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Article: YOGURT CHEESE CREAMY ALTERNATIVE.(Living)(Recipe)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Byline: Jim Romanoff, Associated Press
If your healthy eating habits have left you hungering for cream cheese, take comfort knowing there is a yogurt alternative.
A simple technique for draining some of the liquid (known as whey) from nonfat yogurt produces a versatile and velvety soft cheese that often can be substituted for cream cheese and sour cream.
So-called yogurt cheese is tangy and has a texture somewhere between soft cream cheese and firm cottage cheese. It is easily made at home from plain or flavored yogurts and can be used in spreads, dips and toppings.
And it is better for you than cream cheese. A tablespoon of cream ...