkle salt on cucumber and place in bowl and cover and let it rest for 5 min to draw some water out of the cucumber (I forgot to take a picture) Wring excess water out after five min similar to wringing water out of a towel.

Food process the cucumbers and garlic.

Stir in two cups of Greek yogurt

Add some black pepper, a table spoon of olive oil, and lemon juice (Remember to buy dill at the store so you dont have to wait for your husband to come home with it)

Mix all together

Mix in a tablespoon of dill when he gets home

Refrigerate for at least two hours

Sprinkle chicken with Mediterranean seasoning

Heat up some olive oil and fresh garlic

 Cook chicken evenly

Remove from the pan and keep warm in the oven

Slice up the zucchini and add more garlic and live oil if needed

Add to same pan as the chicken with all of the leftover bits still in it

Sprinkle some of the same seasoning on it

 

 I made rice pilaf to go with the chicken and zucchini

Dish up and serve with tzatziki sauce

He's eating zuchinni with a smile

Ckicken Pesto Pasta

Here's what you need.  A couple of tablespoons of olive oil, a cup of pesto, pasta, chicken, cream, black pepper, garlic, red pepper flakes, seasoning salt, and Parmesan cheese.

Saute several cloves of minced garlic in the olive oil.

Add about a cup of pesto.  You can make your own or buy it.  Today I bought it but sometimes I make it in a food processor.

 Add a cup of cream

Add about a coup of grated Parmesan cheese (more or less depending on your preference)

Add red pepper to taste ( Emma says we like things spicy)

Add some seasoning salt

Let it simmer while you make the pasta and chicken

Cook chicken with black pepper

Put pasta in bowls

Add sauce

Add chicken and enjoy

Real Homemade Lemonade

So, for the next couple weeks we are on a really tight food budget so I had a munch of lemons and some semi-old strawberries.  So, I decided to made some strawberry lemonade.  (I spiked it with a little sweet wine but you can just use all water if you want.

Here's what you need.  3/4 cup of white sugar, 1 cup lemon juice (fresh is best but you can use bottled) a few strawberries, water, ice, and sweet wine (optional)

Mix one cup of water with 3/4 cup white sugar and heat on a low medium heat until it dissolves.

 When it is done it will be clear.

Cut several lemons in half

Juice until you have 1 cup of juice. 

Slice a lemon into rounds for garnishing

Dice up a few strawberries

Put lemon juice into the pitcher.  I use one with plunger.

Add water/sugar mixture

Add 1/2 cup of sweet white wine (optional)

Add 3 1/2 cups of cold water (4 if you left out the wine)

Add strawberries

Plunge a couple of times

Garnish with a lemon slice and add some ice.  If you are serving with one day you can add lemon slices to the pitcher but if it will be a couple of days the lemon rind will leave a bitter taste.

Enjoy with a good friend.  Depending on your taste preference you may need to adjust the lemon/sugar/wine ratio.