I'm a type 2 diabetic and I hate yoghurt. I didn't mind the dessert ones, the fancy flavours cover up the yoghurtness of yoghurt, but I can't eat them; they're loaded with sugar. I tried using vanilla or cocoa or other baking extracts but they never had the sweetness that I craved or the flavour. Some people say things like "just add fruit," but it's not the same and words like that make children cry. So never knowing the meaning of the words "quit" or "no, don't!" I started experimenting. This is what I discovered and it's so simple that I cringe at using the word "recipe" for it.

First, let's look at the stuff that I like and the stuff that I have to eat. The fancy, greek flavoured yoghurt (here I've chosen cherry) has a whopping 23 grams of sugar for 3/4 of a cup. Weight for weight, it's about the same as a can of cola. Plain Yoghurt has only 6 grams of sugar and three times as much protein as the flavoured yoghurt. To translate this into something visual, I've included what 23 grams of sugar looks like compared to 6.

Now for the recipe:

Supplies

Okay, gather your ingredients.

1) You'll need plain yoghurt. Make sure it's plain, vanilla is not plain no matter what anyone tells you. Plain. I choose an extra creamy, greek yoghurt any brand you like.

2) Water enhancer flavour drops. Choose whichever flavour or combination that you like. I'll choose black cherry because it's the same flavour as the sugared one that I bought but any flavour will do. Lemon is nice. So is coconut pineapple. Maybe you want to try a combination, like pina colada yoghurt or maybe sweet tea with lemon, use that imagination!

3) a bowl

4) a spoon

Step 1: Yoghurt, Meet Bowl

Can't get much easier. Put some yoghurt in a bowl.

Step 2: Welcome to Flavourtown, Population You

Squirt that flavour into the yoghurt. How much? How tall is a tree? Experiment to find your perfect balance. If serving this at a dinner, leave it unmixed for extra drama. Orange flavour enhancer shown.

Step 3: Stir and Enjoy

I honestly tried to find a more complicated way to say stir and eat, but I can't. These images are for black cherry and orange. They taste sinfully unhealthy but you've got significantly less sugar, three times the protein and all the flavour. I hope you've enjoyed this and found it helpful.