Tzatziki – Cooling Cucumber Dip

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23
Jul 2020

Summer is in full swing and we got cucumbers in the garden. Time to make this delicious cucumber dip or Tzatziki sauce. Tzatziki is a very refreshing Greek appetizer consumed with pita chips or, in my case, blue corn tortilla chips.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Greek or regular plain yogurt (remember “plain”)
  • 1/2 of big cucumber
  • 1 TBS full fat sour cream
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 TBS olive oil
  • fresh dill chopped (about 1 teaspoon full, it really depends on your taste, I personally think dill and pickles make a very good combination)
  • Salt and pepper to taste. If your chips are salty you don’t need to add much salt.

Preparation

Peel and grate the cucumber and drain through a fine mesh sieve or simple squeeze it with your hands.

In a medium bowl combine the yogurt, sour cream, crushed garlic and oil. Add the cucumber, salt, pepper and chopped dill and mix well. You can refrigerate for later consumption or enjoy this refreshing dip right away.

Kali Orexi (enjoy)!

Alina Warner, CHC is a Certified Health Coach through the Health Coach Institute. She is the founder and owner of Wellness Within You, a health and life coaching practice. Alina has an MBA from the University of Iowa and 15 years of project and program management experience. She left the corporate world to pursue her life’s dream to make our community healthier one person at a time. Alina is a master of habit change and helps people unlock their health potential, boost their energy and lose weight through nutrition, movement and stress management. She has successfully coached clients to adopt healthy habits by providing the right tools, offering continuous support and holding them accountable to their goals.