Plain Yogurt *Blech*

Disgusto!  I've tried on three separate occasions to eat plain yogurt (even tried different levels of fat).  I ended up giving it all to my dog.  So what do you mix with this wretched stuff in order to make it edible?  I've tried honey and fruit but you have to use a lot to cover up the sour taste. I usually eat Naturalia yogurt but it has 15 grams of sugar per little cup.  The amount of honey I have to add to the plain stuff probably makes the sugar amounts equal.

Oh, and I don't do fake sugar.  Nasty.

Here is the stuff I use.  Maybe I'm just picking the wrong brand or something.

I love the tast of plain yoghurt....however, you can use in it all sorts of cooking, where you would normally use cream or sour cream, to make yummy (creamy) sauces and dips. 

I also like to mix it thoes dip spice packets to non-fat plain yoghurt to make dip for veggies.  After you let it mellow for a few mins, you can't taste that it's yoghurt.

Edit:  I've tried that brand and it taste like...well...plain yoghurt. lol.

Stoney Field Farms isn't a bad brand to try. I use to cut up an apple and in my yogurt I would put a packet of splenda and some cinnamon. Stir it up and use the apple slices to dip into the yogurt. :)

Thermal, the spice packets are a great idea!

Yep, I use it as a sour cream replacement.

Just went rummaging around in the kitchen.  I didn't have any spice packs but I mixed up some onion powder, garlic power, black pepper, and red pepper into a little yogurt.  Tastes pretty Ranchy.  Gonna let it sit awhile to let the flavors come out a little more.

Thank guys.  Yogurt keeps me regular so I eat it daily.  It'll be nice to enjoy it without fretting over the amount of sugar in it.

You can also add a banana and/or strawberries and put it in the blender.   If you need protein, you can also add a scoop of protein powder.  I think the powders have artifical sweetners though.

Eating yogurt as a savory food (instead of sweet) is a great idea, and common in some cultures with very delicious cuisine, including Indian raita and Greek tzatziki!

Aside form preparing yogurt differently, you could try buying Greek yogurt. I think it is yummier than regular style plain yogurt, and some people who don't like regular plain yogurt like Greek yogurt just fine. For example: I picked up a container of 2% Fage brand plain Greek yogurt the other day. I sat down, planning to eating it by myself, but my husband (normally a blueberry Yoplait or any other super sweet yogurt kind of guy) came, asked what I was eating, asked for a taste, wound up eating the rest of the yogurt, then was sad when I told him there wan't any left. Also, sometimes I put honey in my plain yogurt to cut the sour, and I don't feel like I need nearly as much with the Greek stuff.

I think putting strawberries in plain yoghurt is amazing and very tasty. You can try adding in chocolate sauce, but just A LITTLE - not too much.

I only buy plain yogurt because I don't want the fat and calories and sugar associated with 95% of the yogurt on the shelf.   I spoon out the yogurt into the bowl and sweeten it with Stevia. If you haven't discovered Stevia, you don't know what you are missing.  It's an all natural sweetener, used all over the world and completely safe.  Anyway, a couple or three small scoops and it's sweet enough for me.  Then I always keep 4 or 5 different kinds of berries frozen in the freezer.  If you've planned ahead they are already thawed in the fridge.  A whole cup of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, pineapple etc. is only around 75 calories and so good for you it should be sinful.  You can fill up on literally only 150 calories, it's sweet as anything without honey or anything high in calories and the nutrition profile is out of this world. 

Try it...

I wouldn't call stevia "completely safe."  Not that I have much faith in the FDA or the CSPI but there is insufficient data to say it is "completely safe."  Health concerns include negative effects on blood sugar and it also may negatively impact the reproductive, cardiovascular, and renal systems.  Extracted stevia that is, not in it's natural form.  I don't think I'd have qualms about using the actual leaf.

What about Dannon's light and fit Vanilla?  I buy a large container, dish it into serving sizes and mix fruit.  It's delicious!

I buy bulk bags of frozen blueberries and raspberries.  I weigh them out into 1 cup servings and freeze them in individual containers.  Then, the night before I want to take the snack to work with me, I add 1 cup of low fat Stonyfield farms plain yogurt, along with 1/2 oz of walnuts.  Keep it in the fridge overnight.  It's delicious, and I know EXACTLY what's in there, which is a big bonus for me.  I hate buying those nasty fruit-flavored yogurts and wondering how much fruit is really in there. 

^^ Mmmmm, walnut and blueberry yoghurt sounds great. Plus that sounds like a HUGE serving too.

It IS huge.  I try to eat 5-6 meals a day because I'm training for a race and burning loads of calories.  This is pretty much a favorite of mine.  I eat it almost every day, only varying the fruit!  But I suppose someone with a lower calorie requirement could half that amount and eat it as a quick snack. 

I use the plain yogurt as a sour cream substitute. I don't like it as much as regular sour cream, but it is palatable.

I also buy the lowfat vanilla and mix in my own fruit. If you read various labels, you should be able to find a brand with not too much sugar.

Maybe the yogurt in the states is different, but plain yogurt in Japan is DELICIOUS!  The brand we always get is called Bulgaria.

I sprinkle a little bit of raisins and all-bran on it.  Or eat it with chopped apples.

Bleh, I don't like plain yogurt either. I mix granola & fruit in it to make it taste a little better, but it still tastes too soury and gross. I much prefer low/non fat fruit-flavored yogurt - I think it's well worth the few extra calories.

I don't like plain either, but I do love Fage 0% or 2% greek yogurt.  I add a tsp of honey and some berries or some almonds, and its really thick and rich, no sour taste.  Very clean and tangy.

Natural yoghurt is extremely flexible. You can use it in savoury dishes and in sweet. Sweet - any kind of berries, fruit, honey, syrup (maple or golden), cereal, granola - the stuff makes good parfait. Savoury, it goes well in adding a creaminess to curries without lots of calories, as a cream replacement, or for making dips like tzatziki.

Minty lamb kebabs with a yoghurt dip
Spiced salmon with Puy lentils & mint yoghurt
Caramelised banana & yogurt fool with amaretti
Vanilla yogurt ice with honeyed pink grapefruit

I didn't like it either, until I made a conscious effort to cut down on other sweets.  After a week or so of craving, my sweet tooth went away and I find I can appreciate a lot of other flavors, including the creamy tartness of plain yogurt.  Now I mix in a half teaspoon of cinnamon and a few berries and I love it!  (Also the fruit-flavored yogurts that I used to eat are now unbearably sweet to me!)