ingrediants for yoghurts

[mummytojames]

does anyone know or even point me in the right direction for homade yoghurt in a yoghurt maker and is there anything else you can make in a yoghurt maker hope you mumnetters with yoghurt makers help me as im thinking of buying one and need to find out if its cost effective first

You just need milk and an ordinary plain yoghurt, that's all! If you do a search on Mumsnet for yoghurt, you'll find some threads about making your own. Hth.

ok sue so im think you got to buy yoghurt to make yoghurt defeats the point a bit dont it and just found the search engine i didnt even know was on here (duh me)

and nearly forgot to thank you for replying

mummytojames - you need about 2 tsp of live yoghurt to start it off, plus a litre of milk (UHT milk is easiest). If you are making it regularly you can use a spoonful of your last batch to start of the next batch iyswim. I bought a yoghurt maker a couple of months ago - all suedonim's fault (Big thank you Sue!) Since then I've made 5-7 litres of the stuff every week, and have transformed my boys' calcium intake.

Roisin's explained it for me, Mum2J. I'd nipped off to watch Gunpowder, Treason & Plot!