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Best recipes with Greek yogurt

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greek_ggirl

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Greek yoghurt is one of the most versatile ingredients when I'm cooking. It can be substituted anytime you have a recipe that requires cream cheese or cream. It's one of my favourite substitute because I've been on a diet lately and watching my calories. These are some of my favorite recipes that use Greek yogurt!

Greek yogurt cake
Green goddess dressing with Greek yogurt
Mango lassi with Greek yogurt instead of milk/kefir
Tzatziki
Frozen yogurt

The possibilities are endless
 
I am always looking for ways to use Greek yogurt in cooking. I often buy a big tub of yogurt, and then don't eat it fast enough. I make a delicious Greek yogurt cake perfumed with orange zest, and then I top it with an orange glaze (I mix fresh orange juice with confectioners' sugar and spoon it over the cake). You can use any yogurt cake recipe, but then just add the zest of one orange to it.
 
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