**QUICKIE POST** A New Way to Enjoy Yogurt?

What's your favorite thing to eat with yogurt? What's your favorite type of yogurt? I love Greek yogurt but usually get it sweetened. I'm pretty sure the plain is better for me. But the plain is so... plain. Anyway.

So I'm trying to eat everything up in my fridge before buying groceries. Just about everything is gone. I'm down to a couple f eggs and some cheese. Last night, I had a snack attack and... nothing snack-like but some yogurt, a single apple, and a couple of bananas.

The yogurt is that super-thick Greek Chobani brand. The bananas were about to be too ripe in another day.

I chopped the bananas up over a bowl of yogurt and topped it all with a couple lines of honey.

Let me tell you what... That was the best fruit & yogurt combo I've ever had. It was like eating a healthy version of mock Nilla Wafer banana pudding pie - you know, sans the wafers. Plain Greek yogurt is normally way too tangy-like for me. The bananas just kind of... 'oomphed' it up.

Guess what my new favorite snack is? Not even just as a snack. I mean, I could eat this all day every day. I think that the trick is for the bananas to be at the right ripeness. The ones I had were not going brown, but they were on the softer-sweeter side of ripe. I probably did not need the little bit of honey I used.

The other thing I noticed is that even half a banana would have been really filling. I was over-stuffed because I added two of them - only because they were going to go too ripe soon.

Maybe this is not new to anyone but me. I just never thought of adding bananas to yogurt. I normally eat blueberries, strawberries, or pineapple chunks - you know the juicier fruits. No more. From now on, it's bananas all the way.

Now, I don't know how this will work but I am thinking of trying this combo with the bananas mashed into the yogurt. 

Anyway, that's my new thing. Greek yogurt and bananas. Cheap, healthy, filling, and fiber-full.

By the way, after I finished ranting about this, I found that it's already a thing. 

It's even a "diet thing". Still, I take credit for describing it as a Nilla Wafer cheat!

Peace

--Free

Oh Yeh for Fage!

Recently  I got coupons to try Fage's Total Greek Yogurt totally free. (This is one of the two best benefits of joining BzzAgent: trying out products and trying them for free!)

(If you have heard of Fage, you might already know that it's pronounced Fah-yeh. I was saying "Fage" and saying it with an attitude like I just knew!)

Now, as excited as I was to try this yogurt, I had forgotten I'd had Fage before. It was back when I was still kind of sick and suffering from memory problems. I have no idea what it was like back then, but I can tell you now that it is YUMMY.

I have always liked yogurt. It's a fun food. Reminds me of when I was young and had a love for things like Jello - I could eat it night and day and liked nearly all the different flavors. If someone had come up with an improved Jello, I'd probably feel the way I do about Greek Yogurt.

If Greek yogurt is an improvement (IMO) over "regular" yogurts, then Fage's Greek yogurt is an improvement over all the Greek yogurts. It's very rich and creamy. I don't usually like plain yogurt, but I gave this a shot and I've decided to use it in place of sour cream and fruit toppings. It's that good.

Hilariously, I did a very Trudy thing and forgot the dang coupon for my freebie when I went to the store so I paid for the first couple containers. (Don't worry, I will be going back!)

I gave my sister a taste of the strawberry yogurt. My sister is not into what she calls "weeds and berries and such," but she was all up into that yogurt! LOL I gave her a coupon to get her own container.  Since Fage puts the leaves the fruit separate from the yogurt, one thing my sister liked was the ability to add as much (or as little) of the fruit into the yogurt.

My favorite things about Fage?

• The creamy texture. You get that by stirring the yogurt well before mixing in the fruit (or just eating the plain). 
• The taste of the fruit. Not too sweet or tart or "fake" tasting. (The fruit flavors partly from concentrate, by the way.)
• The 11 grams* of protein. (Important for some folks, like my sister)

For vegetarians and other health-minded folks, the calories run from 170 to 220* and the product is gluten-free. Other nutrition information is given here.

Aside from eating the yogurts right out of their containers, you can serve them up prettily (like this), or you can try some of the recipes given by the folks at Fage. Also, check out their tzatziki sauce (for savories, like gyros) and their feta.

If you haven't joined Bzz Agent yet (and why not?), check back to see if Fage has coupons available. In the meantime, if I know you, I'll hand you a coupon the next time I see you!

Peace

--Free

* for the 5.3 oz Total Zero variety

DISCLAIMER: I received coupons for free Fage yogurt from BzzAgent.