Grocery Store Guide: Navigating the Yogurt Aisle Recipe
Ingredients
- Chobani Plain 0% Greek Yogurt
- Fage Total 2% Greek Yogurt
- Dannon Oikos Plain 0% Greek Yogurt
- StonyField Farms Organic Plain Regular Yogurt
- Wallaby Organic Plain Regular Yogurt (they also have Plain Greek available)
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