LOX | Sugar-free salt cure

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Greek yogurt provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

salmon

🥗Healthier: trout

💰Cheaper: mackerel

Trout is often lower in price while still offering a similar taste.

Select a small glass container for curing the salmon.

Trim the salmon fillet if needed to fit in the container.

Use a microplane to zest a lemon.

Add enough lemon zest, dill, and salt to completely cover the salmon fillet.

Loosely cover the container with Saran wrap.

Refrigerate for 24 hours to cure the salmon.

After 24 hours, remove the salmon and rinse off the cure under cold water.

Prepare a cucumber salad with coconut yogurt, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and lemon juice, and stir to combine.

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