High Protein Tzatziki Dip or Sauce
A delicious and easy to make High Protein Tzatziki Dip is here! Made with Greek yogurt or cottage cheese, it doubles as a sauce or soup.
Yield: 2 Bowls
Calories: 190kcal
Cost: $2.75
Materials
- 1 ½ Cups Greek Yogurt Plain (High Protein!)
- 1 ½ Teaspoons Dill Weed Dried or 1 1/2 Tablespoons Fresh
- 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 2 Teaspoons Minced Garlic
- ½-1 Scoop Protein Powder Unflavored (Optional)
- 1 Cucumber
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Xanthan Gum Optional to thicken!
Instructions
Food Processor (Quickest)
- Peel (optional) and chop up your Cucumber into chunks
- Add all of your ingredients into your food processor
- Pulse until combined but not smooth (keep the texture!)
Mixing Bowl (Best)
- Peel (optional) and dice up your Cucumber
- Add your diced up Cucumber into a strainer bag
- Do your best to squeeze as much moisture as you can out of your Cucumber (save the juice!)
- Add all of your ingredients into a mixing bowl
- Mix everything together
Soup or Sauce
- Make it a soup or sauce by keeping the moisture in your Cucumber and adding in water, milk substitute, or both until you reach your desired soup or sauce consistency
Video
Notes
Whole recipe with Fat Free Greek Yogurt:
*without Protein Powder
- Calories: 380
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 622mg
- Carbs: 21.6g
- Fiber: 2.4g
- Sugar: 14g
- Protein: 42g
*without Protein Powder
- Calories: 190
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 311mg
- Carbs: 10.8g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Sugar: 7g
- Protein: 21g
*with Protein Powder
- Calories: 484
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 809mg
- Carbs: 21.6g
- Fiber: 2.4g
- Sugar: 14g
- Protein: 68g
Nutrition
Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.8g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 311mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 7g