Yogurt Cheese
Yogurt cheese makes a wonderful, healthy substitution for sour cream and cream cheese in many recipes. I use it in dips, spreads and cooking. It's easy to make but a bit messy. It's important to use a natural yogurt that doesn't contain any gelatin.
| 4 cups plain skim milk yogurt Directions: Line a strainer with 2 layers of cheese cloth (I use a small cotton bag) and place over a deep bowl. Spoon yogurt into the lined strainer, cover with plastic wrap or a lid. Place in the refrigerator for for about 24 hrs to drain. Discard the whey that collects in the bowl. Store your yogurt cheese in the fridge in a covered container. Makes about 2 cups. |  |
Posted by Melody Thacker at 6/4/2008 1:01 PM 
Categories: Healthy Foods, In The Kitchen, Healthy Recipes
Categories: Healthy Foods, In The Kitchen, Healthy Recipes
Wonderful to see you writing about yogurt cheese. We like it so much we wrote a cookbook and guide to expand its uses. I hope you will allow us to share our enthusiasm: Yogurt cheese (or YoChee as we call it) is a wonderful versatile ingredient you can make at home to improve your own yogurt. Simply by draining it. It has substantial health, taste and cooking benefits (a creamy food which is low or no fat plus high protein and calcium). I hope you will take a look at,” Eat Well the YoChee Way” our guide and cookbook to this important food. We even paid ($1,000) to have yogurt cheese analyzed in a lab for nutritional content. The book really increases the use of yogurt cheese to main courses, soups, sauces, desserts, and much more. (Nutritional content included). Inexpensive durable drainers (starting at $9.) make it easy and clean. Our website YoChee.com contains a free yogurt cheese how - to slide show, nutrition information and free recipes. Thanks.
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Thanks for your comments David. I'll be posting some recipes calling for yogurt cheese here in the near future.
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