Yesterday, I had an Apple Turnover

I've eaten flavored yogurt all of my adult life. More times than not, the low fat variety. I'll eat them off-and-on for months and then not at all for the next year or so. Then I'd be back on them. They are good for me, low in fat and calories, and cheap and easy (something my husband accuses me of occasionally). What's not to like?

Since my last yogurt feast, my favorite brand, Yoplait, has come up with some great new varieties. For months I've been watching one commercial after another from their Outsmart Temptation ad series. The flavors sounded to good to be true: Apple Turnover, Banana Cream Pie, Boston Cream Pie, Key Lime Pie, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Raspberry Cheesecake, Red Velvet Cake, White Chocolate Covered Strawberries. The list goes on and on.

So I've been counting calories for the last few weeks and have once again returned to my old friend yogurt. I excitedly loaded my basket with every delicious sounding option my store carried. And each day I eagerly tried a new decadent desert. I've made it through all the flavors and have drawn the following conclusion.

None of the flavors stand out as awesome or amazing. In fact, they taste a lot like the fruit flavors. It tastes like they took Pineapple Yogurt and renamed it Pineapple Upside Down Cake. Banana became Banana Cream Pie, and so on. It makes sense. Who wants to eat something that sounds like a fruit (which you can have on ANY diet) when you can eat something that sounds like desert (which you can NEVER have without guilt).

Overall, it taste pretty much the same.

Oh, I'll keep buying them - as opposed to their appropriately named fruit counterparts. I like the idea of telling someone,

"My diet?
Well, yesterday I had an Apple Turnover."