Recipe: Tzatziki Salad

Traditional tzatziki is a dish with Greek origins that is served as a side dish or topping to meat or with bread. Shredded cucumbers, yogurt and garlic, along with herbs, make up the dish. Our Tzatziki Salad is a trimmed down, short-cut method of making something wonderful very quickly. The cucumbers are coming in fast and furious now, so we will be enjoying Tzatziki Salad very frequently!

Ingredients:

• 2 cucumbers
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 cup Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method:

1. Mince garlic. Mix with yogurt and salt.
2. Peel cucumbers. Cut in half and then dice into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Mix together until well combined. Enjoy!

This recipe was written by Janice Leach and originally posted on AnnArbor.com on Aug. 6, 2011.