Do any of you make vegan yogurt? I saw 1 person used soymilk. Do you use store-bought vegan yogurt as a starter? Have you used other alternate milks?
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For the first batch, I use sore bought vegan yogurt. After that I use my yogurt. I only use soy mil.
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I have tried vanilla flavored soy milk it was terrible I love it In my cereal but not as yogurt
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Cooks illustrated said they used coconut milk. This was the greek yogurt maker they suggested on their website.
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I used unsweetened soy milk and i've found I need to add at least 1 tablespoon (I use 2 tablespoons mostly though) of maple surup to feed the bacteria. Since my yogurt maker takes 42 fluid ounces, I've found using more than 1/8th teaspoon of the starter is required too. The yogurt is not sweet at all.
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No, you can use store bought yogurt. Just make sure you buy a yogurt that has live cultures. Usually the more expensive organic oned. Only use a small portion of the starter.
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You can use 2 -32 oz containers of soymilk, 1-2 tablespoons of starter (or 1/2 cup leftover plain yogurt at room temperature) with 1/2 cup tapioca flour added for thickness. This makes a reasonably thickened yogurt after 10-12 hours. I just made some tonight and it was great after only 1/2 hour of cooling.Finding non-dairy starter is the hard part. Good Luck!
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If you can find a recipe for it online, I don't see why not. I use regular milk but I have friends who use it to make vegan yogurt.
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I have never used Almond Milk but think a lot of people don't have success with it. I use Westsoy soymilk and it has never failed. I also use 1 teaspoon of soy yogurt for a starter per pint the next time I make it. Never had luck with using soy yogurt twice not as thick
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I just use regular plain 0% fat greek yogurt (Fage brand). Works fine. I have also used some of the homemade yogurt as a starter for the next batch - that worked fine too.
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I don't use commercial starter at all. I save about 1/3 cup from each fresh batch and use that amount in the next batch. If I don't make yogurt for a month or so and want to start making it again, I buy a one-serving of vanilla yogurt (like Dannon without high fructose corn syrup) and use that. I have never had a batch of yogurt from either method fail.
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I've only tried soy milk and I've usually let it go for the max time. It's not going to set up like Cows milk or ever have a Greek yogurt consistency, but it does set eventually to a slightly looser yoplait like yogurt the longer I let it go.
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you can use any kind of milk. even soy. yes you need a starter the first time. that is 1/2 of plain greek yogurt. Then you can use 1/2 a cup of the yogurt you make for your starter each time. I eat a lot of yogurt. So I set it for 10 hours every night and then strain it in the morning. strain it an hour for soft yogurt or 2 hours for thick yogurt. sometimes I eat all my yogurt and have to buy a new yogurt. it takes 5 cups of milk which is cheaper than buying chobani which is my favorite. i'm sorry it took so long to answer. I have family at my house and we are planning a memorial for Saturday for my mom who died in august. you can use any kind of milk. even soy. yes you need a starter the first time. that is 1/2 of plain greek yogurt. Then you can use 1/2 a cup of the yogurt you make for your starter each time. I eat a lot of yogurt. So I set it for 10 hours every night and then strain it in the morning. strain it an hour for soft yogurt or 2 hours for thick yogurt. sometimes I eat all my yogurt and have to buy a new yogurt. it takes 5 cups of milk which is cheaper than buying chobani which is my favorite. i'm sorry it took so long to answer. I have family at my house and we are planning a memorial for... » Read More you can use any kind of milk. even soy. yes you need a starter the first time. that is 1/2 of plain greek yogurt. Then you can use 1/2 a cup of the yogurt you make for your starter each time. I eat a lot of yogurt. So I set it for 10 hours every night and then strain it in the morning. strain it an hour for soft yogurt or 2 hours for thick yogurt. sometimes I eat all my yogurt and have to buy a new yogurt. it takes 5 cups of milk which is cheaper than buying chobani which is my favorite. i'm sorry it took so long to answer. I have family at my house and we are planning a memorial for Saturday for my mom who died in august. « Show Less
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My question is: do you just get the commercial yogurt and let it sit on the counter for a day? I guess as long as it is sealed other stuff can't get in there to ferment as well. I'd appreciate hearing if you have tried this.
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Yes you can make non dairy yogurt BUT it contains dairy so your non dairy yogurt will not be vegan for any vegans who are interested
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I tried making yogurt using soy milk once and it did not "set", it was all liquid. Now I use organic whole milk and I have great results every time!
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This is great. I use Elaine G's recipe too so this info helps. I wanted to know if I could use 2% lactose-free milk since I'm short on regular. I'm also going to add 5% cream- which I didn't realize had other ingredients in it- like "modified milk ingredients. " If you can make yogurt with soy milk- [which I would never use], I don't see why this wouldn't work. I'll try and see. I have also found keeping the temp. at the simmer point for a minute before cooling and the culturing temp. a little cooler than suggested makes a thicker, firmer result.
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Sorry, I have not tried non-dairy yogurts. However, I can emphatically affirm that this machine makes great milk-based yogurt.
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I have not used the tofu maker and doubt that I ever will; however you never know. I may run amuck one of these days. I like to make my own soy milk and it seems that after the soymilk maker was done, I strained out all of the akara, put the soymilk back into the machine and mixed the tofu directly in the maker. I've used the tofu form that came with the soymilk maker and I've used a cute Japanese wooden box--I think that the wood one is the traditional tofu box.
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No! You can make an almond milk yogurt, but you must use almonds that have been grounded up and soaked. Store bought "almond milk" has other ingredients in it.