Recipe of the Week: Tzatziki

Tzatziki

Easy, refreshing and the perfect compliment to veggies (raw or cooked), meat (lemon greek chicken skewers, greek keftedes/meatballs, streak, gyro), pita bread or pita chips, and it is a part of every Greek Mezze Platter. Easy to make in about 15 minutes. Make it the night before, because like all Greek food, the longer it sits all mixed together, the better the taste!!

I found this cute picture showing all the steps.
Here are some highlights...but review the picture below for full recipe!!!!

1. Use higher fat plain yogurt, non fat yogurt has little taste and too watery.
2. Strain yogurt, if you don't have fabric to strain, I use paper coffee filters and that works well also
3. Remove seeds from cucumbers
4. Finely grate cucumber into a bowl, add salt and strain all excess liquid. You can squeeze the grated cucumber using your hands, but also leave it just straining/sitting in a strainer in the sink to get rid of all excess liquid.
5. Finely grate 2-3 gloves of garlic.....I use a microplane for super fine garlic
6. An ingredient I put in my tzatziki, not listed below, about 2 tablespoons for red wine vinegar.
6. Mix all ingredients together and cool in refrigerator.

Hungry Yet?? Cheers!! Enjoy!! Love, Val

**All food pictures downloaded from Pinterest**