With all of that delicious fresh produce, I wanted to find a recipe to use some of it last night. I have been craving Greek food for a while, so I found a recipe for
tzatziki sauce on a great
food blog and marinated some chicken to go with it.
Here is
Kalyn's Kitchen's recipe:
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Tzatziki (Greek Yogurt and Cucumber Sauce)(Makes about 3 1/2 cups. You can cut the recipe in half, but it's so good, you really shouldn't. Recipe courtesy of Georgette.)
3 cups Greek Yogurt (or regular plain yogurt, strained as described above)
juice of one lemon (about 3 T)
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 medium cucumbers, seeded and diced
about 1 T kosher salt for salting cucumbers
1 T finely chopped fresh dill (can substitute mint leaves for a slightly different version)
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
If you don't have Greek yogurt, strain plain yogurt as described above. Peel cucumbers, then cut in half lengthwise and take a small spoon and scrape out seeds. Discard seeds. (If you use the small seedless or European cucumbers with few seeds, you can skip this step.) Dice cucumbers, then put in a colander, sprinkle on 1 T salt, and let stand for 30 minutes to draw out water. Drain well and wipe dry with paper towel.
In food processor with steel blade, add cucumbers, garlic, lemon juice, dill, and a few grinds of black pepper. Process until well blended, then stir this mixture into the yogurt. Taste before adding any extra salt, then salt if needed. Place in refrigerator for at least two hours before serving so flavors can blend. (This resting time is very important.)
This will keep for a few days or more in the refrigerator, but you will need to drain off any water and stir each time you use it.
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It was a delicious recipe and we put the chicken on Greek flat bread with feta. Yum! I've also been dipping the leftover flat bread in the tzatziki sauce as a snack this afternoon :)
P.S. A big thank you to
The Baffled Blogger who gave me the One Lovely Blog award! Go on over and check out her blog if you haven't; she is trying to reach 50 followers!!
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