Did you ever see that commercial with the married woman [married 'cause, duh, all marketable women are of course married..] on the phone with her girlfriend telling her about what she's been eating on her [successful] weight-loss diet? Apple Turnover, Boston Cream Pie, Raspberry Cheesecake, Strawberry Shortcake.. Meanwhile, her [idiot] husband is frantically looking through the fridge searching for these [calorie-laden, artery-clogging] foods. Perhaps, his problem, other than having a major sweet tooth, is that he can't read, as the fridge is well-stocked with products containing these descriptors, which is what they are-- descriptors. ..of artificial agents, followed by the word flavor, yes, but details details..
Ok, ok, perhaps benefit of the doubt should be granted for more simple fruit yogurts, like blueberry or strawberry. But still, I am hard-pressed to find ones which don't have color, flavor, preservatives, or stabilizers added, or which some form of added sugar doesn't precede [by weight] the actual fruit itself [if there's any for that matter].
It's October, I know, way past summer-- the season for strawberries. But I bought a box this week because they were cheap, dark in color, and smelled and looked good. And they were-- sooper ripe, sooper sweet, sooper delish. I added it to a cup of non-fat plain yogurt. I thought I might need some sugar to neutralize the tangy yogurt but the strawberries were sweet enough to balance out the yogurt and still have enough to shine for itself. They were even ripe/dark enough to color the yogurt a lovely pink.
This is what I'm saying: yes, it takes a little more effort to make-- wash and cut fresh strawberries-- but on the flip side all the other added crap is eliminated and there's the added benefit of additional nutrients from whatever [real] fresh fruit that's added-- vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber.
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