Wednesday, March 31, 2010
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sour-Cream-Streusel-Coffee-Cake-5807
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Homemade Fat Free Yogurt Cheese!!
If you are like me, cheese is a problem. Yup, I love cheese...any kind of cheese.
After perusing the internet (yes I was googling cheese, so what) and happening across this little recipe: http://www.danone.ca/en/recipes/cheese.aspx I though I would give it a go.
So...I dug out a coffee filter (the cone ones work really well) and followed the recipe. I used my favourite fat-free organic yogurt brand (ummm, errr, sorry Danone) and got started. I placed the filter and yogurt in a wide mouth glass so I could drape the top of the filter around the top of the glass to hold it suspended in place. Covered it and put it in the refrigerator last night.
This morning, I lifted the filter and (now) cheese out of the glass and dumped the cheese out into a small bowl. The liquid at the bottom of the glass and the filter gets discarded obviously unless you know of some fantastic way to re-use them. Oh heck, compost the filter...you'll feel better.
To this beautiful yogurt cheese I added 1 tsp each of Epicure's 3 Onion Dip Mix and Epicure's Herb and Garlic Dip Mix and stirred it up. Of course you can easily use any herb or spice mix...have fun! I love Epicure's blends (http://epicureselections.com/) because they are so easy and convenient. Headed off to the gym and upon my return I tasted my delicious fat free herbed yogurt cheese. Voila:
Nice hey? Yeah, lucky I took a picture. All I can say is it is a good thing it is fat free....nom, nom, urp...
The flavour possibilities are endless. I think it is safe to say I will be experimenting! Enjoy!!
Note: I have continued to make this...out favourite uses Greek Yogurt (yum) and the herb/spice blends depend on how we are feeling that day. I have since replaced the cone filter with cheesecloth, which I wash a re-use.
After perusing the internet (yes I was googling cheese, so what) and happening across this little recipe: http://www.danone.ca/en/recipes/cheese.aspx I though I would give it a go.
So...I dug out a coffee filter (the cone ones work really well) and followed the recipe. I used my favourite fat-free organic yogurt brand (ummm, errr, sorry Danone) and got started. I placed the filter and yogurt in a wide mouth glass so I could drape the top of the filter around the top of the glass to hold it suspended in place. Covered it and put it in the refrigerator last night.
This morning, I lifted the filter and (now) cheese out of the glass and dumped the cheese out into a small bowl. The liquid at the bottom of the glass and the filter gets discarded obviously unless you know of some fantastic way to re-use them. Oh heck, compost the filter...you'll feel better.
To this beautiful yogurt cheese I added 1 tsp each of Epicure's 3 Onion Dip Mix and Epicure's Herb and Garlic Dip Mix and stirred it up. Of course you can easily use any herb or spice mix...have fun! I love Epicure's blends (http://epicureselections.com/) because they are so easy and convenient. Headed off to the gym and upon my return I tasted my delicious fat free herbed yogurt cheese. Voila:
The flavour possibilities are endless. I think it is safe to say I will be experimenting! Enjoy!!
Note: I have continued to make this...out favourite uses Greek Yogurt (yum) and the herb/spice blends depend on how we are feeling that day. I have since replaced the cone filter with cheesecloth, which I wash a re-use.
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