Yogurt is the flawless product ever invented by mankind. In addition, it is a healthy alternative to mayonnaise-based sauces. We offer three easy and delicious recipe salad dressings to your liking.

Note: The flavor of the sauce will depend on which yogurt you choose. We recommend using thick natural yoghurt prepared by the thermostatic method.

1. Mustard yoghurt dressing

● 250 ml natural yoghurt
● 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard (you can also use regular mustard)
● 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
● ½ teaspoon dried dill and parsley
Mix mustard and yogurt, add Apple vinegar and greens, we blend it all. Let the sauce rest in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.


2. Caesar Salad Yogurt Sauce

● 100 gr. natural (or Greek) yogurt
● 2 anchovy fillets
● 1 garlic clove
● 2 tbsp. spoons of lemon juice
● 2 tablespoons olive oil
● 1 tablespoon grated hard cheese(preferably parmesan)

Blend yogurt, anchovies, minced garlic and lemon juice with a blender, add salt and pepper, grated cheese and blend again. The sauce is ready!

3. Cream sauce from yogurt with herbs

Horseradish sour cream, curry yogurt, tartare and other alternatives for Russian salad, herring under a fur coat, French meat and other dishes.

How to replace mayonnaise in salads

Sour cream sauce with mustard

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Suitable for herring under a fur coat and other layered salads. Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 boiled yolks;
  • 200 g sour cream (at least 20% fat);
  • salt - to taste.

Cooking

Rub the yolks with sour cream, add the rest of the ingredients. Beat with a blender (about 30 seconds) for a more airy texture.

Be sure to use fat sour cream: it is thicker and holds the shape of the salad better. But Dijon mustard can be replaced with ordinary, Russian.

Yogurt sauce with cottage cheese


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Suitable for other mixed salads. Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 200 ml fat-free yogurt without additives;
  • 200 g of granular cottage cheese;
  • 2 boiled yolks;
  • 2 teaspoons of Russian mustard;
  • 2 teaspoons of lemon juice;
  • salt - to taste.

Cooking

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and beat thoroughly with a blender. Perfectionists can pre-rub the cottage cheese through a sieve. You should get a fairly thick sauce, similar in texture and taste to mayonnaise.

Instead of yogurt, you can use kefir.


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Suitable for mixed salads and. Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 200 g canned white beans;
  • 1 lemon;
  • 70 ml of sunflower oil;
  • 1 teaspoon mustard;

Cooking

Drain the liquid from the beans and use a blender to puree the beans. Add the pulp of one lemon (it is better to drain half of the juice), sunflower oil, mustard, salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly.

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Sour cream sauce with horseradish


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Suitable for dumplings and. Cooking time: 2 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 200 g sour cream;
  • 2 tablespoons of horseradish;
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder;
  • ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking

Mix all ingredients until smooth. Store in refrigerator.


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Suitable for casseroles and. Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 100 g of granular cottage cheese;
  • 250 ml of milk;
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard;
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin;
  • salt and black ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking

Rub cottage cheese with milk. Add mustard, cumin, salt and pepper to the resulting mass. Mix well. Store the sauce in the refrigerator.


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Suitable for pizza, burgers and. Cooking time: 2 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 100 g curd cheese;
  • 100 ml of yogurt without additives;
  • 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
  • salt and black ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking

Combine and beat with a blender all the ingredients. If your yogurt is too thin, reduce the amount. You can also add dried herbs or fresh herbs.


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Suitable for fish, seafood and. Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 boiled yolks;
  • salt and black ground pepper - to taste;
  • ¹⁄₂ lemon;
  • 120 ml of olive oil;
  • a large bunch of green onions;
  • 1 pickled cucumber;
  • 5 olives;
  • 2 cloves of garlic.

Cooking

Mash the egg yolks with a fork. Salt, pepper and mix with the juice of half a lemon. Whisking with a whisk or blender, carefully pour in the olive oil.

When the sauce thickens, add finely chopped green onion, cucumber and olives. Pass the garlic through the press and also send it to the tartare. Mix everything thoroughly, store in the refrigerator.


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Suitable for pork and potato dishes. Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 fresh cucumbers;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • 200 g cream cheese;
  • 6 tablespoons low-fat sour cream;
  • a bunch of dill;
  • salt and black ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking

Wash cucumbers and grate on a medium grater. Squeeze out the juice. Peel the garlic and pass through a press. Mix cucumber pulp, cheese, sour cream and chopped dill with it. Salt and pepper.


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Suitable for meat in French as well. Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • 1 bunch of dill;
  • 250 g sour cream;
  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce;
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar;
  • 1-2 drops of balsamic vinegar

Cooking

Peel the garlic and pass through a press. Wash the dill and chop finely. Mix greens with the rest of the ingredients. Let the sauce sit for 20-30 minutes.

Mustard can be used instead of garlic, and balsamic vinegar can be added if desired.

How to replace mayonnaise in dough


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Suitable for cookies and pies. Cooking time: 2 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 70 ml of sunflower oil;
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice.

Cooking

If the dough contains mayonnaise, but it is not at hand, you can mix refined sunflower oil with lemon juice. The indicated amount of ingredients corresponds to approximately 100 g of mayonnaise.

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Yogurt sauce with lemon juice


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Suitable for other light vegetable salads. Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 200 ml of natural yogurt;
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • salt, black ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking

Blend yogurt with lemon juice with a blender (no more than a minute). Add minced garlic and spices. Stir and chill for a few minutes in the refrigerator.


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Suitable for vegetable salads. Cooking time: 7 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 100 ml of olive oil;
  • 100 ml of lemon juice;
  • 1 tablespoon cream (10%);
  • ½ teaspoon of sugar;
  • salt - to taste;
  • a bunch of dill and / or parsley.

Cooking

Combine all ingredients, except greens, and beat with a blender. Add chopped dill and parsley (together or separately).

Curry Yogurt Sauce


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Suitable for poultry dishes. Cooking time: 7 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 sweet and sour apple;
  • 250 ml;
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder.

Cooking

Peel the apple, remove the core and rub it on a fine grater. Combine with yogurt (better if it is thicker) and curry. Mix well.


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Suitable for, salads with tuna and vegetarian dishes. Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 avocado;
  • 300 ml of kefir;
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil;
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
  • ½ teaspoon of sugar;
  • salt - to taste.

Cooking

Clean, remove the bone. Grind the pulp with a blender into a puree. Add kefir, oil, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Whisk thoroughly. If the recipe allows, you can add a couple of drops of green Tabasco sauce.

Today, mayonnaise has become such a popular product that it is already difficult to imagine the process of preparing many familiar dishes without it. They are usually seasoned with salads, lubricated sandwiches, and are also used for roasting meat, fish or vegetables. What to do if this famous sauce suddenly not available? What can replace mayonnaise? Experienced cooks can advise many interesting options. It all depends on what kind of dish you need to cook. There are a few original recipes which are sure to please fans of culinary experiments.

Curd mayonnaise

Initially, mayonnaise refers to products with a high content of fats and carbohydrates. Therefore, its benefits to the human body can be questioned. How to replace mayonnaise so as not to harm yourself? Supporters protein nutrition you can offer not quite the usual option. This is mayonnaise made from cottage cheese. Make it easy. This will require a minimum set of the most simple products:

  • 4 grams of table mustard;
  • 100 grams of cottage cheese (it is better to take soft);
  • salt;
  • 1 yolk;
  • ground pepper;
  • 5 grams of lemon juice.

This sauce is made very simply.

  1. All ingredients must be collected in one container.
  2. Mix them well using ordinary cutlery (spoon, fork) or a special kitchen appliances(mixer, blender).

The prepared mixture should be put in the refrigerator for a while. The mass should acquire the desired consistency. In addition, the original ingredients need to exchange their flavors. This not quite ordinary protein mayonnaise will be a great addition to different dishes.

seed sauce

Very often, sauces are used as an addition to various snacks. How to replace mayonnaise for someone who is used to dipping meat or vegetable cuts into it? For such purposes, an option based on sunflower seeds is ideal. It will not be difficult to make such mayonnaise at home. You only need:

  • fresh seeds;
  • some honey;
  • salt;
  • mustard seeds.

The number of ingredients is taken arbitrarily. It all depends on the personal taste of the hostess. Such mayonnaise is prepared in several stages:

  1. First, the seeds must be soaked. To do this, they should be filled with water and left for about 15 hours. You can even grow them if you want. In this case, the amount of vitamins in the sauce will increase significantly.
  2. After that, they should be washed well.
  3. Grind the seeds along with the rest of the ingredients in a blender.
  4. Add a little water to the resulting mass and beat it well.

The consistency of the prepared sauce can be adjusted by the amount of liquid. If desired, you can also add a little greenery to such mayonnaise. It will give the finished mass more freshness and aroma.

salsa verde

It is believed that the Italians, like the French, know a lot about sauces. And they can give advice on how to replace mayonnaise. In their opinion, salsa verde sauce is the most suitable option. To make it yourself, you will need:

  • 150 grams of any vegetable oil;
  • 3 anchovies;
  • one and a half glasses of parsley;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • one tablespoon of lemon juice and wine vinegar;
  • salt;
  • a quarter cup of capers;
  • black freshly ground pepper;
  • ½ teaspoon lemon peel.

The method of preparing this sauce is similar to the previous version:

  1. Place all ingredients, except pepper and salt, in a blender.
  2. Beat until the mass is almost homogeneous. This will only take a few minutes.

The amount of salt and pepper is adjusted to taste. These components must be added to the already prepared mixture. It turns out a wonderful sauce that will be in perfect harmony with any meat, fish or fresh vegetables. This supplement should be very popular with women. After all, the basis of this sauce is parsley, rich in iron, vitamin C, beta-carotene and folic acid. And all these elements, as you know, actively help the body fight aging.

salad mayonnaise

IN Lately mayonnaise is increasingly used to prepare all kinds of salads. This popular thick sauce is a wonderful addition to a mix of a wide variety of foods. But its high calorie content sometimes makes you think about possible alternatives. So what can replace mayonnaise in a salad? It turns out that there are many quite interesting mixtures. For example, special attention deserves the almond-based sauce. Here for 1 glass of water you need to take:

  • 200 grams of almonds;
  • 4 tablespoons of lemon juice;
  • 10 grams of salt;
  • a piece of ginger root (1.5-2 centimeters);
  • 15-20 grams of honey;
  • ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg.

It will take time to prepare such a mass:

  1. First, soak the nuts for 8 hours in cold water.
  2. Remove the skin from them. With softened fruits, this will not be difficult to do.
  3. Peel the ginger and chop finely.
  4. Place all products according to the recipe in a blender, pour them with water and beat well. Here we must remember that the mass should not be very thick. After all, this is a sauce, not some kind of cream.

Lovers of pronounced flavors can add a little mustard. Such original sauce- a great answer to the question of how to replace mayonnaise in a salad. True, its use is partially limited. For example, such a mass should not be added to the dough.

green sauce

What other salad dressing is there instead of mayonnaise? In the case of vegetable mixtures, a green sauce created by Spanish chefs is ideal. It requires only three ingredients:

  • olive oil;
  • garlic;
  • fresh greens.

The quantity of each ingredient is chosen arbitrarily. There are no strict restrictions here. And this sauce is made very simply:

  1. Greens (usually dill and parsley) should be washed thoroughly.
  2. Peel the garlic.
  3. Load the prepared products into a blender and grind well.
  4. Add oil and repeat mixing.

It turns out amazing dressing for salads instead of mayonnaise. The finished mass will only need to be poured over the chopped vegetables. If the sauce turned out to be too much, do not be upset. This dressing can be safely stored in the refrigerator for several days. At the same time, it absolutely does not lose its taste and aroma. This recipe is especially relevant in the fall, when the season of vegetables comes.

Curd-kefir sauce

On the New Year's table in almost every Russian family necessarily present "Herring under a fur coat." This salad has already become a real attribute of the holiday. But even on such days, you need to think about your health. After all, the calorie content of mayonnaise, which is usually used to prepare such a salad, is quite high. What to do in such a situation? How to replace mayonnaise in "Herring under a fur coat"? Experts advise using an unusual mixture, for the preparation of which you will need:

  • 200 grams of cottage cheese;
  • salt;
  • 300-400 milliliters of kefir (or milk);
  • sugar;
  • 2 teaspoons of table mustard.

Sauce preparation technology:

  1. Place cottage cheese in a deep container.
  2. Add mustard, a glass of kefir to it and beat well with a blender or mixer. When using milk, it will take more time for the mass to become almost homogeneous.
  3. Add salt and a little sugar to taste.
  4. If desired, for flavor, you can add a pinch of cumin to the mixture.
  5. Pouring the rest of the kefir, achieve the desired consistency.

Some may think that such a sauce is not suitable for vegetable salad and salted fish. But it's not. One has only to try this option once, and the question will never arise again about how to replace mayonnaise in Herring Under a Fur Coat.

Cream sauce for "Olivier"

There is another salad that Russians have long liked. Today, as a rule, not a single holiday is complete without the famous Olivier. What sauce should be used instead of mayonnaise in this case? Here, too, there are several options. For the simplest of them you will need:

  • 5 grams of fine salt;
  • 1 cup heavy cream (at least 22 percent);
  • 5 green onions.

There are subtleties in the preparation of such a sauce:

  1. First, salt must be added to the juice and wait until it is completely dissolved.
  2. While stirring with a mixer, gradually add the cream. Do not rush and work at high speeds. The cream may curdle and the sauce will fail.
  3. Finely chop the onion with a knife.
  4. Add it to the finished homogeneous mass and mix again. In this case, the mixer is no longer needed. A regular tablespoon will suffice.

Now this sauce can be seasoned not only with Olivier, but also with other salads for holiday table.

sour cream sauce

People who do not eat eggs sometimes have a hard time. After all, they cannot eat everything that is cooked with mayonnaise. But even from this situation there is a way out. In some cases better fit sour cream instead of mayonnaise. Or you can make an original sauce based on it. From the products you will need:

  • 50 grams of olive oil;
  • 175 grams of sour cream;
  • salt;
  • 25 grams of sugar;
  • a pinch of allspice;
  • 15 grams of vinegar;
  • a teaspoon of French mustard.

getting ready sour cream sauce very fast:

  1. First of all, vinegar must be mixed with sugar, butter and mustard. At this stage, you can use a mixer.
  2. Salt and add a little pepper to taste.
  3. Add sour cream and mix well again. Here the mixer is no longer needed. It must be remembered that with intensive stirring, sour cream gradually becomes liquid. And this is bad for such a sauce.

The finished mass can be used immediately for dressing your favorite salads. It should not be stored for a long time in order to avoid delamination of the mixture.

avocado sauce

Some people, due to circumstances, are forced to change their diet. For example, what should vegetarians use instead of mayonnaise? After all, they also like to make all kinds of salads or cook sandwiches in the morning. A gentle and very light avocado-based sauce is suitable for them. You will need the following ingredients:

  • 1 avocado;
  • 35 grams of olive oil;
  • 2 tablespoons of lemon juice;
  • salt;
  • a couple of teaspoons of spicy mustard.

The technology of the process of preparing such a sauce is not particularly complicated:

  1. First, cut the avocado in half with a knife and remove the pit from it.
  2. Scoop out the pulp with a teaspoon and transfer it to a bowl.
  3. Add lemon juice, part of mustard, oil and mix well.
  4. Salt.
  5. Enter the rest of the mustard. This must be done very carefully so as not to spoil the desired taste.

This sauce is good to spread on still warm fried toast. And if desired, they can perfectly fill any vegetable salads.

Bechamel

As you know, mayonnaise is used not only for making salads. This sauce is often poured over meat or fish before baking. But sometimes you have to look for other options. Moreover, there are many of them. For example, how to replace mayonnaise in French meat? Any expert will confirm that the best alternative is béchamel sauce. It will require a special set of components:

  • 100 grams of butter;
  • 60 grams of wheat flour;
  • 0.5 liters of milk;
  • 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg;
  • salt.

This sauce must be prepared in a certain sequence:

  1. First, melt the butter in a saucepan. The fire must be small.
  2. Pour in the flour and, stirring constantly, fry it a little.
  3. Add the rest of the recipe ingredients.
  4. Beat everything well so that there are no lumps.

Such a mixture will be a good addition to fresh juicy meat. After baking under the cheese crust, it will become even more tender and fragrant.

Yogurt based sauce

For vegetable salads, instead of fatty sauces, it is best to use low-calorie dressings. For such products, for example, yogurt-based mixtures are ideal. But here another question arises. It is unclear what kind of yogurt to replace mayonnaise. It is better, of course, to take a sugar-free product with a low fat content. It will turn out original and very delicious sauce for work you will need:

  • 250 grams of Optimal yogurt (2%, without sugar);
  • a teaspoon of table mustard;
  • zest of one orange;
  • 25-35 grams of honey;
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice.

Sauce preparation:

  1. First, yogurt must be thoroughly mixed with mustard.
  2. Add honey (it must first be melted) and the rest of the ingredients. For mixing, it is not necessary to use special equipment.

Ready sauce must be well cooled. The mass should be properly infused. After that, it can be used to dress fruit, vegetable and even mushroom salads.

Salads with mayonnaise - main dishes New Year's table. No self-respecting hostess can do without them. But mayonnaise ... perhaps the most harmful product of the holiday. It is unthinkably high-calorie, heavy, it contains a lot of preservatives and thickeners. Seasoned with mayonnaise, Olivier from a rather heavy salad turns into a calorie poorly digestible bomb. So it is better to replace mayonnaise. How? There are many options. From homemade mayonnaise (it is also high-calorie, but at least without preservatives) to a light yogurt sauce. We present 4 author's sauces for New Year's salads:

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Recipe by Régis Trigel, Chef at Sixty Restaurant

  • 600 ml vegetable oil
  • 25 g mustard
  • 3 yolks
  • 10 g salt
  • 20 ml lemon juice
  • 1 g saffron

Step 1. Place the yolks and mustard in a blender, mix at low speed.

Step 2. Pour chilled vegetable oil in a thin stream.

Step 3. Add salt, lemon juice and saffron (soaked in vegetable broth) to the resulting mass.

Step 4. Mix everything and put in the refrigerator for 6 hours so that the saffron gives a uniform color.

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  • 2 yolks
  • 15 g Dijon mustard
  • 350 g vegetable oil
  • 5 g soy sauce
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 50 ml water
  • 5 ml lemon juice
  • 2 g garlic
  • White ground pepper

Step 1. Separate chicken yolks, place in a mixer with mustard and lemon juice, beat.

Step 2. In a thin stream, while stirring, pour in a mixture of vegetable and olive oil, then soy sauce and beat again.

Step 3. Add water, salt, pepper, add garlic and beat again until smooth.

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Recipe by Roberto Jacomino Perez, Chef at Pub Lo Picasso

  • 250 g natural yoghurt
  • 2 g lemon zest
  • 2 g lime zest
  • 5 ml lime juice
  • 1 tbsp flower honey
  • 1 tbsp hazelnuts
  • 1 tbsp almond
  • 1 tbsp pistachios

Step 1. Finely rub the lemon zest and chop the nuts.

Step 2. Place all ingredients in a container, pour over yogurt, then mix thoroughly.

Tip: If you add a little mint, the sauce will also work with fruit salads.

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Recipe by Cesar Mora, Chef of the LATINOS Sevicheria

  • 250 g natural yoghurt
  • 5 g parsley
  • 5 g cilantro
  • 5 g dill
  • 5 g basil
  • 5 g tarragon
  • 10 ml lime juice
  • 5 g garlic
  • 5 g hot pepper Chile
  • 3 g ground black pepper

Step 1. Chop herbs, garlic and red hot chili pepper.

Step 2. Place all ingredients in a container and mix thoroughly.