Zacchary Bird
Zacchary Bird
The vegan butcher, the vegan baker and the vegan trouble maker.

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SOUVLAKI

Every component of this recipe is delicious on its own: marinated skewered vegan chick’n, hot chips dipped in dairy-free tzatziki and fresh Greek salad with tangy blobs of feta.. But it’s when you wrap these components together in warm flatbread that you create the most blessed of Greek flavour combinations Zeus himself would descend Mount Olympus for. This recipe is adapted from Vegan Junk Food: A Down & Dirty Cookbook using the brand new additions to the Mylife Bio range at Woolworths Australia!

I am obsessed with the brand new marinated feta and tzatziki spread.. two particular ingredients I have dreamed of being veganized and available everywhere. I am positively stoked to help you try them this month with my exclusive Woolworths discount code! Use ZAC5 at the Woolworths Online checkout during November to get 5% off the Pizza Shreds, Cheddar Slices, Cheddar Block, Feta, Halloumi & Tzatziki from Mylife Bio.. that’s on top of any specials and getting free delivery with your first shop! Now you’ve got every excuse to treat yourself to a souvlaki and stock your fridge up with delicious dairy free cheese!

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Vegan Souvlaki

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Makes 4 Souvs

Ingredients:

  • juice of 2 lemons
  • 4 teaspoons chopped oregano leaves
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 350-500 g seitan or vegan chicken, cut into bite-sized chunks
  • olive oil, for drizzling, if needed
  • Mylife Bio Tzatziki spread
  • 4 Lebanese flatbreads
  • hot chips, to serve


    Greek Salad
  • 1 cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced
  • 250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 60 g 1⁄2 cup pitted Kalamata olives, halved
  • 1/2 green capsicum (bell pepper), thinly sliced
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • olive oil, for drizzling
  • pinch of dried oregano
  • 100 g (31/2 oz) Mylife Bio dairy-free feta, crumbled

Instructions:


To make the Greek salad, combine the cucumber, tomato, onion, olives and capsicum in a large bowl. Season well with salt and pepper, drizzle over a little olive oil and add the dried oregano. Toss through the feta and set aside.

Combine the lemon juice, fresh oregano, garlic powder, paprika salt and pepper in a shallow bowl. Add the seitan or vegan chicken and toss well to coat in the marinade. Divide the seitan or vegan chicken into four portions and place onto bamboo skewers.

Preheat a chargrill pan over high heat. Add the skewers, drizzling any extra marinade over the top. If needed, drizzle a little oil over the top and place a heavy pan over the skewers to press irregular pieces of the skewered ‘meat’ onto the hot pan. Cook, rotating frequently, until heated through and char marks appear on all sides of the ‘meat’. Remove the skewers from the pan and set aside.

Add the flatbreads to the hot pan one at a time, flipping until warmed through. Transfer to plates.

Smear loads of Mylife Bio tzatziki spread over the flatbreads. Slide the ‘meat’ off the skewers onto the wraps. Divide the salad among each wrap and serve with the Greek salad and hot chips on the side or, better yet, inside.

Use ZAC5 at the Woolworths Online checkout during November to get 5% off the Pizza Shreds, Cheddar Slices, Cheddar Block, Feta, Halloumi & Tzatziki from Mylife Bio.. that’s on top of any specials and getting free delivery with your first shop!

Vegan Junk Food: A Down & Dirty Cookbook is my first published cookbook jammed full of jokes, cooking tips and every recipe you could need to transform your kitchen into your favourite fast food places from around the world. It’s a behemoth!

This big, beautiful book is going to look so damn good on your coffee table or, ideally, splattered with food and open on your kitchen bench. I can't wait for you to see the gorgeous photography, read the results of years of cooking junk food for all kinds of people and try ALL OF THESE GLORIOUS RECIPES!

FROM THE BACK: “Vegan food isn’t all steamed tofu, kale chips and mung beans. The greatest plant-based feasts are often dripping in greasy goodness, covered in sauce and heavy on the (vegan) mayo. Vegan Junk Food is proof that skipping animal products doesn’t mean missing out on delicious and calorific eating. This down and dirty cookbook is surely the future of vegan food.”