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Homemade Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce and Greek Salad
by Jes Mostek 		 
  Serve gyro meat on warm flat-bread pitas (use your toaster oven), and top with Tzatziki sauce, diced tomatoes, and thinly sliced onion.
In addition to the recipes, you will also need the following for this meal:
  1 pkg.  flat-bread (Greek) pitas
  1   tomato, diced
  1/2   red onion, sliced very thinly

Recipes:
Greek Salad
by Jes Mostek
serves: 4
  If you close your eyes as you much on this leafy salad you might just hear the waves of the Mediterranean splashing against the rocks.
Ingredients:
  1 bag   leaf lettuce mix
  1 med.   tomato, diced
  5   sun-dried tomatoes, sliced thinly
  10   pepperocinis
  1 jar   olives, kalamata or black
  1 lg.   cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
  1 pkg.   Feta cheese, crumbled
  1/2   red onion, sliced very thinly
    Greek salad dressing
Directions:
  Rinse and drain lettuce, and place in a large salad bowl. Then arrange tomoates, pepperocinis, olives, cucumbers, onions, and Feta atop leaves. Toss with dressing to serve.
Meatloaf Gyros
by Melanie Foster
serves: 6
  Cook this tasty meatloaf ahead, then just slice thinly and pan fry for tasty Greek sandwiches.
Ingredients:
  1 lb   ground beef
  12 oz   ground lamb
  6 cloves   garlic, minced
  2 tbsp   dried oregano
  1   egg
  2 tsp   salt
  1 tsp   pepper
Directions:
  Mix meat and firmly pack into a loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 1 to one hour and fifteen minutes, until firm and golden brown. Let cool at least 4 hours, or refrigerate overnight. Slice thinly. Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and sauté the sliced meat in a single layer until brown and slightly crisp on the edges, turning once, about 2 minutes per side.
To serve, heat pita bread in the skillet after the meat is all heated or under the broiler until heated.
Serve with sliced tomato and onion, Tzatziki Sauce, sour cream or any other favorite sauce.