Sunday, August 29, 2010

Tzatziki Salad

Ok, so this is my recipe of the week. I love Greek food - especially Tzatziki sauce (even though I can't spell it!) so I decided to use the same ingredients to make a salad plus I added beans for texture and protein and tomatoes and olives for color . If you really have to add meat, chicken would be good. Here is the recipe:

2 medium cucumbers or 1 english cucumber
4 Green Onions
1 can cannellini beans or chick peas(aka garbanzo beans) (whichever you like better)
Juice and zest of 1 small lemon
1 T dill weed (half this if you are using fresh dill)
1 tomato
Kalamata olives (1 small jar or about 1/4 cup)
1/2 c mayonnaise
1 small container of Greek Yogurt (or about 1/4 cup)
4 oz chopped feta

Mix the Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Dill, Yogurt and Mayonnaise in a large bowl.

Chop the cucumber, onion (make sure you include the greens!) and tomatoes and add them in a bowl.

Add the kalamata olives and chopped feta. Stir to combine.

Let the flavors marinade for an hour. Taste to see if additional salt is needed (the olives and feta are very salty so you may not need to add more - but you may not be able to tell if the flavors don't have time to mix first!)

Enjoy!

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