The other night I found myself faced with a daily question "What will I make for dinner?". As I stuck my head in and out of cupboards, the freezer, the fridge, I came across a box of falafel mix and decided that was it. Falafel for dinner, with rice and greek salad, perfect! Things went great making the meal but I realized that I really wanted some tzatziki to go with it and I didn't have any. I wasn't going to run to the store for it but I thought why not google the recipe and see if I have what I need to make it. I chose a recipe from "allrecipes.com" and checked my cupboards against the ingredient list. I had everything I needed except the only yogurt I had was vanilla flavoured. This made me doubtful that I was doing the right thing but I thought "What the hell, worse case scenario I throw it out." I didn't make the portion of the recipe they instructed for - it was calling for 2 containers of yogurt! I just needed enough to get me thru my meal so I scaled it back considerably. I used 3 tbsp of yogurt as my base and just winged it from there on portions of other ingredients. And I have to tell you I am sooooo glad that I went ahead with it. I think I actually liked this version of tzatziki better than regular tzatziki. The vanilla gives it just a little bit of sweet that is so delicious. I love it when my careless kitchen habits turnout for the good. This one paid out in spades. I now want to always make my own vanilla tzatziki and I'm going to share my "recipe" with you.
3 tbsp Vanilla flavoured Greek Yogurt (Liberte brand)
2 inches of a cucumber peeled and finely chopped
a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
a few dashes of lemon juice
a dash of salt
a good grinding of pepper
1.5 tsp of fresh (or frozen) dill
1 small clove of garlic minced
put all your ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Taste and alter as your taste buds allow.
example - if it tastes too sweet add more lemon juice, if it tastes too tart add more yogurt - but only small portions at a time.
I think you will really like this, I had a couple people at work give it a taste and they liked it as much as I did so it's not just me!
Enjoy!
I was out of plain Greek yogurt and only had vanilla. I searched to see if anyone else had given it a try. Thanks for posting and it does taste good.
ReplyDeleteAccidentally used vanilla yogurt, weird tasting. Can I use the sauce any other way than to go with grilled skewers?
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The garlic and vanila is a bad combo imo
ReplyDeleteI accidentally bought vanilla and it tasted horrible! Take my advice...Save the vanilla for something else and go buy plain!!
ReplyDeleteI bought vanilla by accident as well, and didn’t realize it until I dipped my first chip. Yuck. However, I didn’t have another cucumber (nor any plain yogurt) so I kept adding things until it was tolerable. A lot of cumin, coriander, more vinegar, lemon, and garlic salt. Basically trying to drown out the sweetness. Sorta worked
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