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Article: Strain yogurt for lowfat cream cheese

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Algonquin Countryside with News of Lake in the Hills (IL)
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June 21, 2007
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If your healthy eating habits have left you hungering for cream cheese, take comfort knowing there is a healthy alternative.

A simple technique for draining some of the liquid (known as the 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 a wide variety of toppings.

And it is decidedly better for you than cream cheese. A tablespoon of cream cheese has 50 calories and 5 grams of fat. The same amount of yogurt ...

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