Food Talk And Fabulous Finds - Trader Joe's Greek yogurt

I'm in love with Trader Joe's 0% Greek yogurt - it's so rich and creamy! I eat it plain, or with fruit and/or Fiber One stirred in. It's also good on baked potatoes and in soups to make them creamy. Also, it's a lot cheaper than Fage.

You can also make your own "greek" yogurt by buying regular yogurt and straining it through a coffee filter or cheesecloth.

Hi

I was just wondering Nelie, about straining the yogurt...I always wanted to try that, but was afraid that I would lose some of the cultures in the watery stuff that drains off...do you know if that happens?
thanks

Veggie,
Well if you are eating greek yogurt then that is how they get it like it is. I did read that you don't lose the cultures but again, who knows? If you eat one form of strained yogurt, then it isn't much different than another.

I love Trader Joe's FF Greek yogurt too! I would never guess that it is fat free. I once did a taste test and couldn't really tell much of a difference between the 2% and the 0% Greek yogurt. It's spoiled me; now I have trouble eating regular fat free yogurt. I like it better than the FF Fage, and I really appreciate that it is so much cheaper because I go through about four tubs of it per week. My only complaint is that I wish they sold it in larger containers (and there are darn few foods that I say that about).

I eat it the same way you do, bethel, except that I usually stir in Trader Joe's High Fiber cereal instead of Fiber One and I also stir fruit in with the cereal. It's my new favorite breakfast.

I also use it as a substitute for sour cream.

I do a lot of cooking, but there's no way I'm ever going to bother straining my own yogurt.

Feh Barbara! It's not so much work! I stick a coffee filter in a pint glass and let it drain while I go on with the rest of my cooking. I only do it when I'm making Indian or middle eastern food though. For most purposes I find regular low-fat yogurt to be sufficient. Perhaps that's the difference (and also that I don't recall ever having seen greek yogurt in stores.)

I love that stuff with fruit mixed in, or as a sour cream replacement.

I love it with nuts and drizzled with a little honey as well as a dip for veggies with some spices mixed it. I get my spices from Penzey's or the health food store. I agree I am so glad Trader Joes now has a line in the bigger container which is cheaper than one small Fage.
If you are worried about the cultures in the liquid you remove make a batch of whole grain muffins and use that as part of the liquid called for. Kathy