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7 Unexpected Ways To Cook With Greek Yoghurt

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Though we often eat Greek yoghurt straight from the container, that method (and the occasional layered-up parfait) isn't the only way to eat the creamy snack. In fact, this fridge staple can have a place in all of your meals, not just breakfast. From serving as a sour cream substitute to being used as an ingredient in pizza dough, this dairy powerhouse can do way more than you think.

We've rounded up some of the best alternative uses for Greek yoghurt, for all of your cooking needs.

Swap in Greek yoghurt for sour cream as a taco topping.

Greek yoghurt and sour cream both add a tart, tangy finish to tacos and quesadillas.

Photo: Getty Images.

Make chicken or tuna salad.

Chicken and tuna salads don't have to be synonymous with mayonnaise. This chicken salad recipe has all the flavour, no mayo required.

1. Photographed by Davide Luciano. 2. Photo: Getty Images. 3.

Make secret-ingredient pancakes.

This four-ingredient pancake recipe couldn't be easier to make — and who can say no to pancakes that pack sneaky protein?

Photographed by Jackie Alpers.

Substitute it for sour cream when baking cheesy cauliflower or mac and cheese.

In recipes like this one, Greek yoghurt works just as well as sour cream, plus you don't have to waste money on a tub of something you won't end up using the rest of.

Photo: Getty Images.

Use it as a base in spinach dips.

Using Greek yoghurt as the base for dip recipes like this one is an easy way to reboot a classic.

Photographed by Erin Phraner.

Make mashed potatoes even creamier.

Yes, Greek yoghurt can even have a place in mashed potato dishes. The cup of Greek yoghurt in this garlic mashed potato recipe adds just the right amount of tang.

Photographed by Davide Luciano.

Make pizza dough.

This might be one of the most fun Greek yoghurt recipes out there. Yep, all you need to make pizza dough is Greek yoghurt and self-rising flour.

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