[dwnloom]

Do you use plain yogurt in any of your recipes? What do you use it as a substitute for?

Dawn

[modkittn]

I do! Well, I use it to make No Pudge brownies and it is actually an ingredient in some WW recipes I have gotten from the WW website. I don't use as a substitute though

[dwnloom]

Would you mind sending me the brownie recipe? That is one of my husbands favorite snacks. Also, do you know how many pts they are?

Thanks,

Dawn

[nelie]

Dawn,

No pudge brownies are a product. You can find them at Trader Joe's, some other stores or order online.

I only wish they were vegan, oh well

I almost forgot to say what I've used plain yogurt for..

Right now I'm loving plain unsweetened (soy) yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup of blueberries and mixed with 1 serving of a whole grain cereal.

As far as substitutes, I've substituted yogurt for mayo in recipes before. It adds a bit of the creaminess without the fat.

That is all I can think of

[modkittn]

I get them at my local supermarket They have a bunch of flavors. There's the website: http://www.nopudge.com/

[azmom]

Plain yogurt mixed with a packet of powdered ranch dip is a tasty, healthy low-fat dip for veggies or ww pitas

[zenor77]

I normally just eat it, but I do use it as a sour cream substitute (as a topping not in cooking) or buttermilk substitute (baked goods) since I never have those in the house.

[suitejudyblueeyes]

Ditto on the sour cream!! To me it tastes exactly the same when paired with foods sour cream would belong on. I guess I'm good at fooling myself I put it on burritos and the like. I've never used it as a baking substitute though. Just as yogurt or sour cream.

[missy3gal]

I use it to make homemade wheat crackers that taste like wheat thins. The recipe is from Moosewoods first book. I've made it with whole wheat in place of the 1 cup of white and it's very good.

1 cup whole wheat flour, plus more
whole wheat flour, for kneading
1 cup white flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup plain yogurt
2/3 cup ice water


Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease two cookie sheets with butter and set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix first four ingredients and then sift them two times with a flour sifter. To this dry mix, add yogurt, cutting it in with a pastry blender. Set aside.
Melt butter in small saucepan and toast sesame seeds in butter until they start to smell nutty and get a bit browned. Add sesame seeds to dry mix and then ice water. Knead this mixture a bit, perhaps 20 strokes. If dough is still too sticky, add a handful of wheat flour until you can manage to roll it out on a flat surface.
Roll to 1/8 inch thick and cut into desired shapes. Poke many holes into each individual cracker with a fork.
Arrange on cookie sheets with about 1/4 inch between each cracker. Bake for 10 minutes or starting to brown at edges. Cool on baker's rack.