Tzatziki
Slice the cucumber lengthwise and with a spoon, dragging it down the center of the cucumber remove the seeds.
Grate the cucumber and place it into a bowl with the salt. Let it sit for 20 min. while you get the rest of the ingredients ready to extract the water from the cucumber.
Mix yogurt with dill, garlic, lemon juice, and white pepper.
Drain the cucumber in a sieve and with the back of a spoon gently squeeze the cucumber to get as much moisture out of it as you can.
Mix into the yogurt mixture, cover and refrigerate for 2 hours so that the flavor can meld.
Souvlaki
Whisk olive oil into the lemon juice slowly.
Then stir in the garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and umami.
Place chicken in a Ziploc bag and pour marinade over.
Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Slide meat onto skewers with desired veggies and grill on a medium BBQ until the chicken is cooked all the way through.
You can omit the veggies and just do meat kabobs but we like our veggies in this house, the more the merrier!!
Rice
Cook rice according to package directions with the lemon juice, stock, and butter.
When done fluff with a fork and serve with the pine nuts and parsley. So good!!!