Sunday, 28 March 2010
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Make Your Own Portion-Sized Frozen Yogurt
I used to do this in high school, but completely forgot about this trick until I wrote up my last post which featured high-calcium cheeses and yogurts. This trick is not for everyone though! However, I like it! My mother used to place individual yogurt cups into the freezer. Voila! Frozen yogurt!
Why this trick is not for everybody:
- The yogurt becomes rock-hard. You can throw it and probably break a window! Let it defrost for at least 1 hour at room temperature. I like to take one yogurt cup out of the freezer before I start making dinner so that I can have it for dessert.
- The texture does not become smooth or creamy like real ice cream or frozen yogurt. It has kind of a flaky/icy texture. However, I love the way it melts in my mouth like ice cream would. This is awesome for hot days in the summer!
Why I like this trick:
- Each cup is individually portion-sized. Easy and convenient.
- I bought Yoplait Source yogurt cups (picture above) and each cup is only 35 calories.
- Although sometimes it feels like I'm ice-picking while jabbing the rock-hard yogurt with my spoon (sometimes I'm too impatient to wait an hour), I find this a much better alternative than mindlessly snacking in front of the TV. If too frozen, it takes me a long time to get through even one cup. This prevents me from overeating.
Give it a try! Stick a couple of yogurt cups in the freezer and let me know what you think!
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Comments (18)
i do this a lot! :) so nice hehe
seems to be a great idea :)
i'll try it :)
thanks x]
Good idea. Actually my mini fridge just over froze my yogurt so now I am gonna take it out and see how your trick works :).
I'll recommend that to my mom! She loves that stuff.
I forgot about this trick! I find yogourt always goes bad before I finish the whole pack!
I used to jab a popsicle stick through the lid-- tada! Frozen yoghurt on a stick <3.
ooh i love this trick! (: thanks for the tip.
@lil_squirrel4ever - I'm the opposite. I eat it so quickly! i've never had yogurt expire on me before. But yes freezing is great solution to the expiration problem!
@i_Nutrition - lol. I eat yogurt because it's good for you, but I don't love it. hence why I don't finish the whole pack. My fav brand are the Island Farms Vanilla Plus--have you tried it?? So good!
Great idea! Definately trying it!
my twin sister really loves doing this, unfortunately I'm lactose intolerant and any new snack that involves me eating more dairy is a bad idea. I do this occasionally with juice-box or stuff like that though, which also works.
I love frozen yogurt so I'm trying this!
Isn't it supposed to be easy to make frozen yogurt?? I mean, this is certainly easier, but from what I recall it wasn't hard to make it in the first place :P Still, I've not gotten around to it. I prefer to just eat my yogurt, fruit and granola!
Good information thank you.
@bryangoodrich - I think you need some kind of special machine to make frozen yogurt and ice cream from scratch. I wish I had one!
Oooh that sounds so good! Gonna try it myself too!
I'm going to try this right now!
Sounds good