Guest guest Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I would like to try making my own soy yogurt. Do you recommend a yogurt maker? I found this vegan yogurt starter online http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=vegane & StoreType=Bto\ C & Count1=931453883 & Count2=848594307 & ProductID=2613 & Target=products.asp but need the yogurt maker? Or do i? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 You don't need the machine, but it makes it easier. Also, I just use a small container of store-bought soy yogurt as the starter. That way there's some sugar in there as well to feed the culture, which is important if you're using homemade/unsweetened soymilk. -Erin http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog - Tom Fronczak, LICSW Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:04 AM Yogurt Maker I would like to try making my own soy yogurt. Do you recommend a yogurt maker? I found this vegan yogurt starter online http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=vegane & StoreType=Bto\ C & Count1=931453883 & Count2=848594307 & ProductID=2613 & Target=products.asp but need the yogurt maker? Or do i? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi, Paula -- First of all, Happy Birthday! : D You might want to consider getting a soy milk maker if you're seriously considering moving away from dairy products. Here's the one we have and it's a snap to clean, which so far has been the biggest drawback to most soy milk makers. SoyaPower Soy Milk Maker <http://www.soyapower.com/Soyapower-plus.html> We get our organic soybeans in bulk from Azure Standard, so our soy milk costs less than 20-cents a gallon. Doesn't take long for the machine to pay for itself. Have a great birthday! ~ irene > > I received a yogurt maker for my birthday!! I want to use it to > make non-dairy yogurt (like Slim does) as I'd like to move the kids > away from dairy as much as possible. > > My question is: can I make oat and lentil " milk " (like Slim does) > without a soya milk maker? Or another type of non dairy milk. If > so, could someone tell me how? I know I could use soyamilk from the > container but I'd prefer something else. > > I don't have a soya milk right now. I could go and get one but > would like to prove the worth of my latest gadget to DH (who > doesn't understand why in the world I would want a yogurt maker) > before going out and getting yet another kitchen appliance. He > doesn't understand kitchen things (e.g., when I got my electric > kitchen scale he thought it a waste of money and space and said I'd > never use it. Everytime I use it I make a point of saying " look at > me, using my useless scale...*again*. He's even used it). > > Long message for a probably simple answer! > > Thanks, > Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hi Paula, You can make veggie bean/grain milks on the stovetop with a couple of large pots, a blender (or better an immersion blender), a strainer and a filter cloth. Before I bought my soymilk machine I used this technique to make large batches of soymilk and follow the recipes of Bryanna Clark Grogan to make soy yogurt with them. It is a LOT of work, (you have to make the milk and then make the yogurt) and I eventually wore out my immersion blender(!), but if you do it once or twice, I think you'll have a handle on what the veggie milks and yogurts are like. I've never made my lentil milk without the soymilk maker machine, but I'd be happy to work with you on the recipe. Alternatively, for less work, it's likely you can make a homemade yogurt from store-bought soymilk, which usually contains stabilizers like carrageenan and sometimes pectin, that may help it hold together for making yogurt. Erin over at his homemade yogurt group says he has done this and no doubt it is less work. But I haven't. Let me know what you think, Slim http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/page/1999382.htm http://health.homemade_yogurt/ P.S.> Even though you were right about the scale -- I have one too, and it's useful for the yogurt making, and making bread -- It's probably not a good idea to keep rubbing your husband's nose in it! Just a thought. , " peej2e2 " <johnsontew wrote: > > I'm on a roll today with the messages. > > I received a yogurt maker for my birthday!! I want to use it to make non-dairy yogurt (like Slim does) as I'd like to move the kids away from dairy as much as possible. > > My question is: can I make oat and lentil " milk " (like Slim does) without a soya milk maker? Or another type of non dairy milk. If so, could someone tell me how? I know I could use soyamilk from the container but I'd prefer something else. > > I don't have a soya milk right now. I could go and get one but would like to prove the worth of my latest gadget to DH (who doesn't understand why in the world I would want a yogurt maker) before going out and getting yet another kitchen appliance. He doesn't understand kitchen things (e.g., when I got my electric kitchen scale he thought it a waste of money and space and said I'd never use it. Everytime I use it I make a point of saying " look at me, using my useless scale...*again*. He's even used it). > > Long message for a probably simple answer! > > Thanks, > Paula > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Thank you! I looked at the website and that one looks easy to use. Easy to clean is a definite advantage. I will get one as soon as I can (after I show the worth of the yogurt maker). I'm not adverse to making organic dairy yogurt since my DH eats that (I want to move myself and the boys away from dairy but DH is another, stubbron story). Thanks for the advice. Paula , irene wrote: > > Hi, Paula -- > > First of all, Happy Birthday! : D > > You might want to consider getting a soy milk maker if you're > seriously considering moving away from dairy products. Here's the one > we have and it's a snap to clean, which so far has been the biggest > drawback to most soy milk makers. > > SoyaPower Soy Milk Maker <http://www.soyapower.com/Soyapower-plus.html> > > We get our organic soybeans in bulk from Azure Standard, so our soy > milk costs less than 20-cents a gallon. Doesn't take long for the > machine to pay for itself. > > Have a great birthday! > > ~ irene > > > > > > I received a yogurt maker for my birthday!! I want to use it to > > make non-dairy yogurt (like Slim does) as I'd like to move the kids > > away from dairy as much as possible. > > > > My question is: can I make oat and lentil " milk " (like Slim does) > > without a soya milk maker? Or another type of non dairy milk. If > > so, could someone tell me how? I know I could use soyamilk from the > > container but I'd prefer something else. > > > > I don't have a soya milk right now. I could go and get one but > > would like to prove the worth of my latest gadget to DH (who > > doesn't understand why in the world I would want a yogurt maker) > > before going out and getting yet another kitchen appliance. He > > doesn't understand kitchen things (e.g., when I got my electric > > kitchen scale he thought it a waste of money and space and said I'd > > never use it. Everytime I use it I make a point of saying " look at > > me, using my useless scale...*again*. He's even used it). > > > > Long message for a probably simple answer! > > > > Thanks, > > Paula > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hello Slim, Thanks for your response. I think I might start with an oat yogurt (I have an immersion blender so that's good). One of the Chefs at work raves about it! However, I gather that it's somewhat thinner than " regular " yogurt. I love your idea of adding lentils since they are so good for you. Do they help thinken it as well? I will also try yogurt for the boys and I made from store bought soyamilk as you suggested. That might be my best bet. I'll review the websites you sent. I like Bryanna CG's stuff (I have her book " Nonna's Italian Kitchen " which I love). I'd love to work on a recipe with you! I go on Maternity Leave around May 1 so I might experiment then (the baby is due around the third week of May but I suspect I will be early). I have over a year leave so once I am settled in I can spend some time in the kitchen (which I miss being so busy at work). You are right about " rubbing it in " but it's so fun. Since I don't cook as much as I used to (new job so the nanny cooks) I don't get the opportunity to do it. Of course, DH has things that he teases me about so it's all okay! Paula , " slim_langer " <slim_langer wrote: > > Hi Paula, > You can make veggie bean/grain milks on the stovetop with a couple of large pots, a blender (or better an immersion blender), a strainer and a filter cloth. Before I bought my soymilk machine I used this technique to make large batches of soymilk and follow the recipes of Bryanna Clark Grogan to make soy yogurt with them. It is a LOT of work, (you have to make the milk and then make the yogurt) and I eventually wore out my immersion blender(!), but if you do it once or twice, I think you'll have a handle on what the veggie milks and yogurts are like. I've never made my lentil milk without the soymilk maker machine, but I'd be happy to work with you on the recipe. > > Alternatively, for less work, it's likely you can make a homemade yogurt from store-bought soymilk, which usually contains stabilizers like carrageenan and sometimes pectin, that may help it hold together for making yogurt. Erin over at his homemade yogurt group says he has done this and no doubt it is less work. But I haven't. > > Let me know what you think, > > Slim > > http://www.bryannaclarkgrogan.com/page/page/1999382.htm > http://health.homemade_yogurt/ > > P.S.> Even though you were right about the scale -- I have one too, and it's useful for the yogurt making, and making bread -- It's probably not a good idea to keep rubbing your husband's nose in it! Just a thought. > > > , " peej2e2 " <johnsontew@> wrote: > > > > I'm on a roll today with the messages. > > > > I received a yogurt maker for my birthday!! I want to use it to make non-dairy yogurt (like Slim does) as I'd like to move the kids away from dairy as much as possible. > > > > My question is: can I make oat and lentil " milk " (like Slim does) without a soya milk maker? Or another type of non dairy milk. If so, could someone tell me how? I know I could use soyamilk from the container but I'd prefer something else. > > > > I don't have a soya milk right now. I could go and get one but would like to prove the worth of my latest gadget to DH (who doesn't understand why in the world I would want a yogurt maker) before going out and getting yet another kitchen appliance. He doesn't understand kitchen things (e.g., when I got my electric kitchen scale he thought it a waste of money and space and said I'd never use it. Everytime I use it I make a point of saying " look at me, using my useless scale...*again*. He's even used it). > > > > Long message for a probably simple answer! > > > > Thanks, > > Paula > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 , " peej2e2 " <johnsontew wrote: > > Hello Slim, > Thanks for your response. I think I might start with an oat yogurt (I have an immersion blender so that's good). One of the Chefs at work raves about it! However, I gather that it's somewhat thinner than " regular " yogurt. I love your idea of adding lentils since they are so good for you. Do they help thinken it as well? > Hi Paula, I haven't made milk or yogurt from oats alone, but I've made it from the lentils alone and they've got to make the best yogurt of any veggie medium I've tried so far. Even beans that are only slightly larger don't set as well as the lentils. I think it has something to do with the ratio of the bean husk to the inner part(s) and maybe split peas will work too. But like soybeans, larger beans often remain liquid when refrigerated and can be better for cereal or drinking. With other beans you usually get an edible yogurt, that can taste good but the texture is something like applesauce. Maybe I'm a kid inside, but for me the big thing about having yogurt or pudding is the smooth, spoon-clinging & jiggly texture that makes it fun to eat(!). To have that as well as making it naturally nonfat, (probiotic live-culture and nutritious) without the need to use dairy or buy Bryanna's expensive agar or pectin thickeners is a kick in the pants. It sounds like you might have the time and inclination to make some too, so it should be fun to hear from you. Take care, Slim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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