How to Use tzatziki in a Sentence

tzatziki

noun
  • Sprinkle the crunch on the lamb and tzatziki and serve the red horseradish cream and mint chimichurri on the side.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • It’s served on a warm pita with a dusting of oregano, along with tomato and tzatziki.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Serve with: More pita and dips such as hummus or tzatziki.
    Lidey Heuck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
  • Serve with: More pita and dips like hummus or tzatziki.
    Lidey Heuck, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Serve the chicken with lettuce, tomatoes, onion, mint leaves, pita bread and the tzatziki sauce.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • Gyros: Late-night drunk eating wouldn’t be the same without the pita bread sandwich of roast meat and tzatziki.
    Zoe Li, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • This is topped with a fried egg or half of an avocado sliced, drizzled with cashew tzatziki sauce and served with home fries.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
  • Pork, beef or lamb are all welcome in a warm pita with tzatziki and fresh vegetables.
    Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 28 July 2023
  • All sandwiches are served on a warm pita with tomatoes, red onion, tzatziki sauce and fresh dill.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
  • Serve salmon and salad with extra limes and herbs, some yogurt tzatziki, steamed rice or noodles.
    Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
  • Some of the standouts include the sardines stuffed with mozzarella and spinach pesto, the beetroot salmon salad with crunchy fennel and the spiced lamb brochettes with tzatziki.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The Power Grain Bowl combines lentils, quinoa, farro, and rice with tzatziki, harissa, and Mediterranean relish.
    Julia Sayers, AL.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • For his 39th birthday, the pair chose to celebrate at home, making their own take on Persian-style chicken kabobs, saffron rice and tzatziki.
    Salina Tsegai, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Each offers a base of skin-on French fries, rice or salad; a protein of chicken, shrimp, falafel or the house gyro meat; and a side of hummus, eggplant hummus or tzatziki.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • For dinner, a farro bowl with kebab meat, roasted corn, chickpeas, feta, and tzatziki sauce with bread.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
  • For the uninitiated, tzatziki is popular in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
    Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 28 July 2023
  • So go make tzatziki, then make cucumber lemonade with the offcuts.
    Georgina Hayden, Bon Appétit, 29 June 2023
  • For balance, there’s tzatziki, cool with cucumber and yogurt.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Playing cards with their friends; getting to the market early; listening to the local news; someone making their first tzatziki.
    Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Order this: The Greek meatballs are delicious, especially when dipped in a creamy tzatziki sauce.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 10 July 2023
  • The menu is the standard chain formula of proteins served many ways — in wraps, with rice or fries, in bowls with tzatziki and veggies, and on top of salads with Greek ingredients like feta and olives.
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The menu is the standard chain formula of proteins served many ways — in wraps, with rice or fries, in bowls with tzatziki and veggies, and on top of salads with Greek ingredients like feta and olives.
    John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The accompanying tzatziki sauce is made with Greek yogurt, fresh mint, and cucumber.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Crispy smashed potatoes and a creamy tzatziki dressing are a winning combination in this playful potato salad.
    Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • The violations ranged from nine- and 10-day old tuna salad, salsa and tzatziki stored in coolers throughout one restaurant to cooked chicken and cooked potato left out of a cooler for more than seven hours at another.
    Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Feta, olives, cucumber and tzatziki sauce commonly top lamb patties.
    Neil Raman, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • So put watermelon in your gazpacho, make an easy snack or appetizer with cantaloupe and prosciutto or add honeydew to your tzatziki.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022

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