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Heather B
True Blue Farmgirl
562 Posts
Heather
Longmont
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 4:53:40 PM
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I just started making yogurt. Besides fruit has anyone got suggestions for additives? I like my yogurt but not enough to eat it plain!
Heather
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 5:20:02 PM
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I would suggest putting in a little bit of granola if your going to eat it right away. That has to be my favorite way to eat it
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2009 : 7:41:23 PM
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| i usually add a bit of homemade jam. mmmmm! |
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
436 Posts
Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Sheri
Missouri
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 05:28:03 AM
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I like to throw some fresh or canned fruit in. But also mix it with some vanilla and whatever sweetner you like. It is great. A tasty treat is take some bananas, slice in chunks, dip in plain yogurt and roll in coconut, delicious.
Sheri
Many Hands Make Light Work!
...God made the seed to grow...1 Cor 3:6
The best fertilizer for a farm, are the farmers footsteps... |
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Heather B
True Blue Farmgirl
562 Posts
Heather
Longmont
Colorado
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 09:26:11 AM
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I love coconut! That one I'll have try as well as the honey. My brother in law keeps bees thus keeping us in honey.
Heather
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Sheri
Missouri
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 09:39:08 AM
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Oh yeah, I forgot, add vanilla and sweetner to the plain yogurt before rolling in coconut. Sorry
Sheri
Many Hands Make Light Work!
...God made the seed to grow...1 Cor 3:6
The best fertilizer for a farm, are the farmers footsteps... |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Roxy7
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Robin
Denver
CO
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2009 : 1:57:24 PM
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| I read that adding powdered milk would make a thicker yogurt without having to strain it like greek yogurt. Has anyone tried that? |
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Heather B
True Blue Farmgirl
562 Posts
Heather
Longmont
Colorado
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 07:57:30 AM
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I've heard that to. I think its written out somewhere's in the instructions I'm following. Maybe I'll give it a try next batch and see what happens.
Heather
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
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Singing Tree Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Cari
Chase
Michigan
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 3:05:45 PM
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| I like to sweeten with stevia, agave, brown rice syrup, maple syrup/granules,or honey. I, too, like vanilla and coconut. I even like to add nuts or sunflower seeds. I know this sounds weird (my hubby thinks so) but I guess trial and error to your liking. Nothing can beat homemade yogurt! Just a note, have you guys heard of the Craft of the Country Cook by Pat Katz and the Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon cookbooks? Very good. |
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 4:39:25 PM
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I loved to place just about anything that stricks my fancy in my yogurt. I love Jam during the winter and fresh fruti during the summer.
Cari I just had to find the cookbooks you mentioned and just purchased a copy of the Nurishing Traditions - sounds like a book that is just what I have been saying for so long that I am even tired of hearing myself. Can not wait to get my hands on it - THANKS for suggesting it...
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
http://www.larkspurfunnyfarm.etsy.com
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 4:42:14 PM
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Chunk up some bananas, dip in milk chocolate and freeze, add them to your yogurt, one of my grandkids fav.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Singing Tree Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Cari
Chase
Michigan
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 4:48:39 PM
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| grace, it's excellent, the two cookbooks I wouldn't want to do without. The Craft of the Country Cook is one I found after it was talked about in Countryside Magazine (also great for do-it-yourselfer homesteader types. Anyway it's not just a cook book it's alphabetical from apples to yogurt and includes things like sausage making, pectin, maple syrup, grains, dandelions, salt curing and a ton more. Besides recipes it tells how to harvest, the best storage method, and different storage methods. It's awesome. |
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Singing Tree Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
196 Posts
Cari
Chase
Michigan
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2009 : 5:00:31 PM
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| After I wrote that last post I decided to see what Craft of the Country Cook said about yogurt. There are eight pages including sections listing storage, Handling Yogurt (Acidophius Yogurt), Making Yogurt (The milk, The culture, containers, incubation), Yogurt Problems (If yogurt does not set or clabber, If yogurt is too sour, If too much whey collects, If the yogurt has an off taste or spoils), Cooking with Yogurt, Making Kefir, Yogurt Recipes (Basic/Flavored Yogurt, Potato/Cucumber/Carrot, Onion, or Other Vegetabe Raita, Yogurt Dressing for Vegetable Salads, Yogurt Fruit Salad Dressing, Yogurt Cream Cheese, Yogurt Cheese Balls, Unbaked Yogurt Cheese Pie, Cream Cheese Pie, Yogurt Cheese Cake, Stabilized Cow's Milk Yogurt, Yogurt Horseradish Sauce for Vegetables, Armenian Yogurt Soup). Every section is like this. |
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Heather B
True Blue Farmgirl
562 Posts
Heather
Longmont
Colorado
USA
562 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2009 : 07:01:06 AM
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I'll have to take a look at both those and see what may work for me. Right now I think my favorite thing is raspberries....fresh from the yard!
Heather
"Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty"
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