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thread: Natural Yoghurt... why didn't anyone tell me it's awesomeness!

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    Natural Yoghurt... why didn't anyone tell me it's awesomeness!

    I am no longer buying fruit yoghurts ever again!

    A lovely turkish woman I know has introduced me to awesome turkish yoghurt that is extremely affordable! I've been using it in lots of cooking, and we've been having garlic sauce etc as well.

    Today I had an epiphany... fruit yoghurt... I know you can add honey and cinnamon for a yummy flavour but I had never thought to add full fruit jam for a quick fruit yoghurt fix... before now. So I whipped out my whole fruit no sugar added jam and add a bit to some natural yoghurt... OMG it is better than Jalna! Sooooo creamy and sooo good.

    It works out to be the 1/4 of the price of store bought yoghurt, and it lasts for a month and its sooo much creamier.

    I'm so excited *does happy dance*.

    A big thank you to TD who has been bestowing her foodie wisdom on me. *smoooch* You have made this foodie a big ball of happy
    Last edited by Rouge; June 3rd, 2010 at 05:32 PM. : I had an epiphany that I can't spell epiphany

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    YES!!! I love it too. I use natural yoghurt all the time - we always have some in the fridge. DD goes through it like a rocket, DH takes to work with fruit (instead of buying the pre-made fruit yoghurts) and I use it in cooking heaps (in place of sour cream). I have an unfounded belief that it may be healthier than sour cream, but I'm not sure why I would think this!!

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    mmm we ALWAYS have a tub of natural yogurt in the fridge. DF loves it especially. Makes a great garlic sauce, and yeah, add a bit of jam or honey to it and NOM!

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    Guess who's having Bircher Muesli on the weekend with grated apple, almond slivers and natural yoghurt with cinnamon and honey.... OMNOMS!

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    uhhhh, me when I come over and eat it all?

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    Yum Rouge...love a good Bircher!! I loooove natural yoghurt just oni it's own On things too.

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    I sort of just assumed you knew.... I mean, you know everything ELSE about food

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    LOL nah I don't know EVERYTHING. And I love learning new tricks and tips... I is a spooooooonge

    Anytime Punkin anytime

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    Guess who's having Bircher Muesli on the weekend with grated apple, almond slivers and natural yoghurt with cinnamon and honey.... OMNOMS!
    Yum what time shall i come over!

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    Warning - thread hijack!
    Rouge - sugar free jam???? Enlighten me (possibly by PM or by resurrecting Bath's old jam and marmalade thread) pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase???

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    What brand is this Turkish yoghurt and is it easy to find? I want!

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    Girls brekky it is then.

    We mix a tub of natural yoghurt with a tin of mixed berries, and maybe some honey if it's not sweet enough yet. Mmmmmmmm yes. Yum.

    And yeah, similar to Audax I just assumed you knew. But I'm glad you've learned. 10 points to TD!

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    I also now only use Natural Yoghurt too! I use it instead of sour cream, for dipping sauce etc, and I also blend fresh fruit like banana or frozen berries through the yoghurt for DS (or a frozen banana in summer and it is soo good, like a frozen yoghurt)

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    Ooh I agree, though now whenever I smell it I recall DH slathering it all over my flaming sunburnt pregnant belly.. and how he laughed and said "I turned you into a cacik!" (Cacik is Turkish tzatziki)
    It certainly helped to relieve the burn though.

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    LOL.

    Ok I think I need to clarify something. TD was the one to introduce me to the amazing turkish Natural Yoghurt (which is so much better than the stuff you get at the supermarket)... the Jam thing that was my idea, although I'm guessing not so original HAHA! I showed TD tonight the Jam & Yoghurt thing, and she's hooked!

    When I got home tonight I made me and DH some Bircher w/apple juice, milk and a dollop of cream for naughtiness and LOTS of chopped dried apricots, and I made up some honey & cinnamon yoghurt to go with tomorrow morning... but alas I'm all out of almond slivers DOH!

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    The brand is Kahvecioglu. Its only sold at certain stores, so not through supermarkets. It's only $6.99 for 2kg bucket which is really cheap and the quality is superb. Real thick set yogurt. Best to ring the manufacturer to find the closest seller near you. Highly recommended.

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    Thank you gorgeous woman THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! *smooch*

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    I haven't tried the turkish natural yoghurt, but the one you get at the supermarket, I make my own tzatziki with it... better than the store bought ones!

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