Tried whipping up coconut cream with berries. Tastes great, but too many calories.

inspirationstation wrote: »

Has anyone tried making their own yogurt using coconut milk? Even full fat yogurt 1/2 cup seems to spike my BS, but I adore yogurt and would like to make a substitute.

Any suggestions or recipes?

I make my own. I use a can of coconut milk (without guar gum or other stabilizers if you can, or I make my own from coconut flakes). Refridgerate it and pour off the liquid portion of you want thicker yougurt.

Place into a mason jar. Add in some yougurt starter culture (either some plain live-active yogurt from the store, or you can buy yogurt culture at health-food stores. I've used the powder from probiotic capsules in the past, too. Or the last 1/4 cup from the prior yogurt jar). Loosely place the Mason jar lid.

Place in your oven with just the light on, or another warm spot with a consistent temperature. Put a tray underneath in case the yogurt overflows. Let it sit there for 48 hours or so, until it has the tartness you prefer. Then refridgerate it and use.

You can add flavoring if you want, I usually just eat it plain.

I'm more interested in what you would call it....

Coconurt? Yoconut?

My version tastes like a plain Greek yogurt, nice and tangy. Makes a good substitute for sour cream for dips (I'm dairy-free for now).

I've never tried the So delicious coconut yogurt so I can't compare, they use too many stabilizers and emulsifiers that I'm sensitive to.