Greek Gyros

Greek Gyros - pronounced either 'yeer-o' or 'heer-o' depending on who you ask - are one of my favourite things to make (and eat!). I got this recipe from my good friend Colleen, it is super yummy!
This meal is so full of flavour and so easy to make, I have these ingredients on hand almost all the time so I can whip it up in no time. The first couple of times I made it, I used store bought tzatziki, but then I learned how to make it from scratch and it tastes way better. If you are curious, I would say this meal is around 300-350 calories, depending on what type of yogurt you use and what type of pita.

Gyros
1 chicken breast
1-2 TBSP Greek seasoning
1-2 TBSP olive oil
red onion
green pepper
kalamata olives
feta
tomato
lettuce
whole wheat pita
homemade tzatziki

Tzatziki
1 large cucumber, peeled (optional)
1 cup Greek style yogurt
1.5 TBSP fresh garlic (paste)
1-2 tsp fresh lemon juice

Slice the chicken into long, thin strips coat with oil and Greek seasoning and bake until done.

While the chicken cooks you can make your tzatziki.
First, peel the cucumber (unless you want the peel, then skip this step) then grate it use the smallest side of your cheese grater into a mesh strainer and push out as much juice as you can (if you don't have a mesh strainer, grate it onto a large piece of cheese cloth and then fold it up and ring out the juice that way...if you don't have cheese cloth, a regular strainer will work too). Place the grated, de-juiced cucumber in a medium size bowl and add the last 3 ingredients. Mix well and set aside.

For the tzatziki, I have used both plain yogurt and Greek style yogurt and I find the Greek has so much more flavour than the regular plain (but also has more calories). Greek yogurt is more bitter/sour and has more of an acidic 'lemony' type flavour to it, I find this makes a much nicer tzatziki because those are the types of flavours you look for in a good tzatziki!

Wash and cut up the rest of your veggies and when the chicken is done, pile it all into the pita, wrap it up and enjoy! It can get a little messy, so I wrap the bottom half of mine in tinfoil to catch the drippings.
I am going to warn you, this dish is quite garlicky, so make sure to eat some minty gum afterwards!
Enjoy!