Yogurt Marinade & Yogurt Salad Dressing

 As I was getting used to eating yogurt and realizing that it's tart taste could actually replace my vinegar, I had an epiphany that I would use yogurt as dressing or marinade.

Homemade yogurt incubating
in my DIY yogurt maker

After researching a recipe for yogurt salad dressing, I then saw a yogurt marinade recipe, and I thought of using that on salmon (instead of the popular mayonnaise topping on baked salmon). I marinated the salmon for 30 minutes. I shrugged the sugar off since it would be negligible in the final product and replaced it with coconut crystals . It was very good! It's like marinating in vinegar. I liked the slight kick of the chili powder, and surprisingly liked biting into the bits of ginger. I enjoyed this with salad greens with  yogurt dressing.

Other ways to use my
homemade yogurt

MARINADE:

1/2 cup plain fat-free yogurt

3 cloves minced garlic

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon canola oil

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon chili powder

3/4 teaspoon ground ginger or 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

Marinating the salmon

I used this marinade on grilled salmon.

Then I made a yogurt-lemon salad dressing.

This dressing was adapted from epicurious. I followed everything except I added more herbs from my garden and I used EVOO instead of avocado or canola oil. I am not ever going to use con-ola oil.

My plate of salad greens
with yogurt dressing
and yogurt-marinated
salmon

YOGURT-LEMON SALAD DRESSING

• 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp chives, snipped
• 1/4 cup EVOO
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• Fine sea salt

This is so wonderful on salads!

By this time, I have made 3 batches of this dressing. Perfect replacement for the starch-laden vinegary (not good in fighting Candida) and sugary dressings available in the supermarkets.