Healthy Low Carb Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce

I had to get out in the glorious weather for lunch today. It's a bit overcast but the temperature is perfect, 72 degrees. I walked to the corner gas station aka Ekko's Greek Deli (corner of Richmond and South Rice). The special today was Beef or Chicken Souvlaki (2 kabobs)with fries or Greek potatoes, pita bread and a drink for $8.50. I of course being the good low carb girl that I am got my Chicken Souvlaki with a side Greek salad (dressing on side), no fries/potatoes/bread and Tzatziki sauce (on side). I ate one kabob which had chicken, onion and green pepper and half the salad with 3 forks of drizzled dressing and 2 spoons of Tzatziki on my chicken and squeeze a quarter of a huge lemon over all my food. It was awesome. I am not sure that the food was as awesome as just getting out of the office, lol. Oh, and those who know me know I am a sucker for sauces/dips/condiments so the Tzatziki sauce was my favorite part.

I am no Greek Food Expert but of the places I have tried I like their Tzatziki Sauce the best. I like Niko Niko's Village Greek Salad the best because it has no lettuce and a chunk of wonderfully salty authentic Greek Feta cheese, yummy, and their people watching is great too!

Ekko's Greek Deli http://www.datasegura.net/~ekkosdel/ Niko Niko's Greek http://www.nikonikos.com/

Here's a bariatric friendly low carb Chicken Souvlaki recipe with Cucumbers and Tzatziki Sauce http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/07/chicken-souvlaki-recipe.html. Send me your feedback if you try this recipe I'd love to hear if it's pouch worthy (as MeltingMama says).

I buy the yogurts with the most natural ingredients and the most protein. I buy Icelandic yogurt, Siggi's, at Whole Foods and Central Market. It has 120 calories and 16 grams of protein. You know us bariatric babies need all the protein we can get but note this yogurt is more of a true yogurt flavor versus the flavor/sugar/filler pumped lowfat yogurts like Yoplait so it takes some getting used to. It's also on the pricier side, $2.50 each, but it's like most high quality foods you get what you pay for. http://skyr.com/products.html . I also buy Fage Greek yogurt at Whole Foods and Central Market and even HEB. http://www.fageusa.com/products.aspx#/products/classic . Oh and there's Oikos by Stoneyfield http://www.stonyfield.com/oikos/index.jsp.