Trader Joe
 

I have heard people rave about Fage, the Greek yougurt that Trader Joe's carries. I got some plain, non-fat and it was really good. The texture is very smooth and creamy. I agree with the "ravers".

I also got something called Kefir. It is a 1% cultured milk product and is a bit thicker than buttermilk and tastes like yogurt. I am using it as a base for creamy salad dressing. I have added a sprinkle of ranch dressing mix and I have added a few blue cheese crumbles. It is not bad at all. I don't like purchased salad dressings, as a rule, because they taste "chemical-y" to me, hence my search for other substitutes.

Gail - that's great because Kefir is a wonder food. Look it up online and you will see that it has numerous health benefits! I love it too!

If you like Fage, you should try Trader Joe's own brand of Greek yogurt. I like their nonfat variety better than Fage (and I'm not the only one--my local paper did a taste test and the Trader Joe's brand came out on top with their tasting panel too). And it's cheaper than Fage.

I love Trader Joe's! I buy the plain unsweetened non fat greek yogurt and use it in place of sour cream!

I have tried the low-fat TJs brand and liked it. Now I need to try the FF. I think I have tried the 2% and FF of the Fage. I can only eat so much at once, so I kind of try different things on different TJ pilgrimages. We are over 100 miles from the nearest TJs.

Well, how do you like that? Kefir is good for me!

I also bought some chocolate - 71%, I think in a green wrapper. I just could never sit down and eat a whole bar of it - I eat it one square at a time(24 cal). The first time in my life it has taken me two weeks to eat a candy bar. I have also grated it over different things. One of those little squares makes a heck of a lot of chocolate dust when you do it on a microplane grater.