In practice: Yogurt-based recipes

Tomato, Avocado, and Cucumber Salad

Tomato-Avocado-Cucumber-yogurt
Credits : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Selected for you this week : a quick and delicious summer salad recipe from Cheryl Sternman Rule. Every week, we bring you valuable quotes from around the web on yogurt.

If you’ve never traveled to a country where savory yogurt rules, you may be surprised by how much you love the simple and healthful marriage of diced salad ingredients with plain yogurt drizzled with olive oil. The clean flavors shine at breakfast, lunch, or anytime you need an energy boost. And yes, you can swap in any fresh, seasonal, raw vegetables you like.

Ingredients

Serves 1 or 2

  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • ½ avocado, diced
  • ½ cup diced unpeeled English cucumber
  • 1 thick slice tomato, diced
  • 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • Finishing salt, such as Maldon
  • Substantial sprinkling of minced fresh herbs or microgreens of your choice

Make

With the back of a spoon, spread the yogurt in a wide, shallow bowl. Sprinkle in the avocado, cucumber, and tomato. Drizzle with the oil. Season with salt and garnish generously with the herbs or microgreens.

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Cheryl opts for whole-milk Greek yogurt here and encourages you to do so as well.

Excerpted from Yogurt Culture, © 2015 by Cheryl Sternman Rule. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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