Yogurt Advice

Also I microwave my fresh blueberries for about 20 to 30 seconds to get a blueberry sauce to pour over my greek low-fat yogurt it great visual as well as taste.

I concur with @SuzySunshine99 - buy plain of what you like as a base, then flavor it up yourself. I tend to prefer Stoneyfield myself. I buy it by 32oz at a time, and use it for eating, a base for sauces and marinades and salad dressings. Here's something I made last night - Indian-style baked chicken breast, using a spicy yogurt marinade. That plate is 990 cals, 64g protein, 33g fat, 110g carb per MFP. I don't often use yogurt for breakfast - my usual dairy in daily oatmeal is plain whey powder (but I have used plain yogurt), but I sometimes use a little yogurt - with fruit that I add, as an evening's dessert rather than ice cream or something more calorific. You know, when a little something is desired. Because I use the yogurt as a culinary ingredient and not just for eating, I get full fat or low fat, but never non-fat, and just pay attention to my daily macros for my fats budget. I find most brands to be similar, sometimes get generic/store brand or Cabot if Stoneyfield isn't available.

One thing I've really enjoyed with Greek yogurt is using it with savory flavors instead of just with fruit, if you're interested in experimenting a little. It can usually pretty easily be subbed in for mayo or sour cream in recipes and still gives a nice texture. I like mixing it with a bit of garlic, onion, parsley or basil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper for a veggie dip.

I have also used it to increase the protein in my baked oatmeal recipe, in place of some of the milk (I don't know if it would work to do all.)

springlering62 wrote: »

Lidl has great low fat Greek yogurt and it’s usually about $1.74 a large container, if memory serves. It’s a small fraction of what the Chobani costs, which is probably why it sells out so fast. I usually buy two or three extra containers. ( We go through a ton of Greek yogurt. )

Nice! I think I need to start buying mine at Costco to get a better deal.

Even the store brand here (Kroger), is $4.99 for a 32-oz container, the same price as Chobani. Fage is a little more, $5.99. One of them is usually on sale though, for $3.50 or $3.99 sometimes.

I forget how much it is at Trader Joe's, but it's less than either of those two (still not as cheap as yours).

EDIT: Doesn't look like Costco carries plain greek yogurt anymore, just Chobani individual fruit-on-the-bottom cups. They used to have large containers of Fage. Boo.

MsCzar wrote: »

I make my own yogurt... so no help here. But if I may ask a question: Doesn't eating non-fat yogurt defeat the whole purpose of eating yogurt because it doesn't support the beneficial little critters?

I eat yogurt for the protein, not the "critters", but my non-fat yogurt does have active cultures.
They live off the sugar in the milk, not the fat.

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

springlering62 wrote: »

Lidl has great low fat Greek yogurt and it’s usually about $1.74 a large container, if memory serves. It’s a small fraction of what the Chobani costs, which is probably why it sells out so fast. I usually buy two or three extra containers. ( We go through a ton of Greek yogurt. )

Nice! I think I need to start buying mine at Costco to get a better deal.

Even the store brand here (Kroger), is $4.99 for a 32-oz container, the same price as Chobani. Fage is a little more, $5.99. One of them is usually on sale though, for $3.50 or $3.99 sometimes.

I forget how much it is at Trader Joe's, but it's less than either of those two (still not as cheap as yours).

EDIT: Doesn't look like Costco carries plain greek yogurt anymore, just Chobani individual fruit-on-the-bottom cups. They used to have large containers of Fage. Boo.

Costco here consistently has 48oz tubs of their Kirkland Organic Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt. It's good.

I eat it daily, with thawed frozen berries (in my oatmeal); mixed with chocolate peanut butter powder and still-frozen berries as a dessert-y thing; as a sour cream analog on top of tostadas or the like, or on things like black bean soup; put it in macaroni and cheese (with red lentil pasta, veggies, calorie-efficient cheese); use it to make salad dressings (with salt, herbs, whatever); use it when I make deviled eggs or egg salad instead of mayo; . . . .

Our Costco doesn’t carry nonfat.

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One tip for flavoring your own yogurt is cooking extracts. I add vanilla, hazelnut, almond, or orange extract to mine before mixing in berries. Lemon or orange zest is another great additive which packs a lot of flavor without sweetener.

mjbnj0001 wrote: »

I concur with @SuzySunshine99 - buy plain of what you like as a base, then flavor it up yourself. I tend to prefer Stoneyfield myself. I buy it by 32oz at a time, and use it for eating, a base for sauces and marinades and salad dressings. Here's something I made last night - Indian-style baked chicken breast, using a spicy yogurt marinade. That plate is 990 cals, 64g protein, 33g fat, 110g carb per MFP. I don't often use yogurt for breakfast - my usual dairy in daily oatmeal is plain whey powder (but I have used plain yogurt), but I sometimes use a little yogurt - with fruit that I add, as an evening's dessert rather than ice cream or something more calorific. You know, when a little something is desired. Because I use the yogurt as a culinary ingredient and not just for eating, I get full fat or low fat, but never non-fat, and just pay attention to my daily macros for my fats budget. I find most brands to be similar, sometimes get generic/store brand or Cabot if Stoneyfield isn't available.

Yes, when cooking with yogurt, full-fat helps it not separate/curdle. You can also add 1 teaspoon of flour or cornstarch per 1 cup of yogurt.

https://oureverydaylife.com/happens-heat-up-greek-yogurt-43066.html

MsCzar wrote: »

I make my own yogurt... so no help here. But if I may ask a question: Doesn't eating non-fat yogurt defeat the whole purpose of eating yogurt because it doesn't support the beneficial little critters?

Nope. The little critters feast on the lactose. The fat content has little effect.

MsCzar wrote: »

I make my own yogurt... so no help here. But if I may ask a question: Doesn't eating non-fat yogurt defeat the whole purpose of eating yogurt because it doesn't support the beneficial little critters?

I occasionally get ambitious and make my own, but pretty much find the convenience of store-bought to be too good. Doesn't apply to bread, though, as I bake about 80-90% of our breads, so it isn't a lack of "doing-it-at-homeness" attitude, just being selective. I even have a flour mill to grind my own when the mood hits.

I was under the impression that fat content, per se, doesn't impact the culture growth - it's sugars. Looks like it's time to do some googling around ...

The best breakfast yogurt I've found isn't yogurt actually. It's qwark cheese 0% fat: more protein, less fat, very similar texture to greek (even creamier actually) and doesn't have such a pronounced acidic tinge in the tongue.

I'll typically sweeten it a bit with either honey, creamy peanut butter or, lately, ON Premium double chocolate protein powder as I've been having troubles keeping up with protein intake on 1500 calorie/day.

Top off with a few grams of muesli (I don't like oats) and some berries.

I love danon light n fit Greek yogurt. High protein, low sugar and fat, great taste. They have alot of good flavors, but favorites are key lime, strawberry cheesecake, and tiramisu.

RFjelly wrote: »

The best breakfast yogurt I've found isn't yogurt actually. It's qwark cheese 0% fat: more protein, less fat, very similar texture to greek (even creamier actually) and doesn't have such a pronounced acidic tinge in the tongue.

I'll typically sweeten it a bit with either honey, creamy peanut butter or, lately, ON Premium double chocolate protein powder as I've been having troubles keeping up with protein intake on 1500 calorie/day.

Top off with a few grams of muesli (I don't like oats) and some berries.

If you’re getting Driscoll’s strawberries, you’re in the USA. Where the heck are you finding qwark?