Cucumber-Yogurt Dip Recipe - Cooking Index
Serve it with vegetable crudites and toasted pita bread wedges. The recipe can easily be doubled.
Courses: Dips and Spreads, Starters and appetizers1 | Cucumber - peeled, seeded, | |
And finely chopped | ||
3/4 cup | 177ml | Yogurt cheese* |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Fresh lemon juice |
1 teaspoon | 5ml | Extra-virgin olive oil |
1 | Garlic clove - minced | |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Salt |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Freshly-ground black pepper |
Parsley sprigs |
* To prepare yogurt cheese, spoon 1 1/2 cups plain nonfat yogurt into a coffee filter or a cheesecloth-lined strainer; place it over a bowl. Refrigerate, covered, at least 5 hours or overnight. Discard the liquid in the bowl. Makes 3/4 cup yogurt cheese.
In a medium bowl, combine the cucumber, yogurt cheese, lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Refrigerate, covered, until the flavors are blended, at least 1 hour. Serve garnished with the parsley.
This recipe yields 2 servings.
Per Serving: 91 Calories, 2 g Total Fat, 0 g Saturated Fat, 0 mg Cholesterol, 333 mg Sodium, 9 g Total Carbohydrate, 0 g Dietary Fiber, 7 g Protein, 224 mg Calcium.
Serving Provides: 1 Fruit/Vegetable, 1 Protein/Milk, 1 Fat.
Points Per Serving: 2
Source:
Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes by Weight Watchers
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