Low Fat High Protein Cucumber Spread
This tasty, tangy cucumber spread is wonderful with fresh vegetables or between very thinly sliced veggies or bread for tea sandwiches. For one of our personal favorites, spread it on a thin toasted bagel slice, “bagel thin” or bagel chip with smoked salmon (lox) and dill on top, with a squirt of lemon.
Servings: 10 Servings
Calories: 17kcal
This tasty, tangy spread is wonderful with fresh vegetables or between very thinly sliced bread for tea sandwiches. For one of our personal favorites, spread it on a thin toasted bagel slice, "bagel thin" or bagel chip with smoked salmon (lox) and dill on top, with a squirt of lemon. Or, save some of the cucumber, slice it very thin on a mandoline, and fashion yourself a Yogurt Cheese Roll-Up!
Ingredients
For Dip
- 1 cup Yogurt Cheese (see below)
- ½ cups buttermilk (reduced calorie)
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon grated onion
- ¼ tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- ⅓ cup finely chopped cucumber
For Yogurt Cheese
- 1 tub Unflavored Greek Yogurt - be certain there is no pectin added
Instructions
Cucumber Spread
- Combine all ingredients except cucumber, mixing until well-blended.
- Add chopped cucumber.
- Chill for several hours.
YoChee (Yogurt Cheese)
- Drain a tub of high quality Greek Yogurt overnight (at least 8-10 hours) until the whey drips away and the resulting yogurt is as thick as cream cheese.
- Leave plain for regular Yogurt Cheese, or, customize with herbs and spices, a dab or jelly or jam, or dried fruits.
- This thick, spreadable yogurt-cheese is a high protein low fat replacement for cream cheese.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
We use Fage or Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt because those products do not use pectin, a nasty thickener which has no place in our yogurt. Pectin also prevents the drained yogurt from thickening to a spreading consistency. You need high quality Greek Yogurt to make the best recipes.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Dollop | Calories: 17 kcal (1%) | Carbohydrates: 1.5 g (1%) | Protein: 2.5 g (5%) | Fat: 0.25 g | Cholesterol: 1 mg | Sodium: 34 mg (1%) | Potassium: 55 mg (2%) | Sugar: 1.35 g (2%) | Vitamin A: 50 IU (1%) | Vitamin C: 0.8 mg (1%) | Calcium: 40 mg (4%)
This is good and we use it as a sandwich spread in place of mayo. It’s surprisingly good with tuna mixed in, as a complete tuna spread salad.
Save some of this YoChee and make Low Fat Chocolate Grand Marnier Mousse!
Using up the produce first that won’t last while we work from home this month — and that included our cukes. This was a tasty spread for toast, thanks.
I make this ALL. THE. TIME. This makes a very good breakfast sandwich. Spread it on a toasted bagel thin and then add some fresh lox or even thin lunch meat, and you have a healthy high protein “lox and cream cheese” sandwich. I’ve also added peanut butter for a unique Thai thing I made.