From Photo Meetups to Hummus and Venison Gyros

The 21st Century Photographers had a terrific meetup, at Waterfront Park, Saturday morning, in the wee dawn hours.

My photos, from the meetup, are here. I finally ventured into the Flickr Pro world.. You can check out the pool of shots, too.

This meetup was fun and it proves that I need to get out more. I love the new way I look at things..

On our way home, we stopped at Whole Foods. I didn't feel I was really in need of anything, specifically, but it is a great place to be when one is hungry. I buy better foods, on a whim, at Whole Foods, I guess.

I picked up some ready-made hummus, in cilantro/jalapeno and red pepper. I also picked up some yummy looking Tandoori bread.

So, tonight, I faced a dilemma of how to serve these..

I also have two ground Doe's in my freezer. I've been trying, hard, to get away from the same meatloaf, every other day, too. I decided to have them ground, because I'm not doing real well with whole meat and Venison is so lean, that I often over cook it, and I'm quite burned on kitchen disaster's..

So I ventured to the 'zaar..

I knew I had also picked up some pita bread and some whole milk yogurt, without pectin, in it.

I loved the reviews of this recipe for Grecian Meatloaf Gyros. It ended up being a great success.

I didn't have enough Oregano, so I used Tone's Italian Seasoning, instead.

Tones Club Product Display via kwout

I substituted roasted red peppers, from a jar, for tomatoes, because I didn't have any tomatoes. I also used venison, that is mixed with beef, for fat.

The meat is very good. It is very flavorful and somewhat spicy. I sliced it thin.

For the sauce, I drained yogurt, on cheesecloth, in a strainer, while I prepared everything.. with cooking time, about 1.5 hours.

Nancy's Organic Whole Milk Yogurt - Nancy's Cultured Dairy and Soy via kwout

After it drained, I squeezed out as much water and possible, and added fresh minced garlic and lemon juice. I chopped my Euro cucumber in large chunks, too.

Other than those few changes, I followed the recipe for the amounts of seasonings and cooking temp/time.

I served it right out of the oven. I didn't plan this out, well enough, in advance, to cool it and refrigerate it, to fry it.. but I can't wait to try it that way.

I couldn't get the recipe to kwout, without interruptions with ads.. so I just took some crappy screen shots.. I wanted to move the recipe, here, in case anything were to happen to it, at its original source.

That is how much we enjoyed it! :) I will be making this again.

My family was thrilled that it was "new" and "different."

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