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Another money saving healthy idea

November 7th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

I'm sure many of you are doing it already, but I just started making my own yogurt.

Yes, I invested $37 into a yogurt machine (all it does is keeps a constant warm temperature, but I strongly prefer glass jars over the plastic ones, so I bought a more expensive one).

This is the second batch I'm making.
I used 1/4 gallon of organic milk to make 6 cups, so it comes out to $2.5 or 42 cents for each jar of ORGANIC, PROBIOTIC, FRESH, NO STABILIZERS or PRESERVATIVES, NO HFCS or sugar yogurt. (if I choose to, I'll add something sweet, but I will know exactly how much)

It is quite simple. All I needed was to heat milk and mix in some probiotic yogurt (I kept some from the last batch I made, so I no longer need to buy a jar to use as a starter).

Tomorrow our breakfast will be a jar of yogurt with crushed roasted almonds and a thin layer of honey on top, freshly made steel cut oatmeal, good coffee and a orange juice.

Today I did not go out for breakfast either - I made an omelet with melted in fresh mozzarella, and some sliced tomatoes covered in pressed garlic w salt/pepper and fresh basil leaves. I love weekends. Having time to eat breakfast at leisure with DH is nice.

4 Responses to “Another money saving healthy idea”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    We don't eat yogurt too often, but I really want to try making it for the same reasons you list. I read you can make it in a crockpot!!

  2. LuxLiving Says:
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    They used to 'back in hippy days', and maybe some still do, make it on an electric heating pad.

  3. whitestripe Says:
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    You've just reminded me how much I want to make yoghurt, but always push it to the back of my to do list. I have consistently low calcium levels and don't drink a lot of milk, so yoghurt is one thing I do eat a fair bit of. Also when combined with lentils or chickpeas it makes a complete protein, which is a necessity for me as I don't eat meat.
    I will look into it more seriously now!

  4. baselle Says:
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    Wow - I've always wanted to try and make my own yogurt because I eat it all the time - especially the Greek style. Let us know how its working out.

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