Make your own Yogurt!

My wonderful hubby is an avid runner, and is often likes to make a yogurt smoothie after a run in order to recover some energy. That being said, we go through a lot of yogurt fairly quickly. His coworker gave us a recipe for making our own yogurt at home. This is a very easy and inexpensive thing to do, and saves us money because we can make it in bulk.

Things needed for recipe:

- half a gallon of milk (whole milk will make the best yogurt)
- 5-6 Tablespoons of yogurt with live active cultures (buy a cup of yogurt the first time you make it, but after your first batch, you can just save a little bit of it for the next one. You'll never have to buy yogurt again!)

First, heat a 1/2 gallon of milk on the stove top until it is just about to boil. If it starts to foam a little on the sides, it's ready.

Then, strain the milk into a large pirax dish and let it cool until it is comfortable enough to stick your finger in for about 20 seconds.

Put in 5-6 Tablespoons of yogurt with live active cultures (it will say if it has them on the back of the yogurt container) and mix well.

Put a lid on the container and wrap it up with a few heavy towels. Let it sit undisturbed for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, unwrap it and place it in the 'fridge with the lid on for another day and a half.

Enjoy!

If you want to make it again later, set aside 5-6 tablespoons of the homemade yogurt into a jar and keep in the refridgerator for next time.

I ate it this morning for breakfast with wheat germ, flax seed, honey, and homemade jam. Yum!