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What are your favourite things to mix with natural yogurt?
I'm in need of inspiration for tasty and fun food combinations to make myself eat more natural yogurts instead of the preflavoured ones (which I found out are definitely not as healthy!). What are your preferences and recommendations, oh fellow yogurt eaters? Which natural yogurt is superior for such a snack? What do you mix with it and how much? I must know!
Diced/grated cucumbers, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, assorted spices. If you’re feeling a little Greek.
Idk I’ve never found trying to emulate sweetness to work all that well. Savory seems the better way to go - salt doesn’t have any calories.
Wow never thought to go savory, I like this idea.
Add Pine nuts, Parsley or Chives idk!
You're verging into Greek dips and spreads territory now!
Not sure what you consider "healthy," but a lot of flavored yogurts are pretty similar to the plain ones.
Speaking of which, what is your native language? I'm recalling "natur" yogurt in Germany, which was unflavored, whereas in the US "natural" would not necessarily mean unflavored.
In my experience they always have way more added sugar.
Plenty of flavored yogurts don't have any added sugar and a lot of them don't have "way more." Plus that's not necessarily less healthy I eat both sugary and zero sugar yogurts in order to meet my nutritional needs all the time. The variety of yogurts is something I'm expecting to miss when I move overseas later this month. I know it was last time.
My go to is a sweet jam, like apricot, or granola - this recipe in particular, I love Cookie and Kate and she is quite healthy.
I'd never tried moving in a savory direction, but I'll definitely be trying out @stu2b50 's recommendation.
I've been making yogurt at home for years as it's pretty easy, significantly cheaper, and healthier. There's so many ways to serve it up! Making it yourself isn't always feasible, but the following should work for any unflavored yogurt.
Some toppings I enjoy are basically any dried fruit as I'm not a big fan of most fresh fruits. However, I do enjoy berries so I love picking raspberries/strawberries from the garden in the summer for my yogurt :)
Hemp seeds are a great protein boost! I also like mixing in a little cooked buckwheat too for a slightly more savory yogurt. Don't be afraid to add a little salt! Never been a big fan of granola or oats in my yogurt. You can also mix hemp seeds with other seeds, nuts, and dried fruits. I like them all so no real combinations to recommend, just whatever I have on hand.
Of course time is often of the essence, so I sometimes find myself just doing a scoop of protein powder, a little extra whey liquid that I keep when making the yogurt, and some maple syrup to make a quick meal.
For a dessert yogurt, I find I just like a very small amount of vanilla tincture (also homemade but any extract will probably work) with some maple syrup for a hint of sweetness without being too overpowering.
Bonus that since I make my yogurt with whole milk, it's a fantastic sour cream replacement! I use it in burritos, chilis, etc.
Berries, nuts, diced fruit, toasted oats, toasted shredded coconut, jam, etc. I generally view yogurt as a carrier for whatever goodness I put into it, so oftentimes I have just enough yogurt to lubricate the fruits, nuts, or oats I've put it onto. I prefer unsweetened Greek yogurt. My favorite combination is probably yogurt mixed in with toasted oats, toasted coconut, and a little bit of fruit or preserves.
Typically just bran buds (psyllium fiber cereal) blueberries/raspberries/strawberries etc. and a touch of honey or agave. It's really good, and feels healthy!
I'm the same, minus the bran. I just do frozen blueberries or raspberries (Still frozen!) with a tiny drizzle of orange blossom honey (my favorite type, and easy to find locally).
Green grapes, the crispier the better. I've tried red grapes, but they are never quite crispy enough.