Make your own Fruit Yogurt

As much as I love my " fro yo", sometimes Dannon Light n' Fit is just too artificial tasting for my likes. Enter Fage 0% Greek Yogurt. Honestly, it intimidated the crap out of me for a while. And then (while working the dairy case at Trader Joe's) I examined the nutritional facts: 80 cal, 13 g of protein, 0 g fat, and only 6 g of sugar. Holy Crap!! I just had to try it... and my first reaction was "YUCK". This tastes like.... sour milk. But I did love the thick consistancy so I didn't give up just yet. I remembered hearing someone say they added some artifical sweetener, so I added a packet of splenda... and voila! much better. However, it still wasn't high on the "yummy" rankings. Well, after a few combinations, I found one that is delicious: adding some frozen fruit (blueberries work well, but so do raspberries, or even mixed berries) in addition to the splenda. I let it sit for about 5 - 10 min and stir again- this lets the fruit melt a little and add some "color" to the yogurt. Ta da! it's your very own fruit yogurt but with very little extra sugar added! Sometimes I add another packet of Splenda (I swear, I'm trying to kick the splenda habit! I'm getting a little bit better :)) You can buy bags of frozen fruit at most grocery stores and they are somewhere between 50-80 calories for about 1/3 of the whole bag. It obviously depends on which fruit you use. MMMM, I really want some greek yogurt now!

(This works just as well with any fat-free plain yogurt... it just gives you a thinner consistency- but that's sometimes what you are in the mood for)