Zucchini salad with yogurt dressing

A fresh salad could be a perfect dinner or a perfect side dish. I prepared a healthy zucchini salad with yogurt dressing next to the traditional Hungarian course dish, the paprika potatoes. This potato dish is a paprika based potato stew prepared with smoked sausage, it's very delicious and hearty but has a lot of calories as well. So next this nutritious dish fits perfect this easy slightly sour salad.

The zucchini salad has just five ingredients: zucchini, greek yogurt, olive oil, lemon juice and fresh herbs. My salad was seasoned with freshly chopped basil and thyme.

The particularity of this salad is the zucchini is grilled. Just slice the courgette into thin slices with a mandolin, then grill them for 5 minutes. When the grilled slices are cooled, just mix them with the greek yogurt, basil, mint, lemon juice and season to taste.

Level: easy
Cost: low
Calories: low
Diet: vegetarian, sugar-free, gluten-free

Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 medium zucchinis
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 300 ml Greek yogurt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly chopped basil
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme
• a few drop of lemon juice
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. Slice the washed zucchinis into thin slices using a mandolin slicer.
2. Preheat 2 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan, when the oil is hot, add the zucchini slices and fry them until the grill marks appear. Grill both sides of the courgette and season them with salt and pepper.
3. When the slices are grilled, put them in a large bowl and let them cool.
4. While prepare the dressing: mix the greek yogurt with the freshly chopped basil and thyme, season it with salt to taste and add a few drops of lemon juice as you like.
5. Mix the dressing with the cooled zucchini and put it <g class="gr_ gr_192 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_hide Grammar" id="192" data-gr-id="192">in</g> the fridge for 30 minutes before serving.3.2.2929

Hungarian paprika potatoes

One of my favorite traditional Hungarian dishes is the paprika potato. This main course is easy to prepare, it's budget friendly and is present in all tables once a month. It is also present at the large family garden parties when men use to cook it in caldron on the fire.

This delicious dish has just a few ingredients: potatoes, onions, garlic, sausage and paprika. The preparation of the dish is simple, just cook the ingredients then serve it with salad. If you are interested in this tasty, low-cost Hungarian dish, find its the recipe below.

Level: easy
Cost: low
Calories: high

Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 60 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 kg potato
• 200 g smoked sausage
• 1 red onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 teaspoons paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon chili (optional)
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. Cut the peeled potatoes in little cubes, slice the sausage into thin slices and chop the onion and the garlic.
2. Preheat the oil in a large pan, then add the chopped onion. Sauté it for 4-5 minutes.
3. Add the sliced sausage and cook it for 3-4 minutes, then add the diced potato Stir it well.
4. Take the pan off the heat, sprinkle it with 3 teaspoons paprika, stir it well, then pour water into the pan to cover the potatoes, put the pan back on the maximum heat until it starts to boil. Season it with salt and pepper. When is boiling, reduce the heat and cook it for 30 minutes, until the potato is tender.
5. Stir it occasionally, but keep the potato cubes from breaking apart.
6. Serve it warm with fresh bread and soured cream.

Enjoy!