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The Starbucks Yogurt

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individual yogurts

I haven’t found a yogurt that meets my expectations.  There’s a sea of yogurt options out there, but I’m not happy with any of them. Call me high needs when it comes to yogurt but hey, I just know what I want. 

I want a yogurt that..

  • is flavoured
  • contains a bit of fat
  • contains a small amount of added sugar
  • contains probiotics

The Starbucks Yogurt?

If only you could go to a yogurt shop and order yogurt like you do at Starbucks: perfectly customized to your tastes.  

“I’ll have a half-sweet, 2% coconut cherry probiotic yogurt, please!” 

Since you can’t, I’ve found a rather simple way to get a customized yogurt… combine different tubs together! 

My Recipe For the Perfect Yogurt

1 tub of plain yogurt

1 tub of sugar-sweetened yogurt 

1/2 cup size leak proof containers (about 12)

Option A (lazy version)

Line up your containers. Take a spoon and fill the containers half full with one tub of yogurt. Then do the same with the other one. Close the lids. You can stir the flavours together when you eat it. 

Option B 

If you want the yogurt premixed, then dump both tubs into a large bowl and stir. Line up your containers, fill, and close the lids.

Ideas for other mixes:

Full sweetness/half the sugar: Perhaps you’re not ready to cut down on the level of sweetness but you want to lower your sugar intake. Combine one tub sugar sweetened yogurt and one tub of artificially sweetened yogurt. 

Slowly cut down on sugar: If you’re ready to cut down on the sugar but find half and half still too tangy then combine 1/2 tub of plain yogurt with a whole tub of sugar sweetened. 

Flavour combos: Combine 1 tub plain yogurt with 1/2 tub each of two different flavours: lemon+mango, coconut+lime, cherry+vanilla… the options are limitless!

Higher protein: Combine 1 tub of flavoured Greek yogurt with 1 tub of plain yogurt. Or the other way around: 1 tub of plain Greek yogurt with 1 tub of flavoured regular yogurt. 

 

What does the ‘perfect yogurt’ look like to you?

 

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  1. Barb Hindley says

    November 23, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    I buy a big tub of Liberty Organic plain 2.5 % yogurt, and combine it with Liberty Greek plain 1 % yogurt. Perfection with zero added sugar. Just add Nunaturals vanilla or valencia orange stevia if you need sweetening. Or applesauce without sugar is great too.

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    • Jessica Penner says

      November 26, 2014 at 4:39 am

      Thanks Barb, those are some great ideas!

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  2. Jill says

    November 6, 2014 at 2:47 am

    I mix plain Liberty Greek with the full fat (yes 11%) plain mediterranean yogurt. Add fruit, all bran and ground flax!

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    • Jessica Penner says

      November 7, 2014 at 4:01 pm

      Mmm, one way I’ve found to like plain yogurt is to put a dollop on frozen fruit! But still can’t quite do it with fresh fruit 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jocelyn says

    November 4, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    great idea Jess! I like that, the Starbucks yogurt….goes very well with our way of living these days. Customize everything to your own liking

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    • Jessica Penner says

      November 4, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      Yes, we love customizing in our society, don’t we? I think feeding people in personal care homes is going to become quite the challenge as we age since everyone has such different styles of eating!

      Reply
  4. Aimee says

    November 3, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    I personally love just plain Greek yogurt (0% or 2%… depending on my mood… or the sale 😉 ). For breakfast, I love it with heated frozen wildberries and a tbsp of “Holy Crap” cereal for crunch. I love to add it in smoothies without the risk of adding sugar. I also use it instead of sour cream for perogies! Even my husband can’t tell the difference 🙂

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    • Jessica Penner says

      November 4, 2014 at 3:22 am

      Yes, yes, the yogurt I buy is very dependable on which yogurt is on sale! Good for you for enjoying plain yogurt! I can’t quite do it yet… I’m working my way there though. I definitely enjoy the tang more than I used to!

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      • Katherine says

        December 15, 2020 at 8:49 am

        So does every yogurt have probiotics then? I eat plain full fat Greek yogurt every morning in my müsli.

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        • Jessica Penner, RD says

          December 19, 2020 at 8:29 am

          Hi Katherine! It’s not a simple answer. First, you need to check if the yogurt contains live active cultures (not all do). If they do, then you know you’re getting some “good bacteria.” But not all good bacteria can be called a probiotic. Only strains that have specifically shown in research to confer a benefit to the host (that means humans, in our case!) can be called probiotics. So the label will specifically mention whether there are probiotics or not. Hope that makes sense!

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