[bethel]

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.

[nelie]

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

[VeggieGirl1]

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

[nelie]

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.

[BlueToBlue]

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.

[baffled111]

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.)

[DairyQueen]

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

[spcdcider]

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