Homemade Yogurt Recipe–It’s So Good For You
Holly at Seeking Faithfulness has shared a simple-sounding homemade yogurt recipe! This is very good news…we love vanilla yogurt fruit parfaits…topped with granola if I have it. Yum.
Besides being a great source of protein, calcium, riboflav
in and vitamin B12, yogurt helps boost the immune system by multiplying the good bacteria in your stomach.
In addition, I found this article about the probiotic benefits found in yogurt that said:
“Pediatric studies found that probiotics aids in a significantly decreasing the rate of acute diarrhea and rotavirus shedding. Parents also reported a 25% decrease in diaper rash among babies drinking formula containing probiotics.”
Go yogurt!
Have you ever used yogurt in the following ways?
- as a fruit dip
- by substituting plain yogurt for sour cream in recipes
- using yogurt instead of ice cream to create smoothies instead of shakes
What say you?
Comment by Amy
April 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
I love making homemade yoghurt, we have a yoghurt maker called “easy yo” and it’s yummy!
Comment by Amy
April 16, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
btw when my oldest son was born with thrush in his mouth as a baby the only remedy to get rid of it was acidopholus yoghurt!
Comment by jen
April 16, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
we love yoghurt. We have a yoghurt maker too
Comment by Mary
April 16, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
That’s great to know about the thrush remedy! You know, I don’t know many people here in the states with yogurt makers…my sisters and I bought our mom a nice one we saw in a catalog. I’ve never checked Wal-Mart, maybe I should.
Funny that you New Zealanders spell it differently!
Comment by Colleen
April 17, 2007 @ 5:37 am
Yogurt maker!?! That is too cool. I’ll have to check it out!
Comment by ann_in_grace
April 17, 2007 @ 6:40 am
Have you ever used yogurt in the following ways?
* as a fruit dip
* by substituting plain yogurt for sour cream in recipes
* using yogurt instead of ice cream to create smoothies instead of shakes
Yes, yes, yes.
Comment by Mary
April 17, 2007 @ 9:03 am
It’s good isn’t it, Ann! Mmm…
Colleen, maybe a someday shower gift?
Comment by Deborah
April 17, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
We love yogurt around our house too, but have never made it from scratch. Will have to check out the recipe!. When I was growing up, we always had a bowl of granola with yogurt on top. We loved it during the summer before we went to swim lessons! Now, if I had thought about it I could have told McDonald’s….
Comment by Mary
April 17, 2007 @ 8:18 pm
Exactly! You’d be famous! That’s my favorite thing at McDonald’s…their yogurt parfaits… The recipe surprised me in its simplicity!
Comment by Jessica
April 17, 2007 @ 10:43 pm
remind me to give you my recipe–it’s even easier than that one. 3 yesses, and more. One of our faves is to blend frozen fruit & yogurt to make into popcicles. Yummy! And now it’s finally popcicle weather!
Comment by Holly
April 18, 2007 @ 7:54 am
I would love an even simpler recipe. WOW!
And Jessica is right - homemade yogurt pops are the best! You actually know they are good for your kids!
Thanks so much, Mary.
Comment by Mary
April 18, 2007 @ 9:38 am
Jessica! Thanks for that super tip! Yum, can’t wait to try it, and be sure to let me know when you’ve posted your yogurt recipe!
Thank YOU, Holly!
Comment by Sarah Summer
January 20, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
Lactobacillus Acidophilus is a great bacteria to treat yeast infections and oral thrush. Amy’s young child is proof of this. I love the scripture on the header as well.
Comment by Mary
January 21, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Thanks, Sarah, I’m so glad you found this site and commented.
Welcome, and I hope you come back often!
I remember when I was little and happened to be on antibiotic (rarely!), my mother always gave me yogurt with active cultures in it, and dh’s mom always gave her kids acidophilus supplements while on antibiotics…both to help replace the good bacteria that the antibiotic was killing right along with the bad. I’ve always wondered, in this day and age of over prescribing antibiotics, why pediatrician’s discontinued their former advice of giving these things along with antibiotics.
Comment by Tee
March 1, 2008 @ 7:00 am
Hi there! I just now found this article (a little late to the party!) and unfortunately, the linked yogurt recipe leads to a “404- Not Found” error. I’ll search around some more for it but thought you may want to know so you can update that link.
I love how you are preaching the benefits of the probiotics in yogurt, though - I’m a big fan, myself! I have it every day, and try to find a good compromise between taste and sugars/calories (some brands are overloaded with sugars, and I personally don’t handle artificial sweeteners too well).
Regardless… keep up the good work!
Tee’s last blog post..Don’t Worry, Yogurt Is Still Good for You!
Comment by Mary
March 2, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Tee, I am so glad you commented on this, I am on my way over to read your yogurt post. You are right, there are SO many brands…to know which ones are “safe”…would be a very good thing!
Thanks for the head’s up on the link, I’ll try to get it fixed!