One of the things I am doing in anticipation of my VSG surgery is experimenting with foods that will be allowable after the procedure. A few nights back I was taking my walk and found myself craving something sweet. When I got home I took care of the craving by eating 6 ounces of Chobani plain Greek Yogurt. It was one of the most filling things I've ever eaten and the nutrition is good. The taste, however, was not all that good. It reminded me of sour cream, which gave me an idea.

Today at the grocery store I picked up some onion Soup mix and when I had my yogurt I tried adding some, effectively making the yogurt taste like onion dip, albeit much more healthy. It was delicious. The onion soup mix does have some carbs so that requires accounting but it's not much and the flavor boost is tremendous.

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Sounds yummy, but then I'd have to get a bag of Ruffles!

Yumm!!! And I bet that'd be good w/Tuna when the time comes too! Actually, I'm doing tuna on my pre-op! I'll have to pick some up!

It would be a good vegetable dip.

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Think celery.

Sounds good but isn't that too much sodium ?

Greek yogurt is a main part of my diet because it has double the protein. You can add a tiny bit of jam to it and it will taste delicious. It goes down very smoothly and is filling....so I still eat it even though I am on "full foods".

Sliced cucumbers would be good with that.

Bikerchick, you just gilded the lily! I adore sliced cucumbers! That would be a great combination!

I mix in a sugar free pudding to my plain non fat greek yogurt!

Sounds good but isn't that too much sodium ?

All things in moderation, even moderation itself.

That's is true . Also if u take Greek yogurt and drain it overnight and add a little evoo the next day, you'll have labaneh . It's our version of yogurt in the "Arab world" lol