Old 03-03-2011, 10:17 AM
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trupeach1
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Originally Posted by bluteddi

I don think I could do baby food veggies..... fruits would be ok... but I need the crunch in my veggies.
I've never tried making my own yogart.... share a recipe?
I think it is called stage 3 baby food has small pieces of veggies. The carrots are REALLY good even without a crunch they are really sweet.

I have made yogurt for years. It cost $3.49 for 32 oz of store bought plain yogurt. To make it it costs $1. However I have a yogurt maker, I just got a new one the old one lasted 8 years. The company I just got is Coolatron at Walmart.com they don't sell it in the store. However amazon.com has to to. It cost around $20. It comes with 7 GLASS containers. Most of the other have plastic I don't want to eat anything from heated up plastic. I fill the jars 3/4 full so when it is done there is room to put my fruit. Making yogurt with a yogurt maker is easy peasy just heat the milk add a fw tbsps of plain yogurt and let it set for about 6 hours. The first batch you need to start with store bought plain yogurt. READ LABLES it can not have pectin or gelatin in it or it won't make yogurt. Also at the begging you have to play around with the milk you use. Some brand will not make yogurt. I use powdered milk and SACO makes great yogurt. As for reg in the fridg at the store Kroger works Meijers brand doesn't. The directions in the yogurt make say use store bought yogurt for a new batch not homemade. Each batch of yogurt I make I use yogurt form the batch before which I have been doing for about a year. The only thing is each batch of yogurt gets more tart. I finally broke down and got more store yogurt this week to start alll over again. I make yocheese, it is just plain yogurt drained through a coffee filter and I replace 1/2 of mayo or sour cream call for in a recipe. Even cream cheese. the yocheese takes on the flabvor of whatever you mix it with. The liquid that is drained in protein called whey I use that to make bread or in soup or smoothies. I don't waste anything. If you don't want to invest in a yogurt maker, even though I think it is a great investment I know you can google how to make homemade yogurt and it could be done with a heating pad and a cooler. I have never tired it so I don't really know the out come myself but a fiend has and she says it comes out thin. Also the longer you let it set the thicker in will get in a yogurt maker. Aslo If you use whole milk as oppose to no fat the whole milk make thicker yogurt too however it also has more calories...............and added bonus.........coat your face with plain yogurt and let it set for 20 minutes then rince off. Then take a few drops of olive oil in the palm of your hand and add warm water. Rub the oil/water into your skin and let air dry. Within about a week you will notice a BIG difference. I have vey few wrinkles for my age. There is a pic of me somewhere on the forum you can see for yourself. Yogurt is a lactic acid which is a alpha hydroxy acid which is what they use in facial peels. It deminishes wrinkles.
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