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Easy Tzatziki Sauce (made with Greek Yogurt)

July 18, 2017 by caricampbell 3 Comments
Easy Tzatziki Sauce

Easy Tzatziki Sauce (from Greek Yogurt)

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This easy tzatziki sauce requires only a handful of ingredients and is made primarily from Greek Yogurt.  It’s fast, nutritious, and goes great with my Paleo Cauliflower Falafels!

How to eat this easy tzatziki sauce.

It’s really good with raw vegetables, like cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and broccoli.  It’s also great with the cauliflower falafels (as noted above), or with kabobs, roasted eggplant, or roasted chicken!

What’s in it?

Simple ingredients:

  • Greek Yogurt
  • Dill
  • Basil (or mint)
  • Garlic (just one clove for 1/2 cup yogurt.  Trust me on this!)
  • Lemon
  • Olive oil
  • Minced cucumber
  • Tahini (optional)

The exact recipe is below.

Give this a try with your next Mediterranean dish!

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Easy Tzatziki Sauce (from Greek Yogurt)
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 

Try this easy sauce to go with all sorts of vegetables, including cauliflower falafels!

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Servings: 2
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt
  • 1 tbsp dill, minced
  • 2 tbsp basil (or mint)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp tahini (optional)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup cucumber, finely chopped
  • juice of 1/3 lemon
  • salt as desired
Instructions

  1. Chop of your herbs, garlic and cucumber and combine with the yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil and tahini.  Salt to taste.

    So easy!