Chobani Greek Yogurt

[Pea-n-Me]

A little surprised - I just discovered this stuff the other day.

And I'm hooked.

I shopped at a store different than where I usually shop, and they had it - 10 for $10. (From what I've since learned, that seems like a pretty good deal.)

I'd never heard of it or seen it before anywhere.

What about you?

Anyone have a little background on it?

ETA here's a link http://www.chobani.com/

 

[npmommie]

My dh loves this stuff! I usually buy it 10 for $10 at stop and shop. they also have it at BJ's and there is sometimes a good coupon for it.

Trader Joes has a version too, that is really good, I like some flavors some not so much

 

[java]

Had it at my SIL's house this summer. The kids loved it. I've been buying it anytime I see the 10 for $10. My kids LOVE the strawberry. I like the plain and mixing in my own stuff.

 

[claudia]

I buy the large size and add my own fruit to it. I will usually look for which brand is having a sale (either Chobani or Fage) and purchase that one. The protein content is what sold me initially, but the taste is fantastic...

 

[cepmom]

I've heard of it, but never tried it. I usually eat teh Weight Watchers yogurt...how is this yogurt different from other yogurts? Is it the taste that's better?

 

[java]

I've heard of it, but never tried it. I usually eat teh Weight Watchers yogurt...how is this yogurt different from other yogurts? Is it the taste that's better?

Greek yogurt is thicker- imho

 

[amid chaos]

Love greek yogurt, but I prefer the Fage. I like the plain and add peanut butter or fresh berries.

 

[cruisnfamily]

Greek-style fat-free yogurt contains the same number of calories as regular fat-free yogurt but has twice the protein and half the carbs. It’s a creamy choice for smoothies and dips.


*Greek-Style yogurt is strained more than most of our typical American-style yogurts. This removes more of the yogurt's watery whey. Since whey is mostly carbohydrate (with small amount of protein), the strained yogurt now contains less carbohydrate and consequently a higher concentration of protein. 1 cup of Greek-Style nonfat plain yogurt has approx 100 calories 5 grams carb and 20 grams protein

Here's what I came up with when I googled greek style yogurt. I've read about it recently and been meaning to try it. Sounds like it's yummy!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Almost forgot - added a link to the OP.

I've heard of it, but never tried it. I usually eat teh Weight Watchers yogurt...how is this yogurt different from other yogurts? Is it the taste that's better?

They claim that, compared to other yogurts, it's got twice the protein and less sugar, fat and carbohydrates. The strawberry has 140 cals.

It's got a thicker texture, different than most. I liked it. I asked my DH to try one (he's trying to eat more yogurt) and he got all saying it tasted like cream cheese (which he hates).

 

[Pea-n-Me]

A couple of you mentioned Fage. (I've never heard of that, either.) How does it compare?

I like the plain and add peanut butter

That's something I've never tried before. Will have to give it a shot. Thanks for mentioning it.

 

[momrek06]

Love greek yogurt, but I prefer the Fage. I like the plain and add peanut butter or fresh berries.

ME TOO!! Fage is

http://www.fageusa.com/products.aspx?prevSect=nutrition#/products/zero

 

[Minnesota!]

I eat the Fage Greek Yogurt. I adore it!!!! So much better then the overly sweet fake tasting Yoplait!

 

[agnes!]

I bought two cases of Chobani(Each case had 4-Strawberry, 4-Blueberry, 4-Peach) at Costco recently because they had been out a couple of weeks earlier. I get plain Greek-style Fat-free yogurt at Trader Joe's - we use it instead of sour cream.

agnes!

 

[cepmom]

Almost forgot - added a link to the OP.


They claim that, compared to other yogurts, it's got twice the protein and less sugar, fat and carbohydrates. The strawberry has 140 cals.

It's got a thicker texture, different than most. I liked it. I asked my DH to try one (he's trying to eat more yogurt) and he got all saying it tasted like cream cheese (which he hates).

sounds good! Now I'm going to have to go out and get some!! I love cream cheese

 

[Pea-n-Me]

http://www.fageusa.com/products.aspx?prevSect=nutrition#/products/zero

Thanks for the link!

Now I'm going to have to go out and get some!! I love cream cheese

Be sure to report back!

 

[bicker]

It's part of breakfast every morning, mixed with my wife's utterly incredible homemade granola.

 

[npmommie]

I will have to try the Fage, they sell it at TJ's............
agnes, I never thought to use the plain in place of sour cream, good idea! prob tastes a lot better than the low fat sour cream

 

[npmommie]

It's part of breakfast every morning, mixed with my wife's utterly incredible homemade granola.

ok bicker, now you have to ask wife for her recipe for homemade granola

I have tried a few different varieties of making it homemade, nothing earth shattering good though.

 

[bicker]

ok bicker, now you have to ask wife for her recipe for homemade granola

I have tried a few different varieties of making it homemade, nothing earth shattering good though.

I've actually posted it before, several times... it is absolutely worth another posting!

Recipe:

All the ingredients are available in the bulk foods section of Whole Foods...

4 cups of Rolled Oats
2 cups of raw (or blanched), unsalted slivered almonds
1/2 cup of raw, unsalted sunflower seeds
1/4 cup flax seed
4 T honey (local honey if you have spring allergies)
2 T cinnamon (the good stuff if you can find it)
1/2 cup currants

Mix it all together (make sure to break up any lumps that develop due to the honey). Spread on two sheet pans (sprayed with butter spray). Bake at 300F for 15 minutes. Stir, swap pans (top to bottom, front to back, rotate 180 degrees). Bake 20 more minutes. Take out of the oven. Wait until cooled off. Then put in the currants. Mix well.

For breakfast, we spoon about 1/2 cup of the granola on top of 1 cup of non-fat Greek yogurt.

This is deliberately not a very sweet granola. If you want it a lot sweeter, add brown sugar to taste, before baking.​

 

[bicker]

By the way, don't substitute the Rolled Oats with anything else (like oatmeal or steel-cut oats). And I prefer the thicker Rolled Oats.

Also, we've taken to experimenting with the bake time. I think we've gotten up to 50 minutes now, with increasingly better results (in OUR opinion). I'd start with the 20+15, and make your own decision, and inch it up 5 or 10 minutes per try until you feel it has gone "too far" (or the smoke alarm goes off).

Also, we've substituted Agave Syrup (?) for the honey. Bleh. It may be more "Whole Foodsey" but it just isn't sweet enough. We've also substituted sliced almonds for the slivered and prefer that now, even though (and I think this was the original reason for the recipe specifying slivered) it basically means that the oats and almonds are the same shape.

Finally, we've tried substituting other dried fruit for the currants, and it just doesn't work. Currants are first and foremost the only dried fruit (we have ready-access to) that is the right size, and it is also very sweet for its size, so even with chopped up pieces of raisin, you'll have to add more sweetener to get the same effect.