Show your American pride with a red, white, and blue treat this holiday, like FitSugar reader Versastick does with a colorful and healthy dessert. She posted her recipe for this strawberry, blueberry, and Greek yogurt crepe in our Healthy Recipe group.
What's not to love about Greek yogurt? Packed with calcium and protein, the rich snack is as great for breakfast as it is as a healthier stand-in for decadent desserts. While we've long been fans of nonfat flavored Chobani and Oikos yogurts, Greek yogurt specialist Fage also recently released its own line of fruit-filled, fat-free options.
Fage Total 0%, Chobani 0%, and Oikos 0% all contain zero grams of fat and saturated fat as well as real natural ingredients like honey or whole berries. But how does your favorite brand stack up with its similarly flavored competitors? Check out the table after the break!
Check out this recipe for oatmeal yogurt scones from FitSugar reader actorsdiet, she shared it in the Healthy Recipe community group.
Instant oatmeal and yogurt create this moist, not-too-sweet, incredibly hearty, and delicious treat.
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Yogurt is a crucial key to a better breakfast, whether it's straight out of the cup and plain, or all jazzed up. If you're looking to chance your morning meal, dress up FitSugar fave Geek yogurt, which has more protein than regular yogurt. If you are usually rushed in the mornings, pack your topping in a sandwich bag or tiny Tupperware the night before and mix up your meal at your desk. Here are some seasonal suggestions:
FitSugar reader summer m shared her healthy breakfast in the Healthy Recipe Group.
Fresh fruit from the farmers market is the best. And Sunday mornings (the day after the market) are perfect for a fresh and simple breakfast of fruit, yogurt and granola. For this quick meal I mixed together some fresh strawberries, raspberries, peaches and fresh figs. Mixed the fruit together and topped my fat free plain Greek yogurt with them, a little Everything Granola and a drizzle of honey. Not sure it gets much better than this.
Sounds tasty and healthy! I would like to eat like this every day of the week — not just Sundays — but weekday mornings can be hectic. I'm wondering what you all had for breakfast this morning, and whether it differed from what you ate for your morning meal over the weekend.
With only one month of berry season remaining, I've been buying strawberries and blueberries in flats. And while I do a pretty good job at finding ways to eat them all, sometimes there really is too much of a good thing. In the weeks that I have too many ripe berries, I freeze them to use later in the Fall and Winter, or make jam. Last week on an incredibly hot day, I experimented in the kitchen to make my own mixed berry yogurt frozen treats. This treat is sweet, creamy, and best of all, a healthy way to cool down this Summer.
Disclaimer: this is a very loose recipe — so loose that I can't even call it a recipe. I had a bunch of ripe berries that I blended with some nonfat Greek yogurt and sugar. The finished mixture was based strictly on personal taste. If you need a gauge, ask yourself if you'd enjoy drinking the mix on its own, much like a smoothie. If yes, freeze away! Pour the berry yogurt mixture into a clean ice cube tray, add some toothpicks and freeze. It doesn't have to stop there either. Since the first batch, I've experimented with different berry combos, and thrown in fresh mint and lemon juice too. Whatever the combo, this treat is a big hit in my house!
Can't beat healthy yogurt toppings: reader livewell360 uploaded this photo of Greek yogurt topped with pears to the Snack Attack: Healthy Snack Ideas group in the FitSugar Community.
Filling, fresh and simple!
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Greek yogurt has not only become my favorite kind of yogurt, but it's also one of my all-time favorite foods. I love the thick and creamy texture, and the dose of protein. One six-ounce container offers 14 grams of protein or more (depending on the flavor and brand).
Lately, I've been putting Chobani in my grocery cart — it's less expensive than the Fage or Oikios at my local market. But I also love the taste and consistency. When reaching for my usual flavors, plain and blueberry, I did a little dance when I noticed some new flavors. You may have already seen them at your grocery store, but they were new to me — nonfat raspberry and low-fat banana strawberry, which I picked up. To find out what I thought about them, read more
While most people automatically think of baklava when they hear the words "Greek" and "dessert," I want to surprise my girlfriends with something unexpected. The Greek dinner takes place after a day of wine tasting, so a make-ahead sweet treat, like Greek yogurt panna cotta, is ideal. A couple of years ago at our annual girls' getaway, I passed out before finishing cooking dessert, and this is a mistake I don't want to repeat this weekend! Traditional panna cotta is made with cream, but this recipe incorporates thick yogurt into the mixture. The resulting dish, which is topped with honey-glazed apricots, is smooth and slightly sweet. To check out the recipe, read more
