The Good Yogurt vs The Bad Yogurt

One of the things my wife and I do not see eye to eye on is yogurt. We both love Fage, the thick strained tangy Greek-style yogurt, what I call 'the good yogurt'. However, while I get plain ol' Fage, she get's Fage 0%, as in 0% fat. Fage, a cow's milk yogurt, in it's whole state, is not light: a full 2/3 of it's calories comes from fat, mostly saturated (though no trans). It makes sense, as fat IS flavor. While the 0% stuff looks identical, it's kinda like the difference between eating ice cream and eating paste in the shape of ice cream.

But my wife insists that there isn't a big difference, that she loves her yogurt regardless. A few times we had taste tests with various friends and relatives passing through our kitchen in the morning hours (hello Ido! hello Mariko!) and while they were both polite about it, both agreed that the whole unreduced less processed yogurt tasted better.

So this early this evening Edie was in a feeding frenzy, first I fed her some oatmeal-pea-formula mush which she ripped through, then I fed her the remaining peas from the jar, and she showed no sign of slowing. So my wife suggested we feed her some yogurt, as Edie already had some at some point. And then, you guessed it, B pulled out the ZERO PERCENT PASTE!! (the horrah, the horrah)

Bottom line, when man discovered that there were bacteria that could be added to dairy that would not only not spoil it, but preserve it, thicken it and have probiotic health benefits, the first thing they probably thought (after, "Hey! It didn't kill me!") was "This is delicious!", not, "How can this help me slim my figure?" Zero % yogurt is "less than", it is more processed, it is "reduced", it is unbalanced. All that milk protein without it's natural fat to help the body absorb it? Babies should never be given any sort of "diet" food.

So Edie tried her first good yogurt, and she screwed up her face in the most adorable of ways, then opened her mouth and went for more. I served her about a tablespoon, and she would of eaten more, but with such a rich food, moderation is probably not a bad thing at this stage in the game.

BREAKFAST: 10:15am, apple cider, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:30pm, 3 slices white shrimp & bacon pizza, Manhattan Special, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK:5:30pm, large green salad, pickle, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7pm, halibut fishsticks, brown rice mushroom pilaf mixed with garlic spinach, graham crackers, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Picked up some battered fishsticks while touring Trader Joe's today. When Is aw them, reminded me of some horrible fishsticks my mom would serve -- processed pressed fish cakes in super thick and greasy coating. These fish sticks were really nice -- the fish seemed to be whole fish, and the batter was relatively thin with a nice touch of tumeric.