NORTHERN PLANNER

Here’s a simple recipe for a quick, light and very tasty Greek meal. For one of those warm evenings when you don’t want much and you want it quick.

You need:

Large tub of good Greek yoghurt

2 cloves garlic

Half a large cucumber

Teaspoon of chopped dill or mint.

Pour the yohurt into a decent sized bowl. Crush the garlic (a handlheld machine gizmo is useful, otherwise press hard on a chopping board with the flat of a strong, big knife). Throw the garlic in the bowl.

Roughly grate all the cucumber, put on a piece of kitchen towel and squeeze all the moisture out.

Throw in the bowl with the dill/mint and stir vigourously until it all goes smooth and well mixed.

Chill in the freezer for 5 minutes – and it’s done. Washing is up is not very much at all.

It’s perfect with a salad (preferably with feta cheese crumbled in). Even better, toast some pitta bread and stuff it with a mixture of salad and tzatziki.