For dietary purposes, I’ve been told to start including probiotic rich food in my diet and I figure since people in my house already like yogurt that’s the best way to go. But I absolutely hate the texture of yogurt. How can I change it and still enjoy the health benefits? I don’t love smoothies, but I’ll make one occasionally with yogurt. But I’d prefer to have some variety with this. Adding granola is alright, and definitely helps but even still I find myself just grossed out after two spoonfuls. Is there anything I can do? Is freezing it and turning it into something like frozen yogurt going to kill the cultures? It’s sad, because this is the only food I absolutely cannot seem to find a way to enjoy!
I think it should be somewhere in the settings menu
Water kefir is another good option - one you get the grains rehydrated it makes a new batch every 24 hours or so, and you can referment it with fruit juice to make a fizzy probiotic drink. It’s much easier to get started with than kombucha
I have never heard of water kefir, just the bottled raspberry kefir I see next to milk. Where can I find these grains?
Oh hey! Sorry for the slow reply, I just noticed the notification . I got mine at a homebrew store, but here they are on Amazon
You can make tzatziki with it, or salad dressing, making a mango lassi with it would be a different texture. Frozen yoghurt seems like a good idea, I wouldn’t expect it to kill the cultures, generally high temperature kills stuff, low temperatures usually just slow them down and keep populations from growing, so cooking with it seems more likely to kill cultures than freezing it. if it weren’t for what I just said about cooking with it I’d say using it in curry would be great, though you usually add it at the end so you could do that as it’s cooling some and potentially avoid that issue
Oh, I do like tzatziki on veggie hummus pita sandwiches. I didn’t realize it was made with yogurt! Thanks for the tip
You can mix it with rice, have you tried that?
I have not! I eat rice for lunch a couple times a week, I’ll have to give that a try.
Hope it works out!
This is a more involved recipe: https://food52.com/recipes/77349-padma-lakshmi-s-yogurt-rice ; I usually just mix the rice and yogurt, and add salt and peanuts.
No help on the yogurt, but a suggestion. Have you tried Miso soup? It’s really good for your gut health. Don’t get instant, get the real stuff/paste. It lasts a long time and you can use it in other foods as a flavor enhancer. Try mild yellow first. I personally love the red. Avoid the Hawaiian version unless you like sweet things. And never boil it, it kills the good stuff in it.
I love miso soup! I do try to make it myself, but it’s hard finding grocery stores that sell the paste near me. But anytime I am in the city, I always grab a tub to last me a few months! That and a thing of kimchi, always feel great when I can eat those daily.
If you have a Winco in your area they carry it in the produce cold cases.
What, specifically, about the texture bugs you? I’m not challenging, just trying to understand so I can offer recommendations to alter things.
I’m honestly not even sure myself. I’ve tried thickening it and it makes me gag, but super thin/runny also makes me gag. I think thicker is the better of the two, and I can eat like whipped cream or even sour cream just fine. Though, I’ve never tried eating just a straight spoonful of sour cream…
I wouldn’t try to eat yogurt then
Try kimchee or even OTC probiotics
Edit: if and only if your medial professional approves. I have no medical training. I just know there are other sources of probiotics that aren’t yogurt
If you’re in the USA, Chobani full fat and Oui by Yoplait are ok, but there’s added sugar. Whipping it with a whisk or handmixer will make it more like a mousse texture. There’s a decent weight gain powder made with pea protein, Orgain that has probiotics. It says use water to mix with, but I use whole milk. If you’re not trying to gain, water is probably fine , if you are trying to gain, add a dollop of peanut or almond butter.
Refrigerated sauerkraut has probiotics, but I don’t care for it.
Oh! I never thought about whisking it. I love mousse, I’ll have to try that. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Good luck!
Considered just buying probiotic pills instead? Yogurt isn’t the only way to get beneficial bacteria.
I was considering that, but I wasn’t sure how useful they are? Like, it seemed that people either swear they worked or said they were the equivalent of praying to the old gods for better digestion. Figured food was probably a more reliable path.
Everybody has a different stomach microbiome, so different results are expected. The nice thing about capsules is you can try to find a mix that works for you.
