Greek yoghurt tips please to make it more palatable?

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I really want to eat good quality natural Greek yoghurt for its health benefits but I really dislike the taste!

Tbh, I am not good with diary products generally!

Are there any ways of eating it to make it taste better please? I don’t even much like the texture! But the taste is the most difficult aspect for me; I thought I would get used to it but no improvement after a month of eating just a little nearly every day.

If you freeze some berries then defrost and blitz with a tiny bit of honey that might help if you swirl it through the yoghurt.
I think if you don't like the skyr and you don't like greek yogurt you probably just don't like it, I don't think fage is different enough. You can add granola, nuts, plenty of honey etc but if you're trying to lose weight it can easily become a high calorie breakfast

Alternatively can you use it in smoothies?

Honey, but proper decent stuff that costs more like £10 from a local bee keeper not nasty supermarket cheap stuff that is blended with syrup.

I usually have Greek Yogurt with whatever soft fruit I have lying around, sprinkle of museli/granola (or even crushed up cornflakes if I'm desperate 🙃) and a drizzle of honey.

A tsp of lemon curd stirred through. My favourite thing. Turns it into decadent pudding

Now that’s interesting! I’d probably opt for pure cocoa and coconut or something but I like the idea! It’s got me thinking…

I love Greek yoghurt so I'm probably not best placed to advise ha ha, but it does mean I use it a lot

Lots of good sweet suggestions here but have you tried incorporating it in savoury for instead/as well?

Do you like sour cream etc dips? I often mix it with coriander [and lime - but this might make the sour issue worse] to make a nice dip to go with e.g. Mexican food, or grated cucumber and mint (this is my favourite) to make tzatziki. Lovely with salad, kebabs, etc.

Also I make fresh coleslaw using Greek yoghurt instead of mayonnaise. Just grated carrot, finally sliced onion and cabbage. That might work for you if you don't like the texture - you can dollop it all on a baked potato for a lovely coleslaw with tonnes of veg.

The key to all three of those is SALT. Adding salt, a little to start with and adjust to taste (as well as pepper if you like it) evens out the tang.

The overwhelming flavour you dislike is the sourness/acidity, so that can be balanced with sweetness (PPs' suggestions above), fat (like adding olive oil but I'm guessing that's a no no), salt (my suggestions above) or heat (adding some chili would distract from the sourness but I don't think that's the answer for you for some reason lol)

If all else fails just stop eating it, food should be enjoyable x

Can’t keep up with all of the replies but thank you very much for every suggestion!

Make sure it's not "greek style" as that basically means it'll be disgusting.

And honey makes it much nicer.

If you don’t like the sour taste but want a high protein boost for fruit, try cottage cheese. My breakfast is cottage cheese, Fage strawberry yogurt, fruit of choice and a spoonful of chia seeds, plus quinoa if I have some in the fridge. High protein and nicer.

I have it on my weetabix with seeds and chopped up banana. My daughter has it in a smoothie and adds some honey/banana to sweeten it up. If you’re doing it for probiotics what about the actimel type drinks? Or dump the yoghurt and try things like kimchi???

That's not true. Greek style just basically means made outside of Greece... .

Op, I would strongly suggest finding something else with probiotic if you do not like yogurt. I cannot stomach yogurt for breakfast.

I like the Yeo Valley Greek yogurt with raspberries and blueberries - don’t add sugar / honey you’ll soon get used to the tartness. I also use it in a lot of cooking - stirred through curries, for marinades and for tzatziki.

• get the full fat Greek yoghurt from LIDL
• use fruit (berries, apricots, strawberries etc) and a small amount of monk fruit to make a compote

Delicious!

I have cup Greek yoghurt, 1 tbsp soaked chia seeds, 1tbsp peanut butter and handful of berries every morning. Fills me up for hours and it’s so tasty (and Keto….)

I have Lidl Greek yoghurt with a sprinkle.of their protein granola for breakfast every day. It's lovely.

Maybe a drizzle of honey on a special occasion 😂

Teaspoon of jam stirred through with flaxseed. Add berries.

Lemon curd with berries and crushed meringue
banana and honey and walnuts
any flavoured coffee syrup stirred in

Thank you! This is a brilliant analysis! And I agree with you about enjoying one’s food.

Funnily enough, I absolutely love acidic foods but I don’t like dairy acid food combos if that makes sense.

I absolutely love pickles, cornichons, vinegars of all varieties … can’t get enough of them. Will always go for vinegar on my chips as I dislike the creaminess of mayonnaise.

So a coleslaw with a yoghurt dressing is much more difficult for me than a traditional oil and vinegar dressing. Even the look of a traditional coleslaw makes me feel ill! I don’t know why! I could eat mounds of shredded cabbage and carrot with a good traditional vinaigrette though!

I wonder though? Would cooking kill the probiotic benefits? I could use Greek yoghurt as a marinade to cook say a home made chicken kebab with various spices?

Sorry to be a total party pooper but cottage cheese looks so horrifying to me that I can’t even bring myself to taste it. It’s a textural thing I thing!

I put it in a smoothie. Greek yoghurt, banana, oats, berries and a splash of milk. Can add chia seeds etc if desired! It’s a very filling breakfast.

Mix with half plant based protein yoghurt, ie flavoured Alpro. Keeps the protein high and tastes better than each on their own.

I love Greek Yoghurt, firstly.
I only eat the full fat stuff and not the 0 fat, unless is Fage 0. Any other brand, to me, is horrible.

I add ‘flavdrops’ quite often. I think they are from My Protein and come in a lot of flavours such as vanilla, chocolate, mocha, maple syrup, lemon, marzipan, brownie etc. So many that I can only remember the ones that I have tried.
Adding flavoured protein powder can work too. As can vanilla or almond essence. Sprinkling a few grammes of almond slices is lovely.

Sometimes I use up my old bananas by mashing and then stirring in the greek yoghurt, bit of honey and vanilla essence. Then freeze it in ‘blobs’ and eat like ice cream.
I also add various fruits.

I have been known to smear it on toast, sprinkle cheese over and then grill, making a sort of Welsh rarebit affair. I also do this to top cheese toastie and call it Croque Monsuir, if I am feeling decadent .

Yes cooking kills bacteria. Freezing doesn't necessarily but whatever survives is often minimal in these.

I have coco nibs , cinnamon and frozen fruit or berries with walnuts. You could also add honey or a teasooon of good quality jam. I don’t like sweet yogurt so it suits me fine.

Does Greek yogurt have live cultures? I don’t think it does.