Yogurt — and we're talking about a natural product, without sweeteners or chemical additives (ideally) — is used in salads as a regular dressing or sauce. And to turn it into that very dressing, you don't need to do anything beforehand. It's enough to toss the tiresome mayonnaise aside and buy a replacement for it at the store. It's better to buy thick, unsweetened yogurt without berries or fruit (unless you're planning to whip up a fruit dessert, of course).
The five most commonly used ingredients in yogurt salad recipes:
You can make a salad with yogurt by any recipe that includes mayonnaise. Just swap one product for the other — and voilà. It's best to do this right before serving the dish. That way we prevent the risk of the ingredients "going runny." It's also best to eat the dish the day it's made and not store it in the fridge.
The fresh, delicate taste of yogurt combines with many products in salads. But it's best with fresh vegetables and fruit that aren't heat-treated. These can be tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce leaves, cabbage, peppers, celery, any greens, radishes and other seasonal vegetables. Canned peas, corn, button mushrooms, pickled zucchini and so on also work well in this salad.
It's good to add spices to the yogurt for the salad, like salt, pepper, vinegar and dried herbs. That way we turn it into a dressing, and an appetizing pool of liquid forms in the salad that's very tasty to sop up with a piece of bread.
The five fastest yogurt salad recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salad with celery and apple | 5 min | 28 | +62 |
| Light and delicious strawberry salad with peaches and pears | 5 min | 44 | +79 |
| Salad with chicken, egg and tomato | 10 min | 109 | +108 |
| Salad with chicken, apple and walnut | 10 min | 163 | +21 |
| "Health" salad with carrots, beetroot, cabbage and yogurt | 10 min | 67 | +32 |
A yogurt dressing fits even better into the fruit salads already mentioned. And here you can use almost any yogurt, including sweet ones and ones with pieces of berries added.