It's summer

[chanaleh]

I have invented a new sandwich: hummus, avocado [half of one, sliced], and tzatziki (cucumbers and onion in goat-milk yogurt with some thyme and dill), wrapped in a whole-wheat tortilla.

Hmm. The alternate title for this is probably "how to gross out my mother in one easy step." Next stop: tofu with mushrooms in Szechuan sauce!

Also, it's official: I shall go with greenlily et al. to this Sunday evening's performance of Much Ado, at 7pm (heading straight over from Davis Sq. after Lion rehearsal). Who's joining us? :-)

Note to self: buy coffee. I just drank the last 5 cups of it.

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

I've yet to find a good commercial prepared tzatziki. Trader Joe's sells Greek (pre-strained) yogurt, which makes a good base, as it's less watery than regular yogurt. When I make tzatziki, I usually put in the garlic and dill first (I find thyme too strong...) and let it sit for a while, then add the cucumber right before I plan to eat it. Same thing when I make raita (less yogurt, more cucmber, different herbs). The cucumber just makes the yogurt too dribbly. :)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I made my own, too. I guess I did use dill in addition to thyme. But it's the goat yogurt (that should be what the "Greek-style" yogurt is, too) that makes it taste like tzatziki and not raita, to me.

The thing to do (although I didn't this time, either) is salt the cucumbers ahead of time and let them sit for a bit to draw out some of the water.

[mitchellf.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the one they sell at Whole Foods (ne Bread and Circus)? I haven't tried it, yet, but I've been looking at it in that "well, maybe next time when I have more money to spend" kind of way. However, if you've tried it and didn't find it good, then I won't bother. Let me know--I like yummy yogurt-based foods (*she said while finishing her Stoneyfield Farms chocolate-truffle flavored organic yogurt which she bought yesterday at Whole Foods...which used to be Fresh Fields here*). :-)

[donnad.livejournal.com]

When you chop up the cucumber, do you remove the seeds? I found it doesn't make it as soupy if I deseed the cucumber first.

[coraline]

the tzatziki at dave's fresh pasta in davis square is really good... addictively so. i can eat a whole container in one evening.