A Greek and Middle Eastern combination. Chicken Shawarma wraps with Greek Tzatziki sauce.
Oh my – this is delicious! I will make again.
Jim ate 4 of these wraps – I preferred it as a salad. I will share the two websites for the recipes. The chicken recipe is easy, and the sauce recipe takes special ingredients.
Shawarma wraps are Middle Eastern, though that is what the Greek food truck calls them where a friend of mine lives. In Greece, they are Gyro, pronounced yee-row.
Oh my! It’s going to be hard not to make this on a weekly basis.
Cook the pasta and the cheese tortellini according to package directions; drain. Return to pot; keep warm.
Prepare stir fry vegetables. Using a Julienne Peeler or a Spiralizer, cut carrot, yellow squash and zucchini into long julienne strips. Slice tomatoes in half and remove seeds; slice tomatoes into 1/4 inch strips or small chunks.
Heat extra virgin olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Add Tbsp of garlic (pressed); cook and stir about 3 minutes or until garlic is softened and begins to brown. Add carrot, squash, zucchini, sliced mushrooms; leftover meat (I had sausage and bacon), salt, pepper. Just have fun with it. Stir fry about 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
In the pasta dish; add about 1 Tbsp oil; salt, basil (chopped) and black pepper; toss gently. To serve, spoon pasta into serving bowl; top with vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately. Serves about 8
One of the local grocery stores had a sale on baby back ribs, and the foil was near them – I thought “I’m curious” Well they held everything in, i.e., the moisture – I cooked in oven for 2 hours. The ribs are fall off the bone delicious – there is no clean up – I’m hooked!
Preheat oven to 360 (temps vary in different areas – I’m in Indiana) I coated both sides of meat with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. I then browned the ribs on all sides in cast iron skillet which had left over bacon fat in it – Put all in bag – fold shut and put on cookie sheet – I had mine in oven for 2 hours. My family in Colorado might have to cook longer than that – probably 2 1/2 to 3
It would be very easy to open the bag and add BBQ sauce part way in to the baking time frame – the foil folds easily and opens easily and it opens wide – very heavy duty so no tearing.
This is delicious without the almond butter, but the Almond Butter adds a nice extra flavor to the bread.
Maraschino Cherry Almond Bread
1 jar (10 oz.) maraschino cherries
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup slivered almonds
Almond Butter:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 Tablespoon slivered almonds, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon almond extract Drain cherries, reserving juice; add enough water to juice to measure 1/2 cup. Cut cherries into quarters; blot dry and set aside.In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture alternately with reserved juice. Fold in the cherries and almonds.Pour into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely. In a small bowl, combine almond butter ingredients. Serve with bread.
Delicious – I would make this for gift giving. Here in Indiana, I had to bake it for 60 minutes. This recipe came from my Taste of Home Contest Winning 2010 Annual Recipes cookbook.
This is very moist. You want to pay attention to the line that mentions leaving this sitting overnight as it is so moist, it can fall apart when first out of the oven.
This is from the apple orchard cookbook . I’ve enjoyed baking many recipes from this little book.
The next picture shows how much liquid I had from the apricots – the recipe says to make this equal to 2/3 cup by adding milk
there is a reason the line that reads: Loaf is easier to slice if it stand overnight. It should say: Important to let this stand overnight before slicing
the next picture is the Apple Blueberry Bread which I shared mid January on here
Jim enjoyed this every day for breakfast. He said it is moist and delicious. I’ll check mark it to make again around Thanksgiving time.Taste of Home Fall 2015 Baking magazine
Chester and Buzby are two of the feral Toms we saved from the woods. Once we were able to tame them, we got them neutered and they stayed. They lay together on a blanketed chair on our front porch (which now has a tent over it due to the rain) They have the garage and shed to sleep in at night but during the day, they like to be close to the front door.
They have the run of these 10 acres and they do their best to chase off any other cats. Now and then, they’ll allow feral females, but not for long.
Jim calls them, “The Goodfellas” of the Shea property It fits them
We vacation in Indian Rocks beach Florida every year. Indian Rocks beach is about a 40 minute drive from Tampa airport. We have a driver pick us up at the airport because we don’t want to have to do anything while we are on vacation. His name is TJ, and we have been calling him for over 10 years to pick us up and drop us back off at the airport at the end of our trip. Indian Rocks Beach is in the middle of the island where you can find Clearwater and St Petersburg. We look forward to the very quiet beach at Indian Rocks. We catch a beach trolley to Johns Pass for shopping at my favorite Spice and Tea Exchange store and our favorite restaurant is the Friendly Fisherman – they have the best caprese salad and calamari. Vino Wines is a must stop for frozen wine drinks, we enjoy playing with a variety of flavors from there. Our favorite places to eat at Indian Rocks Beach are Crabby Bills where we always enjoy calamari and Rum Runner drinks. Jimmy Guanas has a delicious Thai Shrimp rice bowl, which we end up taking back to the hotel to store in refrigerator and heat up later when snacking and watching the ocean. The sunsets are amazing. The water is beautiful and we love falling asleep to the sounds of the ocean with our sliding glass door left open. The ice cream/coffee shop attached to Crabby Bills has the best chocolate/peanut butter shake called: Funky Monkey and we always go next door to the Hershey’s Ice Cream place for a treat to take during our stroll on the beach while watching the sunset. This is a beautiful and relaxing place to vacation.
Papas Cutting Board 