I actually made home made yogurt!!
Well, will wonders never cease.
Not only do I sprout my food, I now make yogurt. I bought some organic low fat milk. I bought some Fage Yogurt (for he yogurt starter). You need some powdered milk. I bought fat free Alba. I have the Salton yogurt maker. You should have seen me, as I read the instructions and it indicated. "Start with a sauce pan and don't let the milk come to a boil, make sure it doesn't go over 180 degrees. etc. etc. Then it said: "OR YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE YOGURT CONTAINER AND POP IT IN THE MICROWAVE FOR 8 MINUTES OR UNTIL IT HEATS UP. Well, you never saw someone use a microwave so fast. It took 7 minutes to get it to the right temperature. They tell you 8 but I checked at 7 and it was fine. Then I added the half cup of yogurt, stirred gently, put the container in the incubator which was being pre-warmed. Waited 7 and a half hours. They say FROM 4 TO 10 HOURS, depending on how tart you like it. I went for 7 1/2. Then you just slip out the container, (you can pour off the whey, or stir it back in), and you put the container in the fridge for 2 hours. THEN ...you take out 1/2 cup for the next starter batch. I will see TONIGHT, if I am now a yogurt maker. My goodness. 61 and I made home-made yogurt. I wonder what I'll accomplish when I'm 62. lol |
Okay!!!!
It's 10 p.m. I took a bit for Alan, mixed it up with some sugar free blueberry preserves. He LOVED it!! Since I like my yogurt plain, well, there it was, sitting in my fridge. Didn't have to add anything to it. It's thinner than FAGE, so if I wanted to, I could take it and strain it through a cheescloth overnight on a bowl in my fridge. I just may do this. But let me tell you. I made myself a cup. Absolutely delicious. Tastes better than what they sell in the stores. Never thought I could do it. lol |
I always thoughts you had to have a butter churn or something to make yogurt. Well, maybe not a butter churn, but something like that
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Then you put it in a corner in a room and LEAVE IT ALONE for as long as you want it to develop the taste you prefer. Some people do it 24 hours. Some 12 hours. It's a try and see how it turns out sort of project. Me??? I went the easy way. I bought the Yogurt maker. Best thing I ever did. I have nice LIVE cultures in the container and I bought several little cup things, so when it's all processed and it's been in my fridge for the two hours (as per the instructions), then I take out the container and transfer the yogurt into the little cup things. For Alan, I add some vanilla, a dash of honey, and some stevia. He goes nuts. Takes very little to make him go nuts. I'll tell you, this was the easiest thing I ever did. And cheap!!! lol |
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