Yoghurt

[burmeselover]

Alice enjoys yoghurt but the plain ones are so tart to taste. I haven't yet found a brand that isn't tart and I feel bad giving her unflavoured tart yoghurt when it's less than pleasant to my palate.
Can I sweeten it with a fruit juice concentrate or is that as bad as sugar?

[Catkind]

I find it's very tasty if you stir in some actual fruit. Banana or berries (even just a few defrosted from a bag of frozen ones) or softened apple work nicely. Don't know if that's better or worse teeth-wise than concentrate, but it feels less like cheating!

[burmeselover]

Oh - mashed banana! I must do that. Alice hasn't worked out how to eat banana in the whole form so mashed into yoghurt sounds like a good idea.

[petitemum]

Rachel's My First Yogurts are no-sugar fruit flavoured yogurts.

[thebean]

Total greek yogurt isn't tart its lovely and creamy.

[reedbunting]

DS loves greek yoghurt completely plain without anything added and point blank refuses to eat the same yoghurt sweetened with anything (eg fruit, fruit compote, maple syrup etc.). I find Rachels organic greek one the best. I personally find it a little sharp, but then I've never really been a plain yoghurt fan, so I sweeten mine slighly with honey or maple - yum!

[crochetmomma]

I give my Alice natural yoghurt & she always pulls a funny face at first & then laps it up. Sometimes I mash softened apple into it or pear or banana.

[Weeble]

I used up my old purreed fruit to sweeten the natural yoghurt initially but have to say my little monkey seems to enjoy the unsweetened greek yoghurt that others have mentioned just as much as the Rachel's organic flavoured ones

[Ax76]

I find YeoValley to be very tasty and definitely not tart
Best thing of all, though, is making your own home made yoghurt... extremely easy and greatly satisfactory!

[burmeselover]

Yes, I should make my own yoghurt, now that you mention it. I have the Easiyo Yoghurt Maker but haven't used it for ages.
I remember my mum making yoghurt from scratch (meaning no powdered yoghurt mixes) with fresh goats milk. Can anyone advise me on how to do this?

[Ax76]

Yes, I should make my own yoghurt, now that you mention it. I have the Easiyo Yoghurt Maker but haven't used it for ages.
I remember my mum making yogurt from scratch (meaning no powdered yoghurt mixes) with fresh goats milk. Can anyone advise me on how to do this?

I tell you how I do mine... You don't need anything but a pan with lid, some good plain yoghurt and whole milk of any kind. Just warm up the milk, say 1 litre, (don't boil if it's already pasteurized or you would get rid of all the good enzymes) in the pan and add few tbs of yogurt and scatter it, let it melt. Than put the lid on and wait What matters is the temperature you keep the pan at... I use to cover the all thing with a tea towel and an elastic band, to keep the lid in place just in case, and then place it overnight in the oven set on a very low temperature (like 24-30°), which I control with a baby bath and room thermometer!!
I usually also stir the yogurt before going to bed just to give the bacteria a little help... Eventually, after 12-14 hours it's done!
You may want to try higher the T to have it ready sooner... I haven't tried this yet.

[kathy]

When my Alice left some apple I'd cut up for her I pureed it with some cinammon and now I stir that into natural yoghurt which is quite nice.
(Alices galore on this thread!)

[budapestbaby]

We like a handful of prunes or dried apricots boiled and pureed mixed into the yogurt, but I think my daughter likes the plain just as much. And yes, a banana mushed in is also nice as is avocado. Plain yogurt is really good with lots of savoury foods too.

[rosiewuiting]

We get through so much yoghurt that I decided to make it as its way cheaper when you're buying the organic stuff. I use the very easy Hugh fearnley Whittingstall recipe and method;

500ml whole organic milk
3 tbs live yoghurt
1tbs milk powder (thickens it up a bit but not essential).

heat milk and milk powder to 46 degrees (vital its not too hot as enzymes are killed at 47-8 degrees). add live yog and stir in. put whole mix into a warmed thermos flask and leave overnight. its lovely and thick and tasty in them morning! no idea how long it keeps as ours is gone in a max of 3 days!

Its quite tart, so I usually stir in some of the many ice cubes of fruit purees I still have in the freezr from the puree days....oh so glad they're gone

[Skinty]

I've found Onken natural set yoghurt to be nice and creamy and not tart. Lilia loves it! to the point where I fear she is eating too much - she'd eat half of one of those big adult pots in one go if I let her but I try to distract her.