TARRAGON & THYME

This is handy if you are on a low fat diet and it works. Ingredients 3 1/2 oz dried milk powder 2 level tablespoons (30ml) natural yoghurt 1 pint water Method You will need a wide necked vacuum flask or a yoghurt maker. Sterilise the equipment you use by rinsing in boiling water or using proprietory sterlising tablets (used to sterlise baby bottles). Boil the pint of water and allow to cool until it is lukewarm about 115 degrees F. Whisk in the dry milk powder and the yoghurt. Pour into flask or yoghurt maker. Seal flask and leave undisturbed overnight. If using a yoghurt maker follow the manufacturers instructions. Save 2 tablespoons of yoghurt from each batch to use as a starter in the next batch. Every 6 or 7 batches revert to a bought pot of yoghurt as this helps keep the strength of the live bacteria.

Home made Yoghurt is very easy to make and you produce in quantity for a relatively cheap price compared to what you may pay in a supermarket. Plus what you are making is natural yoghurt which means you choose how you use it. Yoghurt is good for you it helps to keep the right bacteria in your gut so that your system digests your food properly. It is especially good for people who have ongoing stomach conditions suc as Diverticulitis and IBS. Helps to soothe the gut and make sure that the right bacteria is being encouraged, as in some conditions this is the main reason for so much discomfort. A regular dose every day does the system good. It certainly helps me with my immune system problems. It can also be used in a multitude of ways;you can use it in main meals, as a dessert with the addition of a fruit puree, you can freeze with the additon of a fruit sauce to make home made ice lollies for the children - plus you have the added knowledge of what has gone into it. Plus if you buy a se...