The Yogurt Dilemma

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One week into our 2019 food adventure, and we are taking another big step - transitioning from dairy-based Greek yogurt (which I love!), to plant-based yogurt. At the end of last year (2019) we gave up milk, which means I gave up my obsession for Cheerios and Corn Chex as a night time snack - emotionally painful!

OMG I am skeptical and borderline dramatic about taking this step with yogurt, but nothing lost in trying. So first we went for the Kite Hill brand of an almond-based yogurt. I made lots of ugly faces when I ate it, but Steve liked it. Or at least he pretended he did to try to shame me. I'm not a big fan of the almond milk taste in general or of the taste of anything almond other than the pure nut itself, so no surprise here. I did not give up though, and engaged in my second taste-test experiment with Forager brand Cashewmilk yogurt. Guess what? I liked it! So with a simple taste test, and a willingness to get beyond my adult-set-ways of eating, I found a good replacement for dairy-based yogurt. If you would have asked me to try this a month ago, I would have said, no sense in trying. Now we have eliminated another dairy-based product from our diet in our progress toward plant-based eating. Add your comment if you have tried other brand that you recommend.  These are the two we found at a local supermarket.

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