Flavours For Natural Yoghurt

seraphina

I'm an Easiyo convert unfortunately but I don't use the packets - I make it up from skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder and starter.

However I do add tinned fruit to my yoghurt and sometimes a bit of sweetener. You'll find you need to add quite a bit of sugar/sweetener to get the same taste as a muller lite or other "commercial" yoghurt unfortunately, so even with fruit added I found HM yoghurt to be an aquired taste. Now I love it and wouldn't have anything else. I do find the kind of fruit I like in my yoghurt (I love raspberry and blueberry yoghurts) is too expensive to buy fresh all the time, so I stick to tinned fruit, honey, jam or fruit compotes/purees

I know that Easiyo do fruit topping so it might be worth buying these and adding them to your own yoghurt?

apple_mint

I use the Lakeland electric yoghurt maker - plus a bought a spare 1 ltre insert so that I have 2 litres made up at a time. When one empties we pop it into the yoghurt maker overnight with starter from the other.

We tend to mix tinned mandarins and oats in our yoghurt (we have this for breakfast and it is delicious). We've also whizzed in:

bananas & vanilla essense
blackberries (these are both really yummy - but not at all like muller fruit yoghurts, which we would now find much too sweet ... and too expensive)

I've also stirred in home made lemon curd - OH loves this.

I'm also going to try blending tinned peaches with my hand blender and adding the puree to the yoghurt mix.

thriftlady_2

As well as adding fruit to the yogurt and eating it as is,I also add fruit and freeze it in lolly moulds.You need to be quite generous with sugar/honey as freezing dulls the sweetness quite a lot.

I also freeze it in an ice-cream maker for yogurt ice.

Heth_2

Thanks for those ideas everyone. Am getting very tempted to get a yoghurt maker now.

bluemoon_3

apple_mint wrote:

I use the Lakeland electric yoghurt maker - plus a bought a spare 1 ltre insert so that I have 2 litres made up at a time. When one empties we pop it into the yoghurt maker overnight with starter from the other.

What a fantastic idea! I didn't realise you could order a spare insert. I have a Lakeland yoghurt maker I got on ebay yonks ago. I dragged it out last night and made some soya yoghurt and I think having a second bowl might make me keep it up this time - so I'm going to get one.

halloweenqueen_2

Thats what I did as well, got a spare inside bit! I also make a fruity yoghurt by using jelly.

apple_mint

bluemoon wrote:

What a fantastic idea! I didn't realise you could order a spare insert. I have a Lakeland yoghurt maker I got on ebay yonks ago. I dragged it out last night and made some soya yoghurt and I think having a second bowl might make me keep it up this time - so I'm going to get one.

It was a bit of the debate, paying an extra £4.95 for the plastic internal container, but I am so glad we did. I have a constant supply of yoghurt now - ready for desserts, dips and dressings (I love mixing yoghurt and fish seasoning and drizzling it over salmon before baking it). In the shops, the spare inserts are located right next to the yoghurt makers themselves.

Queenie

seraphina wrote:

I'm an Easiyo convert unfortunately but I don't use the packets - I make it up from skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder and starter.

Please would you share the ratio:method of how you do this. I would be most interested, TIA


Heth - experiement!!!! You're only limited by your imagination (and taste bud preferences :laugh: )
The flavour of natural yogurt is ... well ... 'naturally' tart One of the reasons we like our own is *because* it isn't laden with sugar or sugar subs.

My children thoroughly enjoy pureed tinned/fresh fruit swirled onto theirs - but, if not available, a spoon of dark brown sugar sprinkle on top and left for a few minutes to dissolve is pretty darn good!

You can add seeds too and a swirl of honey and we've even had a sprinkle of sultana's, some cinnamon/nutmeg (or even, Garam Masala if out of cinnamon/nutmeg). Dessicated coconut with honey is also really scrummy.

Vanilla extract is more pricey than essence, but is a really lovely addition to plain yogurt, so too is almond :drool:

ariba10

Has anyone a suggestion for a fruit flavouring for home made Yogurt that is low in or free of sugar?.

It is for a very finicky diabetic. All suggestions appreciated.

Three_Dancing_Dragons

I use a whacker-chopper to dice up dried apricots to stir into plain yoghurt. Not as sweet as shop fruit yoghurts but still nice. Apricots are low GI and could try adding artificial sweetener or fruitcose for extra sweetness. Pretty much any stewed fruit would do too. Applesauce?