So... I am at Walmart, browsing food :-) I don't like ice cream and I
don't like yogurt. But every once in awhile I will buy a small container
of something frozen if the flavor combo sounds good.

Ben and Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt.

My my, doesn't that sound healthy?

Even better, they had a miniature $1.12 sample size with a miniature
plastic spoon under the cap. 3.6 fluid ounces.

But I still wasn't sold till I saw the flavor-Banana Peanut Butter.
Sold.

It was incredibly delicious. After I ate it I read the nutrition label
out of curiousity.

OMG 24 grams of sugar in that tiny little sample. No wonder it didnt
taste like yogurt. 200 calories.

z z wrote:
>
> So... I am at Walmart, browsing food :-) I don't like ice cream and I
> don't like yogurt. But every once in awhile I will buy a small container
> of something frozen if the flavor combo sounds good.
>
> Ben and Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt.
>
> My my, doesn't that sound healthy?
>
> Even better, they had a miniature $1.12 sample size with a miniature
> plastic spoon under the cap. 3.6 fluid ounces.
>
> But I still wasn't sold till I saw the flavor-Banana Peanut Butter.
> Sold.
>
> It was incredibly delicious. After I ate it I read the nutrition label
> out of curiousity.
>
> OMG 24 grams of sugar in that tiny little sample. No wonder it didnt
> taste like yogurt. 200 calories.

I like yogurt. Plain vanilla is my favorite. But I don't like to eat it by
itself... even the kind with fruit in the bottom. I like a texture so I
always buy whatever yogurt sounds good to me then stir in some Honey Oats
and Flakes cereal to it. That crunch turns it into a good snack for me.

Gary

On 29/04/2012 10:48 AM, z z wrote:
> So... I am at Walmart, browsing food :-) I don't like ice cream and I
> don't like yogurt. But every once in awhile I will buy a small container
> of something frozen if the flavor combo sounds good.
>
> Ben and Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt.
>
> My my, doesn't that sound healthy?
>
> Even better, they had a miniature $1.12 sample size with a miniature
> plastic spoon under the cap. 3.6 fluid ounces.
>
> But I still wasn't sold till I saw the flavor-Banana Peanut Butter.
> Sold.
>
> It was incredibly delicious. After I ate it I read the nutrition label
> out of curiousity.
>
> OMG 24 grams of sugar in that tiny little sample. No wonder it didnt
> taste like yogurt. 200 calories.
>

You should try some of the premium brands of ice cream, or try making
your own ice cream. Using lots of real cream makes it nice and rich and
there is less need for sugar.

I am not supposed to eat ice cream anymore and that frozen yogurt is a
much healthier option. It is really hit and miss getting that stuff.
Some of them are really good and some of them are really horrible. I
tried a store brand at a local grocery store and it was pretty good. I
went back and got another, but black cherry this time. It was pretty
bad. AAMAOF, I just got back from shopping and had bought a tub of a
premium brand frozen yogurt. Space was tight in the freezer compartment
of the fridge. Instead of taking it out to the chest freezer I just took
out the half tub of the black cherry frozen yogurt, and left it on the
counter. It is going into the garbage.


BTW... have you tried sherbets? They can be pretty good, though the
cheaper products with crappy artificial flavours are usually pretty
disappointing. One of my favourites is watermelon sherbet, but I have
not been able to find it. You can also easily make your own sherbet by
pureeing fruit, mixing it with simple syrup and freezing it.

On 29/04/2012 11:10 AM, Gary wrote:
ste like yogurt. 200 calories.
>
> I like yogurt. Plain vanilla is my favorite. But I don't like to eat it by
> itself... even the kind with fruit in the bottom. I like a texture so I
> always buy whatever yogurt sounds good to me then stir in some Honey Oats
> and Flakes cereal to it. That crunch turns it into a good snack for me.

Since my heart problem last year I have had to eat more dairy, but less
fat. I get the non fat yogurt, usually artificially sweetened vanilla.
It's almost like pudding, but better with fruit. I also like plain
yogurt with fruit on it, no need for sugar. It is also good with just a
little drizzle of honey, just enough to take the sharp edge off the yogurt.

I was amused reading the list of ingredients-most people dont read the
entire list so it looks healthy at first glance:

skim milk, greek yoghurt (cultured skim milk, natural flavor,
carrageenun)...

On a tiny container this takes up two lines.

But then, if you hang in there...wait for it...drum roll...liquid sugar
(sugar, water)!

I think corporate is trying to avoid using the word syrup?

Persevering: cream, peanut butter (peanuts)...

Whats this? Next in the list..deja vu..is:

sugar, water! (see above?)

bananas...

Near the bottom the nitty gritty is revealed: corn syrup solids, egg
yolks, corn oil...

etc.

From time to time I buy Activia Light Vanilla yogurt, which tastes like
lemon to me, purely for medicinal purposes-it works!

It does exactly what her commercials promise it does lol. The greek
frozen yoghurt did not.

I recommend eating Activia after eating supper, not as a breakfast food,
and not as a late night snack :-)

On Apr 29, 10:13*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 29/04/2012 11:10 AM, Gary wrote:
> ste like yogurt. 200 calories.
>
>
>
> > I like yogurt. Plain vanilla is my favorite. But I don't like to eat it by
> > itself... even the kind with fruit in the bottom. I like a texture so I
> > always buy whatever yogurt sounds good to me then stir in some Honey Oats
> > and Flakes cereal to it. That crunch turns it into a good snack for me.
>
> Since my heart problem last year I have had to eat more dairy, but less
> fat.

Less dairy fat is smart, but many fats are heart healthy.

> I get the non fat yogurt, usually artificially sweetened vanilla.
> It's almost like pudding, but better with fruit. *I also like plain
> yogurt with fruit on it, no need for sugar. *It is also good with just a
> little drizzle of honey, just enough to take the sharp edge off the yogurt.

On Apr 29, 11:36*am, (z z) wrote:

> I was amused reading the list of ingredients-most people dont read the
> entire list so it looks healthy at first glance:
>
> skim milk, greek yoghurt (cultured skim milk, natural flavor,
> carrageenun)...
>
> On a tiny container this takes up two lines.
>
> But then, if you hang in there...wait for it...drum roll...liquid sugar
> (sugar, water)!
>
> I think corporate is trying to avoid using the word syrup?
>
> Persevering: cream, peanut butter (peanuts)...
>
> Whats this? Next in the list..deja vu..is:
>
> sugar, water! (see above?)
>
> bananas...
>
> Near the bottom the nitty gritty is revealed: corn syrup solids, egg
> yolks, corn oil...


I'm from a family where home-made yogurt was always in the
fridge. But even some of my old time relatives who are still hanging
in have resorted to buying store-bought instead of making their own.
I buy plain yogurt, but I prefer the regular, not the low fat or non
fat. In many easy to find plain commercial yogurts there is nothing
but cultured cream and milk. I can't understand why people buy the
fruit stuff when using plain and adding fruit is so much better. If a
person eats something just because it's healthy and they don't really
like the taste, they should find something else to eat. A little bit
of fat with a bunch of fruit is not bad. Hell, I even get those cheap
strawberry cakes and put real sour cream in them and top them with a
bunch of ripe cut up strawberries. Another easy one I learned from my
mother's side, which doesn't sound as good as it is, is putting a
dollop of real sour cream on top of a slice of blueberry of apple pie.
Better than ice cream I think.

TJ

On 29/04/2012 10:57 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
>> Since my heart problem last year I have had to eat more dairy, but less
>> fat.
>
> Less dairy fat is smart, but many fats are heart healthy.

It is all; very confusing to me. I never used to use much milk. I don't
drink it, just a little on my cereal and in my morning latte. The rest
of the time I drink my coffee black. I liked 3.25% homo but was told to
use skim or 1%. I questioned that. My brother, who had a heart attack,
drinks more than a litre of 1% per day. I use less than 2 litres per
week, which is a lot less dairy fat than he gets with his one plus per day.





> My father was told to eat trans-fat margarine instead of butter in the
> 1960s, after his first heart attack. He was told to avoid egg yolk.
> He was told to avoid pork, even though beef fat is worse than pork
> fat. He was never advised to eat more almonds. His cardiologist
> recommended corn oil rather than olive oil. "High in polyunsaturates"
> was considered to be healthful. He died younger than his mother, and
> way younger than his grandmother, after multiple bypasses. He got bad
> advice, but it was the standard advice. I'm not saying that you
> should trust the advice of some blue-haired punkrocker on the internet
> more than you trust a cardiologist, but that you should do the
> research yourself rather than trust either.

There is a lot of contradictory advice out there. The dietitian told me
to avoid all transfats. She thinks they are basically poison.

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:05:04 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> There is a lot of contradictory advice out there. The dietitian told me
> to avoid all transfats. She thinks they are basically poison.
>
Look into low carbing. Hubby started that in February; he's sleeping
better, feeling better in general and his blood work numbers are
looking much better. His biggest problem is keeping his weight up,
because he doesn't need to lose any.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.