Tzatziki Sauce - Greek Gyro Secret Sauce - PoorMansGourmet

Greek yogurt

🥗Healthier: strained cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: regular yogurt

Strained cottage cheese offers a similar texture with lower fat.

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 more accessible, while parsley adds freshness.

lemon juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lime juice offers a similar acidity, while vinegar is often cheaper.

Peel an entire cucumber.

Grate the cucumber and add it to a clean bowl with some white wine vinegar and a pinch of coarse salt. Mix and set aside to marinate.

Add a small clove of garlic to a food processor with a little bit of olive oil and blend until fine pieces are formed.

In another bowl, add plain creamy Greek yogurt, then add the garlic and olive oil mixture.

Throw in a healthy amount of dill and some more coarse salt and black pepper to taste. Fold everything together until mixed well.

Strain the cucumber by dumping it over a towel and ringing it out into another bowl, discarding the juice.

Add the strained cucumber to the yogurt mixture with a little bit of white wine vinegar and fold it in carefully.

Transfer the mixture to a clean bowl and refrigerate to let it marinate and thicken.

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