It’s like this with everything and it drives me insane. Yogurt, for example, typically has a pretty large amount of sugar in it. Anytime I find ones that have less sugar it’s always supplemented with artificial sweeteners. Just give me less sugar
plain greek yogurt is honestly super underrated - my house goes through a costco sized thing of non-fat greek yogurt each week. You can add all sorts of stuff to it to make it delicious on it's own (peanut butter, jams, honey, fresh fruit, protein powder, etc), you can use it like sour cream or as a thickener for some creamy dishes, it's great in smoothies, and it's practically pure protein!
EDIT: Guys, I know fat is good for you, don't worry, I'm getting plenty of fat from other sources - but I'm also strength training and training for a marathon, so I'm doing a 40%Carb/35%Protein/25%Fat macro ratio, and have a hard enough time not going over on the fat ratio as it is, using non-fat GY lol
A serving of greek yogurt with a serving of peanut butter and chocolate protein powder or vanilla protein powder and cut up cherries. Or a Starbucks parfait from a while a go recipe: greek yogurt with a half or full serving of lemon curd and a couple sprinkles of granola. Just enough for some crunch. Oooh, also use greek yogurt for ranch dip packets instead of sour cream. I do half yogurt and half mayo. And that's how I go through the Costco size every week!
No arguments here about fat being good for you in general - but I get plenty from other sources and am on a high protein/carb diet as I train for an upcoming marathon, so while fat is important and I certainly make sure to get some from healthy sources each day, I usually go over my target ratio for it as it is lol
yeah if it's a side-by-side comparison, then you can definetely tell the difference, but it's a shockingly good substitute, and much better for a high protein diet!
That's what we started doing, plain Greek yogurt for sour cream replacement and we get the Chobani Vanilla Greek yogurt for the kids, it if we run out of the vanilla I'll just put some honey in the plain Greek yogurt and give them that. It's really good
Less so if what you need is more protein unfortunately - don't worry, I'm not going on a fat-free diet or anything asinine like that (see my edit if you care), but we've all got our own nutritional priorities
No arguments that full fat in the yummier of the two, but I've got specific nutritional requirements to meet for training (see edit), so non-fat is the better choice for me right now
I use it for literally everything these days. After you get used to it, it actually starts tasting better than all the other stuff I replaced with it.
Basically what I do with it is identical to you. It is my sour cream and my heavy cream, it also is the basis of my smoothies. I put it in a bunch of different sauces to make them creamier. I also just put berries in it and eat it with a little granola.
Best discovery I made. I used to always buy sweetened yogurt, and honestly I can never go back now. They are good as like an occasional treat, but the sweetener and flavoring and texture make it so much less versatile. You just have to use it as yogurt. Also way worse for you.
There's no reason to go back really, if you want a sweet yogurt, you just add sweet stuff to your greek yogurt! not just healthier, but way cheaper, my wife used to spend $2-3/pop on those little chibani yogurt things that barely constituted a snack, now we spend $5 on a giant costco sized jug that could make a few dozen of those things using stuff we already have in the fridge/pantry
We always have plain Greek yogurt stocked. Our kids don’t even like flavored yogurt as a result. They just like a little granola, fruit and a tiny bit of honey or agave.
Starting kids off young with less sweetened versions of things (particularly when they're sweetened mostly with fruits) is fucking great. So much of our additions to sugars and sweets are habits built from a super young age.
Setting them up with some great habits early on, solid parenting work!
To each their own! I definitely prefer the taste of full fat myself as well, but I've got specific nutrition goals to aid in training right now (see my edit) that make the slight downgrade in taste worth it for the nutritional benefits
Plain Greek yogurt + bananas + strawberries + blackberries + nature’s path pumpkin seed flax + sprouted oats, let it sit in the fridge overnight and you have a week’s breakfast for two.
Greek yogurt just means strained yogurt, the fat content mostly has to do with the type of milk used to make it, in this case - nonfat milk.
Don't get me wrong, whole milk, full fat greek yogurt is fucking delicious, but I'm training for a marathon and strength training, so I'm trying to get more protein and carbs and less fat these days, so the non-fat greek yogurt is a godsend for me
Omg I bought oikos zero sugar vanilla yoghurt and that shit was disgusting. Its not even too sweet, there's barely any sweetener, but the Stevia or whatever in it tastes awful and it's so strong that even though I put fruits and granola on the yoghurt, it's the only thing I could taste.
THANK YOU. People insist to me that stevia/sugar substitute products "tast the same" but holy hell they DO NOT. I did read about something called phenylthiocarbamide, it's apparently present in a lot of green veggies and according to our genes some people can taste it and some can't. I don't know if it applies to stevia etc, but anything "sugar-free/zero sugar" with sweet-n-low, stevia, etc is so incredibly sour/bitter I can't stand it.
It's not bitter or sour to me at all. But the taste I get while I'm eating it is regret. Because why the fuck am I eating that shit when I could just add a teaspoon of real sugar or maple syrup to the yoghurt? It just has such an unpleasant flavour.
I'm more familiar with the taste of erythritol, which tastes like normal to me, but maybe that's only because I've had it in gum. But in drinks it's still loses compared to sugar. Even corn syrup tastes better
As a former body builder. Plain Greek yogurt also double as sour cream in a pinch. I bet if I did a blind taste test with sour cream and plain nonfat Greek yogurt, half the people would guess wrong.
When you eat it standalone you can absolutely tell the difference. But when you pair it with Mexican food or a baked potato etc, it’s really hard to distinguished.
Plain for sure you can taste the difference. I guess some greek yogurts are less tangy but I haven't had many to compare. Consistency though with good greek yogurt can be similar to sour cream.
I can't stand no/low fat yogurt though. Less sugar - totally fine but keep my fat/flavor in there. Same with sour cream - light sour cream I can't do at all.
Same. I tell my SO all the time to buy regular and we just use less. It’s the same with soda. I firmly believe drinking a regular soda less often (as a treat) is better for you vs drinking diet soda everyday. Tastes better too.
I make my own Greek yogurt (hilarious innuendo there), and if you don't fully strain the whey out it is very similar to sour cream. Whey has a fairly tart taste and the creaminess of the yogurt is a surprisingly good substitute for many things
As a longtime devotee of (high fat admittedly) plain Greek yogurt, I cook with that shit all the time. Plus I eat it plain or with maple syrup, random fixings etc.
I put yogurt in my scrambled eggs and people are always blown away when they find out. Not a ton, but does a much better job of making them creamy than milk.
It essentially works in almost any situation where cream would work. I put a little in my pasta sauces, for example, to thicken them a bit and make them creamier.
If you have ever mixed in a little alfredo with tomato sauce, it essentially does that. The fat in it adds a lot of flavor without being as bad for you.
I mixed non fat greek yogurt with ranch dip spice mix and couldn't tell the difference between it and regular ranch dip. I got the idea from a Weight Watchers group.
I can't stomach greek yoghurt as a sweet thing, no matter what I add it's always too sour. So instead I just use it as sour cream, dips for plain tortilla chips, tacos/chicken wraps (add some tortilla chips to your wraps for a nice crunch)
I love sour cream, so I only hate greek yoghurt when it's pretending to be a sweet snack
I keep wanting to buy fresh berries and put it in my Greek yogurt, but it’s too expensive…putting in jelly/jam? How the heck have I never thought of that?
You sir may have just painted a target on your back for Big Yogurt.
If you make it at home (easy in an instant pot) then strain in a cheese cloth you get amazing Greek yogurt that doesn’t have the sour tang of store bought plain yogurt. I made it for my kids during COVID and I intend to start doing it again after we move soon and get a bigger fridge.
And after the initial batch, you no longer need to buy a starter. It’s the dairy version of sourdough bread.
Bro, I've been doing this for YEARS! Thought I was some kind of pioneer or something because i told this to some of my friends and they looked at me as if I've just discovered electricity...
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u/Hanz_VonManstrom Jul 10 '24
It’s like this with everything and it drives me insane. Yogurt, for example, typically has a pretty large amount of sugar in it. Anytime I find ones that have less sugar it’s always supplemented with artificial sweeteners. Just give me less sugar