easiyo yogurt maker any good? or make your own? (merged)

zzzLazyDaisy

coffee mate isn't dried milk powder - have a look at the ingredients

Topping up the boiling water in the easiyo flask to 1cm above the red insert is recommended for cold countries. I have been doing this since I got my easiyo and it works a treat.

Sui_Generis

Micro wrote: »

Are you using cold water from the tap ?

If so don't it should be room temp according to the instructions. Though as above I've started using warm and its sets much better.

lisa26_2

I'm just about to have my first attempt at making yogurt with the easi-yo set that I got for xmas. I didn't get any sachets so I'm going with the UHT milk method....wish me luck!!!

Just a couple of quick questions....
How long will the yogurt I make be safe to eat?

I'd like to save some of my yogurt to use as a starter for next time. Can i freeze some for this or will that kill the live cultures? It could be a good few days before I need to make any more as there is only me eating it.

Oh and 1 last 1....is it ok to make smaller batches using the 500ml cartons of UHT milk or does the easi-yo pot need to be full?

Thanks x

Primrose

lisa - good luck with your yoghurt. In answer to your questions:

I have left my yoghurt in the fridge for over a week. However, the longer you leave it the more whey (surface liquid) it seems to develop. Pour it off, or stir it back in. The longer you leave it after that, I suspect it becomes rather less effective for being used as a starter batch for the next lot but have no proof of this.

Yes, I have frozen some culture to use for the next batch.

Yes, you can make smaller batches if you're not a huge yoghurt consumer. Best to weigh the sachet and just use half, and use only 50% of the UHT milk you would normally use.

Sui_Generis

Just for info - I've found the Easiyo stuff lasts up to 2 weeks in the fridge.

zzzLazyDaisy

lisa26 wrote: »

Oh and 1 last 1....is it ok to make smaller batches using the 500ml cartons of UHT milk or does the easi-yo pot need to be full?
Thanks x

Just half the quantities of UHT/yog/dried milk, and use the same amount of hot water in the easiyo flask. But I bet you find that 500mls isn't enough when you have it 'on tap'

I always have a frozen starter in the freezer just in case - freeze it on the day you make it, and it will be fine till you need it. It is also worth taking your starter for the next batch out on the day you make it, and putting it in a small container in the fridge, so it is ready for when you need it - if it goes past 5 days, just eat it!

orange-sox

This thread has answered all of my prayers! I've been cutting and cutting our food budget, and yet the biggest expense has consistently been my OH and his flippin yogurts! I will most certainly be investing in one of these! He can have vanilla yogurt with banana till the cows come home now (ha ha ha )

Kimitatsu

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Just half the quantities of UHT/yog/dried milk, and use the same amount of hot water in the easiyo flask. But I bet you find that 500mls isn't enough when you have it 'on tap'

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How true is this :rotfl:My boys currently go through at least 500mls a day of yoghurt but I would rather them eat this than a whole heap of biscuits! Its taken me a couple of goes to get the flavoured ones right but think I have cracked it now - I warm the milk before I put it in with the starter and that gets it going so that it thickens up. I have tried the failed raspberry yoghurt again today so we will see if it works this time - all of the others have been just fine.

zzzLazyDaisy

I got some banana milk shake reduced to 25p a litre, so I used it to make yog.

The result was too sweet for me (though my son loved it) so I froze the remainder, taking it out every half hour to give it a swirl with a fork, and ended up with banana icecream, which was yum!

brumbrum

well, I tried to make homemade yoghurt the other day in my easiyo but it was more a thin drinking yoghurt than the thick creamy loveliness I was expecting thanks to micro i may be more successful next time, but when you put the yoghurt in the easiyo maker do you need to fill it with boiling water like you would when using an easiyo packet or just use hand hot water? if not I think this might be where I went wrong last time:o