Plain Yogurt Recommendations

bump...I'd like to know any suggestions on this too!

I find the plain yogurt pretty sour too so I always have to mix something into it as well. I was going to recommend Stevia (they come in yummy flavours like mint and raspberry chocolate) because I'd like to try it but I saw that you didn't want to add anything to the yogurt if possible.

I only buy high fat yogurt, normally from Liberte. Naturally sweet? Yogurt is by nature sour and sugar will need to be added to reduce that and ad sweetness. There might be some companies that use a thickener to get around the nature of yogurt to reduce that sourness, but I don't know if that's even done. What is wrong with adding fruit at one go and having it on hand.

Higher fat yoghurt will have less added sugar. Try Fage Total 2% Greek yoghurt. It has lots of protein too. If you're happy adding stevia for sweetness, just gradually decrease the amount you use over time and you'll adjust to the natural flavour.

Fage Greek yogurt is my favorite and you can buy it at Costco, too. I sometimes add a very tiny dab of jam or honey, but actually like the sour taste.

I find you can become accustom to plain greek yogurt, any yogurt like you cna learn to like gin. Painfully and with purpose. The best sweetener on the planet, is honey, with just a drizze or by frozen berries and blend them and all them seems to work pretty good.

I recently discovered boiled cider, and it is fantastic on plain greek yogurt. Boiled cider is fairly thick and syrupy, and a little bit goes a long way. A dash of cinnamon and a tablespoon of boiled cider on greek yogurt tastes a bit like a tart apple pie.

I can't eat Greek yogurt -- it dries my mouth out. Does anyone else have that problem?

I eat full-fat Dannon plain yogurt, but I mix it with granola and let it sit for a while. The granola sweetens it up nicely.

You can add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract. But yes, yogurt is sour, no way around it.

I eat plain yogurt and add a half teaspoon of honey

If you have a Kroger's anywhere near you, their Carbmaster vanilla is WONDERFUL! It only has 4 grams of sugar so a lot less than the others I have tried and 12 grams of protein. I eat it every day and dip either strawberries or apples in it as well.

Chewy yogurt sounds nasty.

I buy either Fage 0% plain or the Kirkland brand. Greek yogurt tastes just like sour cream to me so I use it just like I would sour cream. I put it on my tacos and baked potatoes. I add onion soup mix and make it into a dip for veggies. I add lime or lemon juice and turn it into a sauce for fish or chicken.

When I eat it for breakfast I throw in a handful of frozen raspberries or blackberries (I buy them fresh on sale and then wash and freeze them) and a packet of 0 calorie sweetener like stevia or a bit of agave syrup. I let it sit on my way to work (the berries thaw and they thin the yogurt a bit) and then I stir it up and eat it.

goddessofawesome wrote: »

Make your own. It is so easy and inexpensive. After the first batch you just use the yogurt from the current batch each time for the starter. The only time I buy yogurt is weakened a new starter.

I eat so much yogurt; I want to make my own. Can you point me to a good recipe?

Thanks!

I think Fage yogurt is the best yogurt Greek or not that I've ever tasted. I will eat it plain with fruit or with granola. I buy the ones that come with fruit topping as a side but never use all the fruit part of it. My mom said she didn't like Greek yogurt because it was too sour until she tried mine...and now she uses it in her smoothies.

SueInAz wrote: »

Greek yogurt tastes just like sour cream to me so I use it just like I would sour cream. I put it on my tacos and baked potatoes. I add onion soup mix and make it into a dip for veggies. I add lime or lemon juice and turn it into a sauce for fish or chicken.

I do this too. It's a delicious all-purpose food.

DeirdreWoodwardSanders wrote: »

goddessofawesome wrote: »

Make your own. It is so easy and inexpensive. After the first batch you just use the yogurt from the current batch each time for the starter. The only time I buy yogurt is weakened a new starter.

I eat so much yogurt; I want to make my own. Can you point me to a good recipe?

Thanks!

It doesn't really take a recipe. I'm sure there are other ways to do it, but my ex-roommate had an electric yogurt maker. You heat up some milk, add in some yogurt bacteria (a packet we'd get at the local co-op. Also online. You can also use already-made plain yogurt, but I haven't had as much luck with that), and then pour into jars. Turn it on and it basically cooks at a low temperature for like 10 hours. Put lids on the jars once it's done, put in the fridge. Delicious.