I love yogurt. I even remember when I first tasted it. I was 16 years old and working in a small store and I had forgotten my dinner. I went to the market next door to try and scare up something to eat and the clerk told me to try yogurt. It was new and strange and I loved it immediately. Fast forward some ....years later and I am buying yogurt for my family. School lunches, breakfast; we all eat yogurt. Well, my daughter sent me a link about what not to eat and our yogurt was on the list. I never stopped to look at the label and see all of the sugar it contained; pretty stupid, I admit. No wonder we loved it. Then I discovered Greek yogurt, my new favorite. I'd been seeing recipes and posts about homemade yogurt for the last few years so today I tried making my own. I don't know if I will ever buy yogurt again. I love that it cost just a fraction of what I pay for it in the market and it was so easy and quick. I don't know if I will ever buy yogurt again.
Hmmm....homemade yogurt with just a drizzle of honey; just the amount that I want. The yogurt has no added sugar so it can be sweetened to your taste while you eat it.
There are a lot of recipes for making your own yogurt. Here's the link I liked best and the one I used as my guide.
I love the 6 oz. jars that came with my yogurt maker. The lids have a movable top so that you can set your expiration date. So handy.
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Wow! I do eat yogurt because it is such a good food, but I don't LOVE the way it tastes. Maybe I should try making my own.
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try making it at home too. I'll have to check out the recipe. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteBonnie, I've been making yogurt for some years (on and off). I sometimes get frustrated with the "weak" texture....not as thick as the store-bought kind. I am going to try making Greek yogurt which is basically strained yogurt, taking the liquid whey off to make it thicker. The thing is is that you end up with less yogurt when you strain it. Ever tried the Greek stuff?
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I love adding a swirl of honey.
ReplyDeleteJody, I love Greek yogurt. And I carefully poured off the whey three different times from the finished glass jars. There are just two of us at home most of the time so I like the small individual jars, but it is a disadvantage when pouring off the liquid. You definitely get a thicker product.
This would definitely be something that I would love to try, Bonnie. My mom and oldest sister used to eat plain yogurt when I was a child, which I did not like, but if I added honey/fruit that would be much better!
ReplyDeleteBonnie, years ago (probably the 80's), I had a yogurt maker with little individual jars. I don't know what happened to it through so many moves. I checked out the recipe link you provided. Do you think you could reconstitute your home storage dry milk for this? I know the recipe calls for 1/2 dried milk, but I would sure like to use my expensive Country Cream dried milk more. Joni
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love yogurt but I've never tried making it. I'm not sure about Greek Yogurt though. I've only tried it once and it was REALLY thick and tasted like sour cream. Everyone raves about it though, so I'm thinking I'm missing something!
ReplyDeleteOh, you're so good B! I'm too lazy to make homemade yogurt, but I just made up a batch of banana liqueur. Not sure what that says about me ;).
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Oh, and yes to yogurt with honey. Yum! Sometimes I like to drizzle in a little vanilla too.