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 quite like the stuff nowadays. I used to not like it. I just have like a small amount though, less than a serving size, because I think that if I eat to much at once I will hate it, which is probably untrue. I sometimes mix granola in it which is nice. I have also had a little honey added but I discovered I don't like the taste of honey. I think adding fruits/seeds/nuts is a good idea, so maybe try that.

i dind't read all the other posts so sorry if i'm being redundent.

i love it with pineapple.  the super sweet with tangy contrast in yummy.  or with granola.  but if you don't like sour things at all, not even a little, you won't like it.  keep with vanilla for a milder flavour that can mix with most (deserty) thing

I. Love. Plain. Yogurt.

But that's because I have taste issues and can't eat flavored yogurt without feeling nauseous.

I buy the Silhouette 0% fat brand, though really, any 0% will do (lighter flavour when it's lower fat). I drain the water off the top every time I use it, so it gets a little thicker as the week progresses.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup of yogurt, 1/3 cup of craisins=180 cal (which leaves you with extra calories for other things like cereal, toast, eggs, smoothies, or even to double it for 360 cals...whatever.)

Breakfast 2: blend 1/2-3/4 cup of plain yogurt and 1/2-1 cup of frozen berries - you may need to add a splash of milk to help the blender mash up the berries

Non-sweet snack: 1/2 cup of yogurt +generous amount of za'atar (middle eastern spice, made of hyssop, salt, probably oregano, and that certain 'je ne sais quoi', can be found at any middle eastern grocery store). 50 calories of AWESOMENESS. If you make this, definitely be sure to drain the water off the top of the yogurt container: the thicker the yogurt, the better this tastes. I had one babysitter who would take an empty yogurt container or jar, hang tightly woven cheesecloth half-way down the container, and pour the yogurt in there, then stick it back in the fridge to drain the water. I have never tried this, so proceed with caution...

Original Post by juleroo:

 but if you don't like sour things at all, not even a little, you won't like it. 

I love sour stuff.  I eat lemons.

But, I think my dislike of this sour taste stems from the years of drinking milk at the school cafeteria.  Many many many times I'd open up a milk and take a swig only to find out the milk had soured (eventually stopped drinking the school's milk).  That sour milk taste in yogurt is what I'm trying to cover up.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

I'm not a fan of yogurt either. To help with my digestive system, I am researching pro-biotic suppliments that I can take daily. There are ways that you can have your yogurt in fun ways, like frozen! And I agree with the other posters on making it into dips. I've just always found it too sugary, and fage yogurt is too salty. Go figure. Maybe mixing it in with your oatmeal? But I don't think you can heat it, or you'll kill the good bacteria.

Keep the recipes comin!

FAGE!!! It's so delicious! It's the only yogurt I've had that doesn't have that sour taste. Greek yogurt is strained - it's the whey that is sour. To save money I strain my own but it takes a few days to get the sour taste out so the Fage is a lot more convenient. I still drizzle a little honey on it but you don't need nearly as much as you do with regular yogurt.

So it's called "Fage"?  I'll have to see if I can find that in the local European market...but if it's too salty I won't be buying that either...lol...

It's great to use yogurt in cooking. But if you heat it much you do lose the probiotic benefit. I've always loved plain yogurt because my mother used it as baby food for me way back in the 50s. It's a wonderful food. Nowadays, our food processors add so much sugar to everything that we think sweet is the way things should taste. It takes some withdrawal pains to lay off the stuff.

Flavored, sweetened yogurts have a lot of sweetener/sugar in them.  The advantage of plain yogurt is, you can start out very sweet then gradually cut it back until you are accustomed to the tartness. 

The way I use plain yogurt is as a garnish/topping for spicy food like chili and curry. 

Did anybody mention smoothies or raita?  I didn't read all the posts in this thread.  1/2 cup of plain yogurt whizzed up with 1 cup of fruit and chilled is really good.  I'm fond of bananas and strawberries, or just mango.

To make a plain yogurt a little sweeter I add just a teeny bit of sugar free jello mix. It adds a little bit of tangy fruit flavor.

I just had my first bowl of it, not knowing how it was going to taste and it was really sour so I started looking through the cupboards to find what healthy things I could toss in it.  I added 1 tbsp of cinnimon and a 1/3 cup of Kashi GoLean Crunchy cereal here is a link http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-kashi- golean-crunch-honey-almond-i127026 and to my surprise that was just enough sweet to make it work and not to much, I had a huge sweet tooth and been satisfying that with fruit.  I wish I could get some fresh strawberries or cherries here right now as I think they would be great in it.

Stevia or Splenda is great intead of sugar.  Also, you can add flavoring extracts of any flavor...

I've been using the dip flavor packets (french onion) and using veggies to dip in it.  It's perfect!  Makes a great snack.  The only problem I have ran into is that the flavor packets use a lot of salt.  I have to use a quite of bit of the stuff to cover the grody taste and it can get a little too salty.  I add in my own seasonings to help.  It doesn't taste quite like it's supposed to but it's still yummy.