Greek Yogurt

[GLC1968]

The advantage to the Greek style (other than being thicker) is that it's higher in protien than regular (since it's more condensed) and I think it's more filling, too.

[tulip]

tastes better, too. I often clip coupons from my Sunday paper, making the price on par with "regular" yogurt.

[indysteel]

Tulip, is there a brand that you prefer? FAGE is the only brand I've tried.

[tulip]

Fage and Chobani. Even Dannon makes it now. You can get coupons online for just about anything, including Fage. I find Chobani coupons in the paper regularly, and my local grocery store often has it on special.

Surgetech, I don't know (or care) about the numbers as long as it's healthy (i.e., not loaded with sugar and artificial stuff). But if that's important to you, you could do a comparison to see if there is difference in the numbers of different yogurts.

[GLC1968]

I compared the sugar content in all the flavored ones available to me (Fage, Chobani & Dannon) and found that the Chobani Vanilla was the lowest at 13g (compared to 9g in the plain if I recall correctly). The Chobani vanilla is my favorite one, by far, too. The others are all either too sweet or too creamy and the plain is just too tart.

It's so deliciously awesome with fresh strawberries from our garden - like a desert! I bet it would be amazing with granola too (but I'm not eating granola right now).

[MommyBird]

I have a Donvier "Wave" Yogurt Cheese Maker.
Perfectly sized for a 32oz tub of yogurt.
It has a tub, sieve insert and lid. Takes up minimal fridge space.
We prefer to use plain yogurt and substitute it for cream cheese and mayo.

[surgtech1956]

Thanks everyone. I'm going to try it. I usually buy vanilla yogurt, the one with the honey sounds good, or I guess I can just add my own honey. I like the idea thats its more filling. I've seen the Chobani, Oikos(sp?) and the Danon, but not the Fage. I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow.

[marni]

The advantage to the Greek style (other than being thicker) is that it's higher in protien than regular (since it's more condensed) and I think it's more filling, too.

+1 plus it has a little tartness instead of the artificial chemical sweet of other sweetened and low fat yogurts. As far as calories, 6 ounces of grocery store low fat honey greek yogurt (grocery store brand) is 150 calories and will last me three hours of heavy training where as yoplait of the like may only come in at 100 calories and I burn through it in the first hour.

marni

[surgtech1956]

I buy a 12 pack of Chobani at Sam's Club - its less than $1.00 a container that way, but comes in 3 flavors - strawberry, blueberry and peach. I love Dannon Greek Honey tho, haven't tried Fage and they don't sell Greek Gpds around here.

[nscrbug]

I buy a 12 pack of Chobani at Sam's Club - its less than $1.00 a container that way, but comes in 3 flavors - strawberry, blueberry and peach. I love Dannon Greek Honey tho, haven't tried Fage and they don't sell Greek Gpds around here.

Yup...that's the problem. I only eat the plain Chobani, and I've never seen it in a 12-pack anywhere around me. I've seen the larger (32oz?) tubs of it, but I prefer the single serve cups.

[Pedal Wench]

Yup...that's the problem. I only eat the plain Chobani, and I've never seen it in a 12-pack anywhere around me. I've seen the larger (32oz?) tubs of it, but I prefer the single serve cups.

And my problem is I don't care for the peach flavor. The plain on a baked potato roasted with sea salt and olive oil is my idea of the perfect recovery meal.

[Catrin]

And my problem is I don't care for the peach flavor. The plain on a baked potato roasted with sea salt and olive oil is my idea of the perfect recovery meal.

Ooooh, yummy! Trader Joe's has a nice no-fat "European style" plain yogurt that I like as well. It is relatively thin, nice and tart, has a good amount of protein in it and it is pretty multi-purpose.

Chobani is pretty darn good, I just don't care to pay that much for single servings and that is the only way I've seen it sold.

[nscrbug]

Ooooh, yummy! Trader Joe's has a nice no-fat "European style" plain yogurt that I like as well. It is relatively thin, nice and tart, has a good amount of protein in it and it is pretty multi-purpose.

Chobani is pretty darn good, I just don't care to pay that much for single servings and that is the only way I've seen it sold.

At the grocery stores in my area (Chicago suburbs), they also sell the Chobani in larger size tubs (32oz?)...but evidently, that isn't the case everywhere. My main gripe, is that I can't find the plain flavor in all stores. My local Jewel store carries all the fruity flavors, but no plain...which seems weird to me. I even spoke with the dairy guy there, and requested that they stock the plain...but have yet to see it on the store shelves.

[Cataboo]

I've bought a big tub of the 0% fage at costco before for a good price (I can't remember)

[zoompastmykids]

We needed sour cream. At first we couldn't find a good sour cream replacement. Sour cream there was thick. You could stand a spoon in it. I had to mix it with milk to get a consistency to dollop on tacos or potatoes. It didn't taste very good either. Then I tried Greek yogurt. Someone had told me to give it a try. Fage was all there was and I paid equivalent to $15 for a large tub. It was an immediate favorite in my house. Less fat than sour cream. So when we came back to US I was thrilled to see that it was big here too. I find the fruit add ins are yummy too. IMO.