A while back, I got tired of hearing all the hype about greek yogurt and these sugar substitues, Stevia and Truvia so I decided to try some. Let me tell you...they are both nothing short of awesome.
This yogurt (Athenos brand) has 140 calories and a whopping 23 grams of protein per 1 cup. Not to mention, the only ingredient is milk! No MSG, high fructose corn syrup or any other weird chemicals. Here's the nutrition label:
On to the sugar. A lot of the fitness experts list recipes on their blogs and they usually include Stevia or Truvia instead of regular sugar. My grocery store only carried Stevia in little tea bag things so I picked the Truvia container that had what looked like normal sugar. This sweetener has 0 calories, smells almost as great as brown sugar or syrup in the container and is made by steeping dried stevia leaves in water, then purifying. It says right on the box that it's suitable for diabetics too! I've been using this to sweeten foods and there is NO bad after taste (like diet sodas, saccharin-yuck!) Nutrition label below:
I read somewhere to use a koolaid powder packet to flavor plain yogurt since it lets you control the sugar content so I bought some packets. I wanted to use frozen strawberries so I pulled out the strawberry koolaid packet and sprinkled a little into my yogurt. It made such a pretty pink color :) You'll have to flavor it to taste and since the packets have no sugar, stir in some Truvia with it. This is my result:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt - 70 calories (11.5 grams protein)
1/4 packet strawberry koolaid (unsweetened powder) - 0 calories
1 tsp Truvia sweetener - 0 calories (It's more potent than regular sugar so you use less!)
1/2 cup frozen strawberries - 25 calories (according to the bag)
Conclusion:
95 calories (awesome)
11.5 grams protein (more awesome)
3 times LESS sugar than a Yoplait yogurt and NO bad chemicals or processed ingredients :)
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