Tzatziki Recipe: How to Make Greek-Style Yogurt Sauce

Greek yogurt

🥗Healthier: strained cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: regular yogurt

Strained cottage cheese offers a similar texture with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats while being cost-effective.

fresh dill

🥗Healthier: dried dill

💰Cheaper: parsley

Dried dill is a convenient alternative, while parsley adds freshness.

lemon juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lime juice offers a similar acidity, and vinegar is often more affordable.

Stir 8 ounces of Greek yogurt to soften it up.

Peel, chop, and seed one medium-sized cucumber, then stir the cucumber chunks into the yogurt.

Dice half a red onion and stir it into the yogurt.

Zest the skin of one lemon and strain in the lemon juice, then stir both into the yogurt mixture.

Chiffonade about 1/4 cup of fresh mint leaves and gently fold them into the yogurt mixture.

Season the mixture with salt and fresh black pepper.

Cover the tzatziki and let it sit in the fridge to chill until ready to serve.

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