Tzatziki Sauce with Dill

Drain some low-fat yogurt overnight to make this yummy cucumber dressing. This is a delicious topping for grilled chicken or meat. It’s also a great dip for veggies and pita chips.

Step: 1

Line a colander with two layers of cheesecloth and place over a bowl. Scoop yogurt onto the cheesecloth and cover the colander with plastic wrap. Put in refrigerator to drain, 8 hours to overnight.

Step: 2

Place grated cucumber in a fine mesh strainer over a bowl; drain until most of the water is released, 1 to 2 hours.

Step: 3

Stir the drained yogurt, drained cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, parsley, and dill together in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

Per Serving: 20 calories; protein 1.6g; carbohydrates 2.5g; fat 0.5g; cholesterol 1.7mg; sodium 20.4mg.

One of most clear way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and choose something different. If you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple healthy dish . Made steak? Go for something light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a best idea to adjust with make a rice salad.

This also can apply to cooking method . You don’t want to push more often your oven by making to do list three dishes at once in there, or be rounding four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .