This Zero Point Tzatziki is a tasty dip and makes a great accompaniment to grilled meat or fish. It is zero SmartPoints per portion on Weight Watchers Freestyle plan, WW Blue plan and WW Purple plan. It is 3 SmartPoints per serving on WW Green plan.

My favourite way to serve this creamy Tzatziki is smothered over Zero Point Butternut Squash Falafels in toasted Pitta bread.

Tzatziki, a staple in Middle Eastern cuisine, makes a fantastic accompaniment to grilled meat and fish.

However, it's also served in Turkey and Greece as a meze or a dip for bread.

Use it as a accompaniment for BBQ meat or scoop it up with some shop brought Low SmartPoint Crackers  (or if you are in UK, Low SmartPoint Crackers UK) for a low SmartPoint snack.

It's extremely easy to make, but you do need to follow a few steps to prevent you ending up with a watery mess!

Tips for making Zero Point Tzatziki:

• The majority of the water in a cucumber is found in the seeds. It's therefore, really important that they are removed from the middle of the cucumber before grating (pic 1)
• Remove the seeds by running a tea spoon down the middle of the cucumber
• It is up to you whether you peel the cucumber or not! I tend to if the skin is thick but I don't bother if the skin is nice and thin.
• Grate the cucumber using a coarse grater
• Quite a bit of water will be released from the cucumber when you grate it. To release even more of the water, place the cucumber in a clean tea towel (pic 2) and squeeze out as much of the excess liquid as you can before moving on to the next step
• Place the grated cucumber in a bowl with some finely chopped mint (if using) and minced garlic. Add lemon juice and salt and stir.
• Fold in the yogurt (pic 4).
• Taste and season further if needed.

Alternatives:

• Swap the mint for a tablespoon of chopped fresh dill.
• Use a mixture of chopped mint and chopped dill.
• If you don't like Greek yogurt you can use fat free natural yogurt instead.

How many SmartPoints in Tzatziki

Store brought Tzatziki can be quite high in SmartPoints so that's why I love to make this Tzatziki from fresh.

Weight Watchers changed their program at the end of 2019. It now includes 3 individual plans, giving anyone following the WW program lots of choice about how they use their SmartPoint allocation.

Using the official WW recipe builder I have worked out the SmartPoints for this Tzatziki for each of the plans.

• Freestyle Plan - 0 SmartPoint per serving
• myWW Blue Plan - 0 SmartPoints per serving
• myWW Purple Plan - 0 SmartPoints per serving
• myWW Green Plan - 3 SmartPoints per serving

What I used to make Tzatziki:

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I used a coarse greater like this one, available from Amazon, to grate the cucumber.

I love my Oxo Good Grip Garlic Press, available from Amazon.
                   

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