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Veg Gyro - Greek Style

July 18, 2009, Saturday dinner WHAT: flat Pita Bread (not the pocketed one) red onions tomatoes green bell pepper cucumber lemon juice, salt, pepper olive oil tzatziki (homemade or readymade) sweet potato fries /or regular fries (used frozen ones from Trader joe's) red chili powder  hot sauce HOW: Cut vegetables in long pieces and marinate them in some lemon juice, sall and pepper and olive oil for 2-3 hours warm pita bread on both sides..you can use some olive oil spread tzatziki on warm bread  add some hot sauce add some vegetables on top  add some sweet potato fries  roll the pita bread add more tzatziki from top and sprinkle some red chili powder enjoy! How to make  tzatziki: 3 tbsp. olive oil 1 tbsp. wine vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced salt, white pepper 1 cup green yougurt (strained) 2 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, drained and shredded dill (optional) Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix until

Green Curry Rice "egg roll"

July 23, 2011, Saturday Brunch WHAT: left over green curry (blend it so it is smooth paste to avoid big pieces of veggies in it otherwise it will be hard to roll) sticky rice (or left over rice) 2ggs 1 tbsp Soy sauce 1 tsp crushed garlic handful green onions handful basil sriracha sauce (or any hot sauce) salt - pepper HOW: combine crushed green curry and sticky rice, make sure it is not too liquidy   create sushi like log by rolling it in a bamboo mat or aluminum foil (like  http://mannyljr.typepad.com/ ). it should be about same length as your omelet diameter. combine eggs, salt, pepper, soy sauce, crushed garlic and green onion and make very thin omelet. put omelet on a flat surface, add lots of basil, sriracha sauce as first layer put sticky rice log on it and start rolling and at the end hold with toothpick you can use left over green curry[blended] as dipping sauce once done, you can cut in half or three pieces so it is edible size.