Menu:
Chicken Kebabs
Rice pilaf
Tzatziki sauce
Salad
Pita Bread
Dessert:
Chocolate cake with chocolate and buttercream frosting.
The original recipe can be found here, but I changed a few things based off what I had available and what I wanted to spend time doing.
This fed four adults and two toddlers with some leftovers.
6 chicken breast cut up in chunks marinated for at least an hour.
Souvlaki Marinade
12 tbsp fresh lemon juice
6 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 rounded tbsp smoked paprika
1 rounded tbsp of sweet paprika
1 rounded tbsp of sweet paprika
2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 cloves minced garlic
After marinading the chicken for an hour I diced up half of a red onion, one green pepper, and one red pepper.
You can skewer the chicken and grill them, but I didn't realize that I was all out of skewers and tried broiling the chicken. It turned out SO yummy. I broiled the chicken for 20 min (I think), tossing the veggies and chicken half way through. The broiler caramelizes the chicken and veggies similar to the grill, but because it is sitting in juice keeps everything really moist. I would adjust the time in the broiler based off the thickness of your chicken.
Place the chicken with the rice pilaf and tzatziki sauce on the side (can be found on the link above or buy it from your local grocery store.)
*My changes to the recipe include adding two more chicken breast, not pounding the chicken out, doubling the marinade recipe and instead of two tablespoons of smoked paprika, one smoked and the other sweet. I also broiled my chicken instead of grilling it on skewers.
My friend does this amazing thing for salad dressing that is fresh and keeps a salad from turning into another way to eat fat.
Salad:
Baby greens
Grape tomatoes
Red onion
Shredded carrots
Feta cheese
Persian cucumbers
Dressing:
Just put all the ingredients directly on top of the salad before serving
A good squeeze of lemon
Garlic salt
pepper
Then you can have fun with it by adding different herbs. For this salad I added fresh mint and dried oregano. Then experiment with vinegars as well. I used a good splash of red wine vinegar on top of the salad.
Toss thoroughly and enjoy!
As for dessert I used this recipe for both the chocolate cake and frosting. The only change I made was whole wheat flour. It actually tasted really good with whole wheat flour. The recipe for the vanilla buttercream turned out perfect and made a ton. I love being able to freeze homemade frosting for other occasions!
After marinading the chicken for an hour I diced up half of a red onion, one green pepper, and one red pepper.
You can skewer the chicken and grill them, but I didn't realize that I was all out of skewers and tried broiling the chicken. It turned out SO yummy. I broiled the chicken for 20 min (I think), tossing the veggies and chicken half way through. The broiler caramelizes the chicken and veggies similar to the grill, but because it is sitting in juice keeps everything really moist. I would adjust the time in the broiler based off the thickness of your chicken.
Place the chicken with the rice pilaf and tzatziki sauce on the side (can be found on the link above or buy it from your local grocery store.)
*My changes to the recipe include adding two more chicken breast, not pounding the chicken out, doubling the marinade recipe and instead of two tablespoons of smoked paprika, one smoked and the other sweet. I also broiled my chicken instead of grilling it on skewers.
My friend does this amazing thing for salad dressing that is fresh and keeps a salad from turning into another way to eat fat.
Salad:
Baby greens
Grape tomatoes
Red onion
Shredded carrots
Feta cheese
Persian cucumbers
Dressing:
Just put all the ingredients directly on top of the salad before serving
A good squeeze of lemon
Garlic salt
pepper
Then you can have fun with it by adding different herbs. For this salad I added fresh mint and dried oregano. Then experiment with vinegars as well. I used a good splash of red wine vinegar on top of the salad.
Toss thoroughly and enjoy!
As for dessert I used this recipe for both the chocolate cake and frosting. The only change I made was whole wheat flour. It actually tasted really good with whole wheat flour. The recipe for the vanilla buttercream turned out perfect and made a ton. I love being able to freeze homemade frosting for other occasions!
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