Easy Tzatziki with Toasted Pita Crisps

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I have been searching for a good tzatziki sauce and I have found it--would not change a thing! (well, I did cut the recipe in half and it was plenty.

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Mine was gross, the dill kinda overpowered.....Not sure what happened Followed the recipe but something went wrong. This is why I stick to the baked goods

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Wonderful and easy. I read all existing comments. I have nothing to add. Thanks Ina...you are appreciated in Silicon Valley, CA.

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I have now made this twice since September and will make it again for Christmas. This is one of the best tzatziki's I have ever had! Just full of bold full flavor! I made this exactly to the letter and would not change a thing. I do think that the garlic and salt where both very bold flavors, however, this is a dip or sauce served with heavy pita breads or meat which I think can stand up to this dip. I do agree with some other reviewers that Ina can have a heavy salt hand and I always think twice about wheather I want to use as much salt as she suggests. I also saw that another reviewer felt the cucumber was to watery, however, I did not have any problem with this...just make sure you take all the seeds out first and squeeze this well with your hands and it will be fine. I got over the top rave reviews on this and I served it with grilled pita bread triangles...I have to say that I was surprised at how much my diverse crowd went as crazy over this as I did. Just loved this!!

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First of all I just love to make many of Ina's recipes. This recipe was from an episode where the entire suprise dinner was greek. I love all of the recipes from this episode. I made the entire suprise greek dinner for my family when they were visiting from out of town. They all loved it as well. Many of them like the Tzatziki on the lamb also.

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I have never made Tzatziki without using olive oil. I suggest the user add a couple tablespoons of olive oil to this recipe.

This is great with warm pita bread, on bagels, and as a sandwich spread (instead of mayo.

It is pertinent that you pull as much water out of your cucumber as possible. You almost want your cucumber dried out as the water will ruin your sauce and build up after a day or so and become runny. I squeeze the water out by hand and then put it through a strainer and then I wrap up the ball of cucumber up in paper towels and squeeze some more.

I normally put this sauce on warm grilled pita bread points along with some crumbled feta and Greek olives and along side with spanakopita. I love salt so this recipe suited Me just fine. If unsure, add a bit at a time until you reach your liking. If I didn't have two bags of unopened pita chips I would be making Ina's today.

Remember to add the olive oil and if you are worried about the garlic? Incorporate a wee bit at a time again, to your liking.

I used 5 cloves and put them in My garlic crusher. This dip doesn't last long here as when I go Greek, I go all the way and make lemon rice soup (Cat Cora has a great recipe for that all though Mine is better. ; Greek pasta salad, Greek salad and Baklava.

It's pretty Greek here in My house today! Thank you Ina for another wonderful recipe.

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We loved this sauce. Since I find Ina to be a little heavy on the salt for my taste, I only added maybe half of what the recipe calls for. I would suggest adding small amounts to your taste as opposed to the full amount that Ina calls for in the recipe. I didn't find the garlic to be overpowering at all. I served this with the kebabs, although I substituted chicken for lamb. It's excellent with the kebabs. I made everything from this episode and it was a huge hit, especially on a hot summer day.

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This was delicious except for the overpowering garlic taste (and I love garlic.

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I love to eat Tzatziki, but have never made it before now. I followed the recipe exactly, but the finished result was a too salty for me. I added some extra dill, greek yogurt and sour cream, and that seemed to take care of the problem. So, a word of warning - don't add all the salt at once. Try maybe half of it, taste, and then add more if you think it needs it.

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My husband and I have always loved Gyros with this sauce so we thought we would try this recipe. Actually didn't use it with lamb but with Salmon. Our son wandered in as we were preparing dinner and couldn't wait to try the Tzatziki. This is one of the things he misses from his study abroad in Turkey. He learned to love it and gave this a 2 thumbs up. I put a little extra dill in and didn't have any problem at all with the garlic as the previous review mentioned. It's great.