Healthy Family Dinner Recipes

With a high protein value and creamy-rich taste, Greek yogurt is the perfect snack food to have handy when hunger strikes.  And did you know that you can easily substitute Greek yogurt into many recipes for a healthy alternative to mayonnaise or sour cream?

Here are three of my favorite recipes using Greek Yogurt:

Greek Pita Pockets with Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce

Greek Pita & Greek Yogurt Cucumber Sauce

Ingredients:

Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

1. ground low-fat beef, 1-1 1/2 lbs
2. whole-grain pita bread pockets
3. Plain Greek Yogurt- 16 oz.
4. cucumber- 1, peeled
5. garlic salt with parsley- 1 tbspn.
6. cumin- 1 tspn.
7. dried basil- 1 tspn
8. lemon pepper- 1 tspn
9. onion powder- 1 tspn

 Directions:

1. Brown beef in a skillet over medium-high heat until cooked thoroughly; season with garlic salt and cumin.  Drain any excess fat.
2. Chop cucumber
3. In a mixing bowl, combine yogurt, chopped cucumber, basil, lemon pepper and onion powder; mix well
4. Serve beef in pita pocket bread and top with Cucumber-Yogurt Sauc

This recipe is best served with Mediterranean Potatoes from The Organized Cook.

Mediterranean Potatoes by The Organized Cook

Baja Fish Tacos

Baja Fish Tacos recipe from The Organized Cook

Baja Fish Tacos with Baja Sauce and Cabbage Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

1. white fish, like Tilapia, 2-3 lbs
   

   Baja Fish Tacos Recipe by The Organized Cook

2. flour- 1 cup
3. chili powder (like Chipotle), paprika and salt- 1 tspn each, or 1 packet of taco seasoning
4. canola oil
5. Plain Greek Yogurt- 16 oz.
6. chipotle sauce- 1/4 cup
7. limes- 4, sliced in half
8. cole slaw cabbage mix- 1 pre-cut ready-to-eat bag
9. cilantro- 1 bundle, chopped
10. crushed red pepper (optional)
11. corn tortillas, smals

Directions:

Fish

1. Pat fish dry
2. combine flour and seasoning in shallow dish
3. heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat
4. coat fish, one at a time, in flour mixture before frying in skillet until golden brown on both sides, approximately 4 minutes each side

Baja Sauce

1. For sauce, combine yogurt, chipotle sauce and juice from one lime; mix well

Cabbage Salad

1. Combine cabbage, cilantro and crushed red pepper in salad bowl
2. Squeeze juice from remaining limes over cabbage; toss

Serve fish in corn tortillas topped with Cabbage Salad and Baja Sauce

Swedish Meatballs

Swedish Meatballs recipe from The Organized Cook

Swedish Meatballs with Spinach Pasta and Yogurt Swedish Sauce

Ingredients:

Meatballs

1. ground beef, 1-2 lbs
2. onion, white- 1, peeled and minced
3. seasoned bread crumbs- 1 cup
4. eggs- 2
5. salt- 1 tspn
6. nutmeg- 1 tspn
7. olive or canola oil

Pasta

1. spinach pasta- 1 lb

Swedish Sauce

1. Plain Greek Yogurt- 16 oz.
2. cream of mushroom soup- 1 can
3. milk- 1/2 cup
4. paprika- 1 tbspn
5. grape tomatoes- 1 pint, sliced in halves

Directions:

1. In large mixing bowl combine beef, onion, breadcrumbs, eggs, salt and nutmeg; mix well
2. Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat
3. Hand roll beef mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and place in skillet to cook, turning each one gently with a spoon until all brown all over and cooked thoroughly, approximately 15-20 minutes
4. Boil pasta in salted water until tender
5. Drain pasta reserving some (about 1/4 cup) of cooking water in the pan; return pasta to warm pan and water, and toss
6. For sauce, warm soup and milk in saucepan over medium-high heat until hot
7. Add yogurt and paprika; mix well

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