Tzaziki Sauce

This sauce goes great with Gyro Burgers, chicken breast, or just about anything you want to have that Mediterranean flavor.

1 Cup plain Greek yogurt
1 cucumber, peeled and diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 tsp. Fresh dill, chopped
Salt

Sprinkle the chopped cucumber liberally with salt.  Let sit for about 1/2 hour.  Drain off liquid well.

Mix the cucumber into the yogurt along with the other ingredients.

Mock Hollandaise Sauce

I could get my kids to eat nearly anything if it had some of this on it...


One cup Best Foods Mayonnaise  (if you use Miracle Whip you shouldn't be reading recipes anyway!)
4 TBSP (more or less) of good old yellow mustard.

Just mix them together adjusting the amount of mustard to your own taste.

Vera Cruz Sauce

This lovely, fresh sauce is delicious over pasta, chicken breasts or your favorite white fish.

8 plum tomatoes, peeled and sliced - removing most of the seeds
1 large yellow onion- quartered, then sliced
4 cloves garlic - minced
16 large green olives with pimento - sliced
2 oz. small capers
2 tsp. oregano flakes
2 tsp. basil flakes
1/8 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/4 cup white wine
2 tbsp. olive juice (from the green olives)
2 TBSP. Olive oil
1 TBSP butter

Salt and pepper to taste

heat oil and butter in skillet. Add onion and saute until it begins to brown. Add garlic and saute for another minute. Add tomatoes, olives, capers and spices. Saute for about 2 minutes. Add wine and olive juice, stirring until it begins to evaporate.