Steinway Street: Greek Pita Wraps

When I first moved to NYC, I had no idea that I was moving to a predominantly Greek neighborhood. So if I had known back then how much I would come to love Greek food, I would have been very surprised. You see, now that I have lived amidst souvlaki, saganaki, tzatziki and lemon potatoes for the past 5 years, I have totally fallen in love!

While getting Greek take-out in my 'hood is pretty easy, every now and then I want to make it for myself! So after a quick trip to my local grocer over the weekend, I was able to whip up this recipe for Greek Pita Wraps!

First, I started with a plate full of fresh veggies: lettuce, cucumber, tomato and red onion.

To that I added Kalamata Olives. (My grocer has a self-serve olive bar, and actually offers Kalamatas with or without pits. For the purpose of this recipe, I went pit-less!)

Once I'd washed and dried the veggies, I diced them up.

(I ended up using a whole tomato, half a cucumber, half of a (small) red onion, and about 8 olives.)

While at the grocer, I also picked up a slab of feta cheese. My grocer's deli sells over 10 different kinds of feta, but the guy behind the counter assured me that this was a good choice (and then he only charged me for half of the slab... gotta love my neighborhood!).

So I broke off a chunk and crumbled it up... (please ignore my pruney fingers- I had just finished doing my dishes!)...

And added it into a bowl with the rest of my veggies.

So while I had most of the wrap ready, I still hadn't tackled the Greek dressing. I wanted to make some from scratch, so I headed to my cupboards and came up with the following recipe: