Cooking for one (or two)

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Whenever I cook just for myself, or for only two people, I find I have ingredients left over that I have to then find another suitable recipe for.

At the moment, I have 100g (about 2 tablespoons) of natural yoghurt to use. I would usually add it to a curry, but what else could I do with it? Any smoothie recipes? Other suggestions?

[JoAnnMul]

Add some mint sauce & salt to taste & you have a rather tasty dip..Mmm enjoy..!!

[woofgang]

blitz it with cucumber and use it for a cooling face mask

[Solarjunkie]

Add it to the jar of mayonnaise you probably have in the fridge.

[ursula62]

top dry breakfast cereal flakes (e.g. bran flakes or special K) with the yogurt and some sliced fresh fruit - pear, nectarine, strawberries, or drained tinned prunes.

Just stir it all together and eat with a spoon! No need for milk.

[spudqueen]

Just eat it - I love natural yoghurt.

[Xollob]

Use it in a marinade, for example:

• Mix 100g yoghurt and a spoonful of Patak's lime pickle (teaspoon or tablespoon depending on how brave you are feeling).
  Cut chicken or turkey breast meat into şiş-kebab-sized cubes. Leave overnight or longer in a freezer bag. Grill.
• Mix 100g yoghurt, juice of 1/2 a lemon, olive oil, garlic, fresh herbs such as rosemary, thyme, sage etc., black pepper, freshly ground fenchel seeds and a pinch of chilli. Mix in blender.
  (Add salt after the meat is cooked.)
  I marinated a pork fillet in this mixture at the weekend and took to a barbeque, grilled it whole then carved it into thin slices. It went down very well indeed.
  Works well for poultry, too.

[MORELLO]

Er, just chuck it?

[coffeegirl]

blueberry and orange smoothie.. but in sure you could use some other fruit.

125g blueberries

125g natural yogurt

freshly squeezed orange juice.

wizz everything in blender , if you want no bits you can sieve the mixure....... yummy

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Thanks for all the responses. I did indeed make a smoothie with it. Mango and banana. I only wish I could get smoothies to keep longer, so I've started another thread about that.