I guess I'll have to trial a run of milk free kefir and see how I do. I was afraid I'd ruin my kefir grains if I didn't use milk at least part of the time. But I've got some dried now as backup so if I did ruin my grains I have ones to fall back on. I avoid soy so that's out. I tried almond milk but it was pretty awful tasting.

I drink 1-2 cups of kefir every day. I let it ferment for close to 24-48 hours. I try to catch it before it separates. I've been using Dom's site for instructions.

Do y'all think those enormous BMs are a bad sign? Other than their size they seem healthy. It is an improvement over the messy BMs I had for so many months.

Another kefir question: Do more grains form? Or do the ones I have just keep getting bigger?