It's yogurt time

Do you ever get that feeling when you want to swap lives/ house/ job with another blogger? I had a bit of that when I was reading Sue's blog over at The Quince Tree the other day. I had the wanties big time. Want to know what I had to have, like there and then? Please don't laugh. It's really cool. A yogurt maker!! Sue explained how easy it was to make it, and with the affordable price of the machine, that was more than I could take. So off we trotted down to this shop on Saturday. And guess what? It worked. All I put in was 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt and 900ml skimmed milk. Oh my. This is super lush, honestly!!! Please don't think this is yet another kitchen gadget. I'm determined to make this part of our life and kitchen routine. For 3 reasons really:

1. we know exactly what we're eating and it's low fat. No added preservatives or colourings. Just lots of friendly bacteria, skimmed milk and homemade jam
2. we are cutting down on waste by not buying yogurt pots which we can't recycle where we live
3. we are reducing our food bill because making yogurt this way is a lot cheaper than buying it ready made

I mentioned jam because that's what we use to flavour and sweeten the yogurt. And I have a few pots of plum jam left from last summer! But it means that the yogurt that's produced is simply natural yogurt. Which means it can be used in curries. Oh my. We all know how much I love curry. Result :-)

And all this means I finally have a use for these super cute pottery yogurt pots I'd brought back from France about a year ago now. Can you believe they sell yogurt in the supermarket in these out there? Too cute, that's for sure.

Anyway, want to know where I'm off now? A crochet class. Yes yes yes I've taken a day off and I'm going to pretend I'm a lady of leisure!! Work, me? Never!! Haha!!! Had days to take since I worked over Easter in Dubai, and when I saw my local John Lewis was hosting a crochet class, I just couldn't let it pass... More on this later!! xx