Refreshingly cool and tangy all at once, tzatziki has a lot going for it. I needed a dipping sauce for some zucchini fritters, and tzatziki sounded like a delicious pairing. I love that this sauce goes with anything- fritters, fish, chicken, veggies, you name it- you can even use it as a marinade (though I have yet to test that). Feel free to dip away guilt-free because all the ingredients are pretty healthy! Whipping up a batch only takes about 10 minutes, which is all good by me.

Personally, I found it just a tad too tangy for my taste using 4 cloves of garlic so I recommend using just 2-3 depending on how you like it.

Tzatziki Sauce

• 2 cups Greek yogurt
• 1 cucumber
• 3 garlic cloves, diced
• 2 tbsp fresh dill- about 10 sprigs
• 2 tbsp lemon juice- about 2 small lemons
• 2 tbsp olive oil and some extra for drizzling
• salt and pepper to taste

Add the two tablespoons of olive oil to the yogurt in a small bowl.

Peel cucumber, then cut in half and remove the seeds. Chop into small pieces and add to yogurt with garlic.

Cut lemons, squeeze juice into yogurt mix.

Cut dill leaves from stems (I’d rather not chew on large pieces of dill). Chop into fine pieces and add to the bowl. 

Mix all the ingredients together, then taste to see if you want to add salt and pepper. Refrigerate for about an hour to get all the flavors to really meld together.

Serve with olive oil drizzled atop with a few fresh pieces of dill. Tada!