Making Homemade Go-Gurts
- Yogurt started cultures and videos available at www.culturesforhealth.com
- Today I used Villi culture which has a mild, kid-friendly flavor-2 packs for $12.99. (If taken care of the culture will make endless amounts of yogurt).
- It is recommended to freeze 1/4 c. of the starter, so that if you forget about your culture and ruin it, you can thaw this out add to milk and resume making yogurt.
- For best results use whole milk, the sugar in the milk "feeds" the culture.
- Not ready to make homemade yogurt? Then buy a large container of plain or vanilla flavored yogurt to use as the base of your "go-gurt." Read the label to make sure it contains strains of bacteria.
- Put yogurt and desired flavoring in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour yogurt smoothies into the silicone tubes and freeze.
- Makes a perfect yogurt treat for your child's lunch.
Pack of 4 tubes for $9.84
Flavoring Yogurt:
- Fruit or fruit juice
- Add a small amount of mild leafy greens like kale, spinach, leafy lettuce, etc. to boost nutritional value
- Honey (fyi: some say that honey naturally kills bacteria and may kill some of the healthy bacteria in the yogurt).
- Maple syrup
- Unrefined sugars like Sucanat, Rapadura, coconut sap
- Natural non-calorie sweetners such as stevia (liquid form is optional)
- Extract Flavoring: Vanilla, Almond, Chocolate, etc.
