Tag Archives: yogurt

I Deserve to Say “No!”

First, let me start off by saying that I had a really great workout on Saturday. I was able to run farther than I ever had before without stopping due to lack of oxygen, muscle strength or energy. I felt like I could have kept going all day. Of course, having learned my lesson well from my recent bout with a torn and inflamed meniscus in my knee, I made sure not to push it too much. On Sunday my husband and I had a church function that started very early and lasted for five hours. I was nervous about … Continue reading →

Healthy Yogurt

Yogurt has a good reputation — and for a lot of good reasons. It is full of healthy calcium, stomach-friendly probiotics, and can taste as good as a sinful snack! Here are some tips to help you pick the healthiest yogurt: Choose yogurt that has 200 calories or less per serving. Yogurt is mostly milk, and one cup of fat-free milk has less than 90 calories. Don’t let the other ingredients overload you on calories! Choose yogurt that has four grams of fat or less. The total fat contact can often indicate what kind of milk was used in making … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Yogurt

Yesterday’s blog on saving money on butter sparked a great discussion. In it, I learned that you can make your own butter using a breadmaker. I had never heard of this technique before. This is one of the reasons I really love being a part of Families.com, because the members here are so clever and kind. That said, I thought it might be interesting to explore another homemade dairy product: yogurt. From the research that I have done, making your own yogurt is easy and very cost effective. Doing it yourself also ensures that there are no artificial preservatives, sweeteners … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Food, Even Cheese!

Sure we have all heard about growing your own food to save money. And of course, we have heard about preparing your own meals will save money. Home cooked meals save plenty (See this earlier article that tell you how to calculate that savings). But did you know that you can actually make some of the ingredients to your meals? There are other standard staples that you probably purchase, taking it for granted that they can’t be made at home. But many of them probably can. I have to confess that this post was inspired by the Food Blog, one … Continue reading →

TODAY ONLY – FREE TCBY Yogurt

Are you on a reduced fat diet? Love the taste of ice cream, but can’t tolerate all that cream? Frozen yogurt is a great alternative. TCBY’s yogurt is 96% fat free. They even have no sugar added yogurt for those of us watching our sugar intake. Maybe you just like the taste of frozen yogurt better. I’ve always thought that it has a heartier feel to it than ice cream. It doesn’t melt as quickly either. If you like frozen yogurt, from 5 – 8 PM today, TCBY will be giving out a free quart of their Premium Pre-Packed Yogurt … Continue reading →

New Uses for Yogurt Cups

A yogurt cup is one of those things that seems infinitely useful. There is good reason for this, namely the fact that it really is very useful. There are so many times when we spend money buying something for a specific purpose when we could have easily adapted something that we already own. Think about a pencil holder, for example. I don’t know why anyone ever spends money on something like that. There are so many items that can easily be transformed into something to hold pencils, from a flower pot to, yup, an empty yogurt container. In that spirit … Continue reading →

The Sneaky Mama’s Recipes: Yogurt Based “Salads”

In my first blog of this series, I talked about children who were seriously picky. They gag, they sputter, they vomit even–at the mere mention of a vegetable or fruit! Or anything else that is not the incredibly short “acceptable foods” list. So now, we’re working on broadening the repertoire with a few ways that “sneak” in fruits and veggies. Today, we’re going to talk about upping the likeability factor by adding fruits and veggies to yogurt. I will admit, that this is one area where I lied to my children. I told my oldest daughter that yogurt was really … Continue reading →

Milking the Dairy Diet?

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Have you seen all the headlines insisting that consuming dairy on a daily basis can help you lose weight? We talked about the Dairy Diet a few weeks ago here. It’s time to revisit that topic with the latest news report. From the Milk, does a body good ad campaign to the eat more dairy to lose weight statements – high-dairy diets are spreading like wildfire. So does it work? The answer to that is a very firm maybe. Current research suggests those who indulge in high-dairy diets gain slightly more weight than those who trim the dairy from their … Continue reading →