Well this is something I thought I'd never do, but I made yogurt this week! Since it seems that Justin has a cows milk allergy, and he's a big eater, I thought I should add goats milk yogurt to his diet. But it cost $5 for a small unflavored little tub. Then I came accross a blog of home cooking, and some simple instructions to
make yogurt in a slow cooker. And it worked!
So, here's my math:
2 cups of store bought goats milk yogurt = $5
8 cups of homemade goats milk yogurt = $5
My girls all like yogurt too, but it gets eaten up so fast around here that I rarely buy it. So I thought, why not? and made a batch for them too.
3 cup tub of cows milk yogurt = $3
8 cups of homemade cows milk yogurt = $3
The goats milk yogurt didn't seem to set properly, but after being in the fridge for half a day, it changed consistency and gelled up. The cows milk yogurt gelled up in the slow cooker already. I still have to add fruit and/or sweeteners because this is just a plain yogurt that it makes, but it's still a huge savings (and you can only buy goats milk yogurt unflavored anyways). And I did use the tip of adding the unflavored gelatin - I didn't want to take a chance that it would be too runny. So my kids are all happy, they can have yogurt everyday now if they want!
So we won the fuzzibunz photo contest!! The prize was for 12 brand new fuzzibunz and one of my sisters and I split them (the other two moms don't cloth diaper). I decided to take inventory of my "stash" the other day. Mostly there is one-size and medium fuzzibunz (most were from a local seller that sold them to me gently used for a steal of a deal). The "girly" fuzzibunz on the left are for Alyssa (still uses them for naps and at night). The top basket on the right is some fun prints that I've accumulated, and the bottom basket are the ones that work best for overnight. Have I mentioned that cloth diapering can be addictive?
