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Cucumber-Yogurt Dip

Serve it with vegetable crudites and toasted pita bread wedges. The recipe can easily be doubled.

Courses: Dips and Spreads, Starters and appetizers
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Cucumber - peeled, seeded,
  And finely chopped
3/4 cup 177mlYogurt cheese*
1 tablespoon 15mlFresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon 5mlExtra-virgin olive oil
1   Garlic clove - minced
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly-ground black pepper
  Parsley sprigs

Recipe Instructions

* 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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