Spent all afternoon in the kitchen, but man was it worth it.
I did a big Greek meal tonight.
First up was some zucchini fritters. Grated zucchini, eggs, flour dill, onions, garlic powder, salt, pepper all fried in a bit of oil. A bit of horseradish sauce made these puppies delicious. I've got most of the "batter" in the fridge to be fried tomorrow when they get taken to the inlaws.
Next, there's a big batch of spanakopita. One batch is going to the inlaws, the other will probably be devoured in the next day or two. The fillo dough was filled with spinach, dill, feta, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Lastly I made a pretty good attempt at gyro meat. Two pounds of ground lamb went into a blender (to intentionally overwork the meat and combine the ingredients better) with onion, garlic, oregano, salt, and black pepper. From there it went into a loaf pan for a half hour before being dumped out and roasted for another half hour.
There's also some tzatziki with homemade Greek yogurt and some pita pockets (still trying to figure out how to get them to puff up properly, as these turned out more like tortillas).