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how to ruin perfectly good granola

howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/12/16, 02:25 AM one of my favorite snacks is plain fat-free yogurt with vanilla protein powder and this low-fat almond rasin granola i buy at my organic foods store. i was very excited today because i bought these little containers that allow me to bring my snack to work. yay! before i left my house i mixed everything into the container and packed it in my grocery bag with the rest of my food, all the while looking forward to eating it as my 1 a.m. snack (i work from 6-2. bleh.) when 1 finally rolled around i went to get my container and when i opened it, the granola was mushy. granola is not granola if the texture can be described as "mushy." needless to say, i am a tad on the sad side because i ruined my snack by pre-packing it. the take home message from my story is this: putting granola in yogurt for an extended period of time will produce the same result as putting cereal in milk. to avoid this problem, pack your granola in a seperate container to avoid finding yourself in my predicament. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t. margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
natalie4162 Posts: 87 Joined: 2004/08/29	2004/12/16, 04:41 AM I did the exact same thing last week with cottage cheese, and granola ....I know exactly what you mean :laugh:
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/12/16, 07:42 AM howdie - you just made Muesli - some people really like it that way! Oh well, one more small container to carry, not so bad... -------------- "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/12/19, 11:21 PM That snack sounds pretty good howdie. How healthy is the yogurt and the granola...is this a somewhat healthy cheat? I'm cutting right now and i;m thinking of incorporating this into my diet for some needed variety. thanks howdie
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/12/19, 11:45 PM the granola is 190 cals, 2.5g/fat, 38g/carbs and 5g/protein for 1/2 cup. the yogurt is non-fat -- i'm not quite sure what the calories and carb counts are, but there are 12g/protein in 1 cup. the downside to the yogurt is the sugar content -- i think mine has 17g, but i've been searching for a lower-sugar variety. i forget to look every time i go to my whole foods store though. this is the macro breakdown of how i mix mine: 392 cal 2.5g fat 58g carbs 33g protein i only use 1/2 scoop of my protein powder so you can up the protein content really easily without messing up the rest of the macros too much. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t. margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/12/20, 08:50 AM most of the sugar is the galactose in the milk, not added sugar.
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/12/20, 01:43 PM Thanks howdie for the macro breakdown. So what exactly is the galactose..bad,good,neither? Does it not give you a spike?
the_cupcake Posts: 348 Joined: 2004/06/16	2004/12/20, 03:08 PM howdie, you gorgeous young thang you! You look yummier than the yogurt right now. :P I just miss everyone I guess. Anywhoo...I love yogurt, but I don't ever prepack it. It takes the fun away from all that granola. -------------- The only way to defeat fear is to treat it with respect. Take it by the horns, stare deep into it's eyes, analyze it and overcome the ugly bastard. Now for the love of god...put the donut...DOWN!!! -cupcake-
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/12/23, 11:28 PM my cupcake, how delightful it is to have you back on the boards! your sense of flattery is as keen as ever, although that yogurt is pretty good -- i don't know if i can compete with it ;-) -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t. margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
the_cupcake Posts: 348 Joined: 2004/06/16	2004/12/27, 04:44 PM nah, I don't flatter ;) well yeah I do sometimes, but the picture deserved it, anyone will agree I'm sure. which reminds me...i'm starving. if I don't get anything to eat in about fifteen minutes I'll probably roast my workmate alive. yogurt or yummy cheeseburger...yogurt...cheeseburger... yo...gurt..cheeeese...burger...why does life have to be so complicated??? :(:( -------------- The only way to defeat fear is to treat it with respect. Take it by the horns, stare deep into it's eyes, analyze it and overcome the ugly bastard. Now for the love of god...put the donut...DOWN!!! -cupcake-
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2004/12/29, 07:25 PM Hey Howdie the Cascade Fresh non-fat yogurt has only 10g of surgar thats the lowest i could find. Assimer i found a bag of muesli in the granola isle is has granola dates raisins almonds and sunflower seeds. It taste awesome!! I suggest you try this out howdie found it at whole foods. it says on the package to mix with yogurt and let it sit for 5 min. or let it sit over night like the swis do. So is muesli just a mix of nuts and fruits or is when you mix granola with yogurt until it's mushy?
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2005/01/02, 12:44 AM i found that cascade frest yogurt -- i didn't get any yet because i had just bought a quart of some other yogurt, but i'm going to give it a shot when i run out. thanks for keeping an eye out :) maybe muesli is designed to get mushy fast. i'm not really sure as i have no (intended) experience with it. i bet that stuff you found tastes great though. i'll try it on my next trip. oh, and i found this organic pasta mix -- annie's something or other -- i had the tomato herb before i went to work tonight and it was quite tasty. i have a parmesan mix as well that i think i'm going to eat with tuna. this has nothing to do with granola, but i found it at whole foods so...hooray for whole foods.