Cool Tzatziki
The most refreshing thing you can spoon onto anything.
Mediterranean Lore
Tzatziki was already the health-food hero of the sauce world — until the restaurants started cutting whole-milk yogurt with olive oil until it drank like a milkshake. Ours goes back to the honest version: cool, garlicky, cucumber-flecked, and 25g of protein in the batch. (Extracted from the Chicken Shawarma page — it belongs anywhere, not just on shawarma.)
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Cool Tzatziki
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Macros: USDA FoodData Central + House Pantry yogurt standard (0% Greek, 130 cal/24g protein per cup) • as written.
The Numbers Up Front
Yield: ~11 oz / 310 g (about 1⅓ cups)
Default Portion: 2 tbsp
Per 2 tbsp: 15 cal • 2g protein • <1g fat • 1g carbs
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
Almost nothing to cut — that's the point. Building on nonfat Greek yogurt instead of the full-fat-plus-olive-oil restaurant version saves about 30 calories and 3g of fat per 2 tbsp, and the honest win is the protein density: this is a dip that actually feeds you.
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📊 Before & After(per 2 tbsp)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurant Tzatziki (whole-milk yogurt + olive oil) | 45 | 1g | 4g | 2g |
| ⭐ Cool Tzatziki | 15 | 2g | <1g | 1g |
| You Saved / Gained | −30 cal | +1g protein | −3g fat | −1g carb |
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