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AWESOME! Thanks, Heather. What do you use to drain your yogurt?
Really, wonderful tips!
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sounds like a pain, but it's really effortless. Just take a fine mesh strainer and line with cheesecloth or paper towels, set it over a bowl, and spoon the yogurt into the strainer. Cover the whole thing with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for a couple hours or overnight. The liquid will drain into the bowl, and the yogurt will scrape right off the paper towels very easily - it's not even messy.
I love using it as "cream cheese" in desserts - check the old Valentine's day brownie recipe here web page
Works great for tiramisu too, which I make with angel food cake.
- Heather
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Heather,
I would love your tiramisu recipe as that is one of my favorite desserts!
Joan
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me too! it is one of the recipes I really miss.
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each time I make it I want to make a few changes and try it again. Plus, it makes a huge pan full and unless I have other people to eat it, it's too much for just Will and me.
You can play around with the basics, though - it's pretty hard to mess up.
Cut 1" thick slices of angel food cake and layer in a big baking pan. Drizzle with a combination of decaf coffee or espresso I don't use too much, just enough for the flavor), rum/brandy/kahlua, water, and brown sugar. I sometimes add some unsweetened cocoa powder to the liquid too. I make about two cups of the liquid - mostly water with the coffee/liqueur for a good flavor. Drizzle over the cake, and spread with the drained yogurt (which I add a little sugar to, and vanilla). It's also yummy to blend half yogurt with half soy cream cheese. Then top with more cake, drizzle, yogurt. Finish with a light dusting of the unsweetened cocoa. Cover and chill overnight.
Wish I had more specific proportions here - I'm still playing around so I don't have a written recipe yet. But experimenting has been fun. 
- H
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Heather,
Do you find that the alcohol and coffee bother your IBS? Or it the amount small enough that it isn't detramental?
Sounds yummy! I really appreciate all of your great advice and (OF COURSE) recipes... which I have been sharing with my non-IBS friends, as well.  ) They're that good!
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The coffee is a super small amount - I'd guess about 1 T of the instant decaf stuff, which is then distributed over the whole pan of tiramisu (the pan is huge - it's bigger than a 9 x 13" pan, so it makes a couple dozen servings). Same thing for the alcohol - the amount you're actually eating in a serving size is really small. And the angel food cake gives a really nice base to the whole thing. I've eaten this on an empty stomach with no problem at all.
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"Draining any kind of yogurt is a great way to get it even thicker, and work as a substitute as sour cream. I like doing this with Silk plain soy yogurt - if you let it drain overnight, it can get as thick as cream cheese."
I grew up on homemade yogurt and drained yogurt spread, and I miss it more than anything. I can have a bite now and then, but I can't have it for breakfast like I used to. I tried making it with plain soy yogurt (my method is hanging it in a cheesecloth bag from a cabinet over the sink, overnight), but the texture was just wrong. Somehow it was too gelatanous -- it jiggled and wiggled just too much, and it was way sweet. Any tips on taking care of that and approximating a real yogurt flavor?
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What kind of soy yogurt were you using? Because that can make sooo much of a difference. I've tried a few that were disgusting and a few that I loved. My favorites are Silk and Whole Soy. It might be worth trying with a different brand.
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I can't remember now what kind of soy yogurt I tried. I really think it was Silk but I can't be sure -- it was September, and I gave up after that. I'll try Whole Soy and see if that is tart enough for my taste. I can't stand sweet yogurt. 
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