Yogurt makers

Are you looking to just make "regular" yogurt, or SCD yogurt? The Yogourmet is good for regular yogurt, but usually overheats for 24 hour SCD yogurt.

You can do it in the oven by using a 100 watt bulb (if I recall correctly).

I have an Excalibur dehydrator. My family goes through lots of yogurt, so needed something big enough to hold a couple of gallons. This is the most expensive option, but was worth it to me, since you can use it for lots of other things besides yogurt.

Hi grumpygi! I also have an Excalibur dehydrator now, but originally used the Yogourmet. It does eventually tend to overheat, but I got around that by venting the outer lid or simply leaving it off.

I hope spooky doesn't mind if I jump in on the question you asked her. You make yogurt in a dehydrator the same as you would make it for any other cooker/oven. The advantage to a dehydrator is that you can make a lot at one time. I often make three half-gallon containers at one time because our family of 4 all eat it and it goes FAST!

If your husband is still into dehydrating, I would definitely purchase this unit because you will get double-usage out of it! If he's not, and you are going to be the sole person eating the yogurt, then I'd purchase the Yogourmet. Unless, of course, you want to try the light-bulb method that spookyhurst mentioned, or the heating pad method. Basically, you just want some way to keep it between about 105 and 110 degrees F for 24 hours. These two methods are explained on the SCD website.

We make smoothies with our yogurt, adding fruit (bananas and orange juice are a favorite), and sweetening it with honey. I also like to add a couple of drops of "legal" vanilla. We also like the yogurt plain and unsweetened used as you would use sour cream. Believe it or not, it's awesome on cantaloupe! I chunk the cantaloupe, salt it, then top it with yogurt! mmmm...mmmm...mmmm...

If you try searching this forum for "yogurt", you might find some more discussions on it!

I hope that helps!

*waves at EMom*

grumpygi, I put some honey in my yogurt, but that's it. I like it that way, plus I've been lazy about experimenting with fruits and flavors. If you don't like the tang of the yogurt, you can either drip it or make it from 1/2 & 1/2. That makes for a very thick/low tang yogurt. I make my frozen yogurt from 1/2 & 1/2, and it's quite good!

Besides yogurt, I use my dehydrator to make meringue cookies, dry onion and garlic to make powders, dry out fresh herbs, and to crisp up almond flour crackers. Someday, I'll dehydrate fruits/veggies and I really want to try jerky!

I bought my Excalibur off ebay (had a really good coupon), so I'm not sure where the best deal is on it. Lucy's Kitchen Shop has it http://www.scdkitchen.com/excalibur.html . I believe both the 5 tray and the 9 tray will work with yogurt (just pull out all the trays and place your containers on the floor of the dehydrator).

Good luck with SCD, and if you have questions, Emom or I should be able to help out .

I use the Yogourmet maker for SCD yogurt. This is the maker that is recommended and sold on a lot of SCD sites including Lucy's kitchen. I have checked the temp and have never found it to be above the 110 mark. If you think I am wrong or missing something please please let me know. I LOVE the yogurt and if I am not getting the benefits I would want to know. Thank you! I use the yogurt as "gravy" on lots of stuff. I eat it as dessert all the time. I cook apples and cinnamon, then freeze. I do the same with peaches, pineapple and bananas. Then depending on my mood I just add the frozen organic fruit and to the yogurt and eat. I love it and never feel deprived of dessert. I just started to make ice cream out of the yogurt also. The recipes call for too much honey and cream for me so I am making it up as I go. I am still trying to figure out how to sweeten it without all the honey. The last batch of cinnamon and apple ice cream I made was just about perfect. Once I get it figured out I will post if anyone is interested. David