*A pretty obvious movie reference

One day last week, I found some beef stew meat on super sale (nearing its sell by date) so I picked it up for $2. I came home and contemplated what to do with it. It was a gorgeous day – not a stew kind of day. I didn’t have anything else defrosted so I didn’t want to freeze it. I was in the mood for Greek food. So I improvised. I marinated the beef in some Greek spices. I made tzatziki sauce based on this recipe.  (I used a whole cucumber and grated it rather than slicing it.  I also used 2 cloves or garlic and a little extra dill because it was a little bland for my palette.)  And I made a big Greek salad with this Greek dressing (scaled down to 10 servings instead of making a gallon).  The dressing has nothing but raves on All Recipes but I don’t know that I would rave about it.  It tastes very much like a dressing in a Greek restaurant…we liked it – Steve more than me probably.  But it wasn’t AMAZING.

I marinated the beef for about 5 hours in this:

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons grill seasoning, (I used Montreal Steak Seasoning)

I broiled the meat because our grill is currently out of commission.  I used light original Flatout Flatbread instead of Pita bread for sandwiches (just because it was significantly fewer calories/carbs).  I hadn’t tried them before and they were good.

Verdict: We liked it.  I don’t think I would use that cut of beef again.  But I’m seriously thinking about doing the exact same thing with chunks of chicken this week since we have tzatziki and flatbreads left.  It would also be yummy with chunks of lamb and maybe skirt steak cut into strips.

I’ll link this up to Rachel’s Mouthwatering Mondays once it is up.