Hello and welcome to my brand new homemade yogurt blog. My name is Michael W. Reeps, and I am the owner and creator of MakeYourOwnYogurt.com, which teaches visitors how to make homemade yogurt, with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, and photographic examples. Since I created the site a few years back, people from all over the world have written to me to share their yogurt making experiences, and express their thanks. I have been overwhelmed by these positive responses, and the willingness of perfect strangers to try making their own yogurt simply because they read about it on my website.
I hope to use this blog to share some of these experiences, post new tidbits I pick up from visitors and elsewhere, and report on any new homemade yogurt making information that comes my way. I intend to update this often, and hope you will check back. And please try making your own yogurt, if you have not done so already. It's a fun, healthy, energy and money saving activity that reduces packaging waste, and produces a delicious homemade treat.
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What brand(s) of yogurt do you use for starters?
ReplyDeleteI've been making about 2 gallons of yogurt every week for the past 30 years or so, and have noticed a tremendous difference. Currently I like Nancy's but it's no longer available in CT, so I've switched to Brown Cow. I always use the whole milk variety, preferring those with "cream on top". The only one that refuses to work for me is Fage (the "Greek" one) so my only thought is that perhaps it lacks truly live cultures.
and I love my Salton "maker" well really a heat-controller, but it's no longer available anywhere that I know of. I like it because it holds 5 two cup containers, and I eat it, 2 cups at a time. yum
I had just strained my home made yogurt for about 24 hours. The consistency was great but it had a strong smell. Is this normal?
ReplyDeleteAnthony & Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI don't strain my yogurt, so I could not say for sure. But was it a strong smell of rotten milk, or a strong cheesy smell? If it is the later, I'd say you are fine. You probably made some yogurt cheese, which many people love. I find it a bit too tangy, myself.
Thank you. It was a strong cheesy smell..I had some this morning! I liked it very much. Thanks again for you help.
ReplyDeleteI all so tried to make coconut milk yogurt it did not turn out. Any recipe for coconut milk?
ReplyDeleteYeah, well coconut milk isn't really milk right? So it doesn't have lactose (milk sugar) for the cultures to consume and produce yogurt. I imagine you could either find a culture that eats whatever sugar it is that is in coconuts, or introduce enough lactose to make it viable. Not sure though.
ReplyDeleteYeah and coconut milk has 0 sugar in it. I was thinking of adding agave syrup or a 50/50 milk/coconut milk mix...I let you know if it works...
ReplyDeleteThis may sound crazy, but it's awesome...forget the coconut milk and put this energy drink concentrate on your yogurt! I put ISOsport Sustained Energy drink on mine. It adds Quercetin (a superior antioxidant), B vitamins and healthy sustained energy. They offer orange and wild berry flavors and I love the way it makes me feel. See it at http://www.isosportnutrition.com
ReplyDeleteIt’s so nice to have blogs about making homemade yogurts, they are truly helpful. I really like homemade yogurt because you can always make how much you want without worrying too much about the budget. And you don’t even have to go too much out of your way to have one!
ReplyDeleteJoseph Carr
Just got few ideas on how home made ice cream and i bet yogurt is different.
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