Recipe and photos by Launie Kettler
When it comes to loving salads, well, we’re salad lovers. As in, when we make a salad, we might whisper sweet nothings to it while it stares up at us from a bowl or platter.
“You’re gorgeous, baby,” we’ve been known to whisper.
And we don’t just go nuts for salads in the spring, summer, and fall, when we can scoop up gorgeous ingredients from the farmers market, either.
In the depths of winter, we find ourselves lingering in the produce aisle transfixed by all the beauty and color that lay in bins and under little spigots of water.
Because, when the days are dark, and the nights are long – there’s just nothing better than a rainbow of color splayed out with some succulent meat to create the perfect meal.
And, with January in its full-on winter mode, our minds wandered to the sunny shores of Greece. Which, of course, made us think of gyros.
Which, of course, made us think of turning that amazing sandwich into a salad. Because, why not? It is January after all.
So, grab your F.N. Sharp Damascus Steel Utility Knife and wooden cutting board, some gorgeous vegetables, herb-covered chicken, and quick tzatziki sauce. You’ve got a trip to the Mediterranean to take!
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Other Thoughts: You can go as wild with ingredients as you want here. You can add feta, black olives, green olives, roasted pepper strips, or fresh herbs. Take a deep dive into the back of your condiment shelf, and have a good time with it.
Chicken Gyro Salad With Homemade Tzatziki Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
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About the Recipe Creator
Launie Kettler is a food writer and photographer who cooks big food in a small kitchen in northern Vermont. Her husband and cats are tolerant of the fact that she plays the same Wilco and Son Volt albums over and over while pontificating about the beauty of cumin.
Launie is also the co-author of The Everything Mediterranean Slow Cooker Cookbook and her recipes have been featured in Where Women Cook, Fresh Magazine, and on Salon.
You can find and follow Launie's adventures on her social handle @teenytinykitchenvt on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and her blog at TeenyTinyKitchen.com.
