Thursday, February 4, 2010

Got culture?


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!
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6 comments:

  1. Wow. I'm sitting here, drinking my strawberry kefir, and I'm now actually craving homemade yogurt, all thanks to your post.

    One question for you: What do you mean when you say it's ambrosial?

    P.S.: Great photo collage - she is just adorable!!

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  2. yeah yum! i think you've inspired me to try my own, and thanks for the recipe

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  3. Jon: I meant it was yummy. Sorry. I was a little more enthusiastic than is reasonable, considering that I was writing about fermented milk.

    Isis: Let me know how it turns out!

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  4. That's OK, my bad. Thought that "ambrosial" was some newfangled organic adjective I was unfamiliar with...

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  5. My mom has a fancy yogurt maker that makes it in cups like this: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=yogurt+maker&ved=0CCsQzAMwAA&cid=15368679982251641173&sa=title#p

    That's not going to touch your gallon though.

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  6. Hi, Wendy, I'm so glad my instructions were helpful! Isn't it crazy how easy, cheap, and delicious it is?!

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Thanks for taking the time to comment...it makes me feel a little less like I'm talking to myself again.