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Breakfast chez nous: homemade organic yogurt.  Excuse me while I jump up and down and spit nickels, folks. I made yogurt!  It was like magic, no joke.  (Did I mention I'm a cheap date?  Did I need to mention I'm a cheap date?)  I used Avivah's tutorial and made a GALLON of yogurt for less than $6.  (Compared to the $3.69 32 oz. tubs of Stonyfield Farms that my creepies suck down in one sitting, that's very, very good. )  And, as an added bonus, it's ambrosial---as in, "really, really yummy."  The part of the process that I had to stay awake for  took a little over an hour, which was fine, because it gave me a chance to check out a bunch of creative spaces when I'd normally have been dead to the world.  It was me, a pot, a lid, a candy thermometer, and a gallon of organic milk.  Heat, cool, stir, sleep, eat.  That's it, in a nutshell.  We used it to make Pink Drink this morning, and had lots of happy little breakfasters.  Here's the 'recipe':

Pink Drink:

• yogurt (1 cup per serving)
• frozen strawberries
• flax oil (1 tb. per serving)
• wheat germ
• rice milk (1 cup per serving)

Put all of your ingredients in to a big bowl and use an immersion blender to reach the consistency you prefer.

Enjoy!