Finally Growing

Well I decided to start again with everything that was in the green house. I don't know what happened but nothing wanted to germinate. I used the soil from the newly filled garden beds to plant the seeds this time since everything planted in the garden bed came up. I did plant some more seeds in the second garden bed so hopefully they will come up.

I thought I had better update some piccies so here goes:

Hmmm

Since planting the seeds the other week the 2 types of carrots and spring onions seem to be the only things that have come up.

I did put some more seeds in last weekend as well. I've put them in the small greenhouse thing so hopefully they are all just slow starters.

Will update with some pics during the week.

Yoghurt Making

I got rather excited when I found how to make yoghurt. Why would you bother, isn't it easier to just go to the shops some people might say but at the end of the day everything isn't always about money but it does help. It's the satisfaction of making something from scratch and saving some money is always a bonus.

My first attempt was not very successful I might add. I bought some low fat milk from the supermarket and thought wow how simple is this. Well the milk from the supermarket has been, homoginised, pasturised, basterdised and waterised, is it a suprise that it didn't work. Well not really.

So off I set to ALDI and bought some powdered milk (skim & full fat). I set about making some yoghurt with the full fat first just to check it really did work and WOW it sure did.

I was so excited I had to phone my mum and tell her I know how to make yoghurt now!!!! My mum was chuffed she said I could make her yoghurt now and save her a fortune. My mum eats her yoghurt everyday for breakie and goes through about 1-2 kilo's a week.

We went down to the Gold Coast on the weekend and I packed the majority of yoghurt I made and took down for her. I now have to send her the recipe to make the yoghurt with skim milk powder of course (and I did test the skim milk powder).

I think some of the people I work with and my friends think I'm crazy doing all this stuff but hey who really is laughing, me of course... I think this simple living definitely has its advantages....

I will post the recipe here adjusted of course to the skim milk powder..
I make the yoghurt after I have used the oven for dinner as you need a warm oven to put your saucepan in.

Ingredients:
Skim Milk Powder
Natural Yoghurt

I bought the ALDI's skim milk powder. I put 2.5 cups of skim milk powder to 1 litre of water in a saucepan. I heated the milk up to just before boiling, where you see the bubbles appearing around the edge of the saucepan. Then take it off the heat and allow to cool til it's about lukewarm temp. I then put 3 generous tablespoons of natural yoghurt into the milk and whisk it up with a hand whisk. I put the lid on the saucepan and put it into the warm oven that I used to cook dinner (you don't need the oven on to make the yoghurt). Remember not to open the oven door until the next morning.
When you make more batches of yoghurt just use some of the stuff you made before!!!!