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Week 5... almost 6

So I think I'm one of the worst bloggers ever. I told you I would make a meal every Saturday and post it. Well I broke that. This past weekend I was super sick, as I posted, and so I didn't make my meal until Sunday. Also, I'm not posting it until almost the next weekend. I'm not very good at this.

I've also made a realization, you may be looking at my pictures and thinking, "This looks bloody good! But there's no recipe!" Please ignore my use of bloody. I've been watching a tv show with a British dude who says bloody a lot. So I have decided to post recipes! Here goes my first attempt with less then normal pictures and a recipe.

We made beef pitas with yogurt sauce.
Or if you're plain like me you can whip up some sour cream to go with it.

The for dessert we had chocolate covered cheesecake bites. There were oh so yummy.


Beef Pitas w/Yogurt Sauce

1 cup plain yogurt
1/4 minced parsley
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 lb steak
1 onion
4 tsp olive oil (I used extra virgin)
4 pitas
(I added sour cream. I got plain old Daisy and then just whipped it until it because a nice creamy consistency. I also added lettuce to my pitas. I just grabbed a head of iceberg and shredded it to the size I wanted.)
1. For sauce, combine yogurt, parsley, garlic, and salt. Refrigerate until you need it.
2. Get a ziploc bag and combine  oregano, rosemary, salt, pepper and beef. Try to get all of the beef covered evenly so you don't get a big bite of oregano on one piece and salt the next.
3. Brown the onions in the oil. Take them out then saute the beef. Put all of the above on a pita and viola!

Chocolate-covered Cheesecake Squares
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup melted butter
16oz cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
24 oz chocolate (I used semisweet but it was a little too bitter to me. I would recommend using milk chocolate)
3 tbl shortening

1. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil and grease it. Combine the crumbs and better and press them in.
2. For the filling, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and sour cream. Then add the eggs and vanilla. Pour it over the crust.
3. Bake at 325 for 35-40 minutes. Let it cool, then refrigerate it, then freeze it overnight, or about 6 hours.
4. For the coating, melt the chocolate and the shortening in the microwave until it's melted.
5. Lift the cheesecake out of the pan by using the foil and cut it into bite size squares.
6. Now all that's left is to dip them in the chocolate and enjoy!

TTFN

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