In keeping with my recent fetish with making stuff at home, I recently purchased a yogurt maker. I bought the EuroCuisine Yogurt Maker online from Williams Sonoma (price $49.95) because it came with a good recommendation but since found a slightly stripped down model from the same company that goes for $29.95 on Amazon (and there are dozens of other models on the market).

We go through A LOT of yogurt in my household, and I think this gadget has been well worth the investment. There’s a little work involved but not much: boil 4 cups of milk, cool, add yogurt starter or a cup of plain yogurt, pour into the jars and turn on the machine. About 8 hours later, you have yogurt. You can add flavoring either before or after “cooking” it. I’m still experimenting with different starters, which definitely affect the finished product. The starter that came with the machine produced very tangy yogurt, which I liked but the rest of the fam less so. The second batch I used a cup of plain Greek yogurt and the result was creamy, less tangy and a hit in the household. Aside from being healthy and tasting good, it’s fun to make. For older kids, I’m sure there’s a science lesson to be had in the process. And Wikipedia has a lengthy entry on the history of yogurt, which apparently stretches back 4,500 years. The culture of culturing, it seems, goes way back.

Tags: food, Nutrition, Products, Recipes

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