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Article: Cream cheese substitute low in fat
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- May 23, 2007
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By Jim Romanoff
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 non-fat 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 flavoured 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 five grams of fat. ...
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