Homemade yogurt

[Jan]

I don't think I ever described this process on this forum, but it has made an unbelievable difference in my immune system.
Replace regular oven light with 60 watt light bulb.
I use 4 cups of good milk, usually Promised Land 2%. I buy a yogurt from Whole Foods with active cultures and no additives, like the Bulgarian brand in the glass jar. Heat the milk to just before boiling--at least to very slow bubble, steam stage. Take the milk off the heat, and pour it into a shallow casserole dish; cover it and put it in fridge till room temp or cooler.
When the milk is cool, put about one half cup of yogurt in a measuring cup, and add about as much milk, gently stirring together. Gently pour mixture into dish of milk; cover; put in regular oven with no heat. Make sure to turn on 60 watt bulb! I always put a sign on the outside of the oven to remind me not to turn the light off.
Leave the fermenting yogurt for 26-30 hours (don't peek! leave it alone). When you take it out, spoon excess liquid off of the yogurt, and throw it away.
You can add stevia to this, nuts and fruit. You can add it to sauces instead of milk, when cooled a little. You can make salad dressing and dip from it. I make a good dipping sauce with 'fresh' horseradish, yogurt, apple cidar vinegar, and good spices for harming morgs like cilantro and turmeric, cayenne pepper salt and black pepper. It tastes good, and it kills! I eat it with meat or plantain chips.
You can get frozen pineapple or blueberries or bananas, throw them in a blender or food processor with yogurt and stevia, and have wonderful frozen yogurt!
I have never, after about 6 months, had any problem from eating this daily, and my immune sytem is functioning so much better. i know the stuff is full of live cultures and virtually no lactose, (which most people over 49, and many younger) cannot tolerate.
It can't hurt to try it, and it could make all the difference in the world.

[ladycolorado]

mmm sounds good to me i think great idea! (LC).

[Jan]

...maybe it could help somebody...Jan

[jonsi]

I started drinking organic kefir every morning, starting about 6 months ago~my daughter likes the peach & I the raspberry. What a huge difference it makes if you've experienced an upset stomach or leaky gut syndrome w/ morgs!
I might try the yogurt recipe. How long does it take 2 make? jonsi

[Jan]

Hi Jonsi!
I hope you do try the yogurt recipe! It takes a little more than a day--about 26-30 hours...it comes from a book called "Breaking the Vicious Cycle", and there's a website, pecanbread. com. The book says to only leave the yogurt fermenting for 24 hours (or more if you want). 24 hours is still pretty liquid for me. I don't tolerate casein or lactose, and the longer the stuff sets, the better. If you do let it stay for almost 30 hours, it comes out almost like cream cheese or cottage cheese. It's packed with live cultures! I wish I could drink kefir, but that wouldn't be wise.
Make that little girl of yours some frozen yogurt! It's really good!
Jan

[ladycolorado]

mmmmmmmm..............frozen yogurt :P . i had never thougght of that. yes a tasty way to get probiotics, indeed make a good smoothie the yogurt i bet too, (LC).

[Jan]

Yeah, this stuff makes not only good frozen yogurt, it makes, as you say, great smoothies, wonderful salad dressings (grate Swiss cheese into whatever else you like in it) and dips, and really good sauces for sandwiches and meat patties (if anyone else has trouble with mayonnaise, mustard, ranch dressing....). It does taste good fresh from the fridge with a drop or 2 of peppermint oil and a tiny spoon of stevia if you don't like fruit in it. I also add it to au juis (however you spell it) to make good gravies.
Jan

[ladycolorado]

now getting hungry again, (LC) .