My  wife brought the family a Cuisinart frozen yogurt maker  for Christmas.  In looking at the recipes for frozen yogurt the ingredients as well as the carbs don't seem to fit into a low carb diet in any way,  ie. for berry frozen yogurt one uses a half cup of sugar  for 8    1/2-cup 125 ml servings and the ratio of carbs to protein is 21 g. carbs and 3 g. protein. and 110  calories . Most of the other recipes  are  much higher in sugar and carb count. Should we take it back or are there frozen yogurt recipes that fit into a low carb   life_style_.

My  wife brought the family a Cuisinart frozen yogurt maker  for Christmas.  In looking at the recipes for frozen yogurt the ingredients as well as the carbs don't seem to fit into a low carb diet in any way,  ie. for berry frozen yogurt one uses a half cup of sugar  for 8    1/2-cup 125 ml servings and the ratio of carbs to protein is 21 g. carbs and 3 g. protein. and 110  calories . Most of the other recipes  are  much higher in sugar and carb count. Should we take it back or are there frozen yogurt recipes that fit into a low carb   life_style_. There are certainly some obvious things you can do without too much fiddling.   1)  Use less sugar. or 2)  Use an artificial sweetener instead. also 3)  Make sure you use full-fat yoghurt, and make it yourself to control it better. That's just for starters. Priscilla

My  wife brought the family a Cuisinart frozen yogurt maker  for Christmas.  In looking at the recipes for frozen yogurt the ingredients as well as the carbs don't seem to fit into a low carb diet in any way,  ie. for berry frozen yogurt one uses a half cup of sugar  for 8    1/2-cup 125 ml servings and the ratio of carbs to protein is 21 g. carbs and 3 g. protein. and 110  calories . Most of the other recipes  are  much higher in sugar and carb count. Should we take it back or are there frozen yogurt recipes that fit into a low carb   life_style_. There was a thread a while back about carbs and yogurt and that it has significantly fewer carbs than what the label says.  Here is a _link_ that explains things:  http://tinyurl.com/2fknk You will also drastically cut down on carbs in your recipe by simply replacing the sugar with a non-sugar sweetener.

My  wife brought the family a Cuisinart frozen yogurt maker  for Christmas.  In looking at the recipes for frozen yogurt the ingredients as well as the carbs don't seem to fit into a low carb diet in any way,  ie. for berry frozen yogurt one uses a half cup of sugar  for 8    1/2-cup 125 ml servings and the ratio of carbs to protein is 21 g. carbs and 3 g. protein. and 110  calories . Most of the other recipes  are  much higher in sugar and carb count. Should we take it back or are there frozen yogurt recipes that fit into a low carb   life_style_. Substituing Spenda for the sugar will cut the carb count way down. Strawberries are the lowest in carbs of any fruit I know.