Monday, August 27, 2007

Greek + American = one great dinner




This past weekend I got a hankering for some homemade baked macaroni and cheese, and came across some delicious-looking tzatziki sauce at the store, so our dinner of chicken gyros and mac and cheese was born!


Jean's baked macaroni and cheese


7 tablespoons butter

7 tablespooons flour

salt and pepper

a dash Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon mustard
3 1/2 cups milk

12 ounces of shredded cheese, whichever's your favorite

3 cups elbow macaroni


Melt butter over medium heat, then whisk in flour, one tablespoon at a time, making sure that it's smooth. Stir in salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Slowly pour in milk, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Add cheese; let mixture come to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring frequently to preven milk from burning. Cook macaronis for about six minutes - you want them a bit firm. Combine sauce and elbows and bake for about 30 minutes at 350.


-I top mine with bread crumbs before it goes into the oven, and put a few squirts of Frank's Red Hot sauce when it's plated.



Easy chicken gyros


one pound chicken tenders

salt, pepper, oregano

a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice

lettuce, tomato and onion

pita bread

tzatziki sauce - I bought premade this time, but it's very simple to make - basically just plain yogurt, cucumber and dill


Toss chicken with spices, saute in a little olive oil. Squeeze some lemon juice over the chicken while it's cooking. Warm pita in the oven. Fill pita with chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion and sauce, fold up and enjoy!

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