Anyone else have an EasiYo yoghurt maker?

[CharleeinChains]

I have brought one and think they are fab, the only thing is that its £10 for 5/6 sachets which make 1kg of yoghurt each but my family are big yoghurt eaters and eat one of them in a day!
Anyone know of any where that sells the sachets cheaper or if there is any other way of making the yoghurt?
Or just any nifty tips you have discovered?

Only me?

Can't you just use a little of the culture and make more plain yoghurt - and then add yummy stuff to it. That would make it much cheaper surely.

Sorry not sure what you mean - i have never done the yoghurt making thing before! [dunce emotion]

Use a large tablespoon of the yoghurt left over, put it in the yoghurt maker with whatever you use (cows milk?) - end up with plain yoghurt and then add blueberries/compote/nuts etc to it.

I don't have a yoghurt maker but I've made yoghurt without it before and you set aside some of the yogurt to use as the culture next time.

I would like an easyiyo yoghurt maker.

There is a thread in the old style section on moneysavingexpert.com about how to make it without the sachets. I think it is basically UHT milk and a tablespoon of yoghurt as Laurie says but have a feint memory of something about milk powder.

Ok but usually i use the culture then it says just to fill the beaker up with water - would this still work?

I have he easiyo yoghurt maker. There is a easiyo website that sells the powder in bulk but i'm not sure if it's cheaper.

I think it's something like 2tbsp yoghurt, uht milk and you can add milk powder to make it creamier.

If you have a Lakeland near by they sell the other type of yoghurt maker which uses the UHT recipe and you might be able to take a look and see what the instructions say and how easy it is?

Good luck

I got one for Christmas and am experimenting with this as I think that sachets are a bit steep.
last time I tried using 4 tablespoons of the left over yog and 4 tablespoons of milk powder and filling the tub up with milk (normal) then I "cooked" it as normal. It worked quite well, but was not as thick as the original - tasted the same. I don't know what difference it makes using UHT - Maybe you can just boil some normal milk?
Anyway, let me know how you get on as I really want to love this gadget!

I used this.

You need

1ltr Skimmed, Semi Skimmed or Full Fat UHT milk
2 to 3 tblespns Semi Skimmed powder
2 tblespns live yoghurt (from previous runs, or from a purchased live yog such as Lidl's ProBiotic Yoghurt)

Add into EasiYo and pour in the boiling water and 6-7hrs a nice yog is produced!

the last few days and it works well and we got some really creamy yoghurt then just added flavours like honey/ vanilla/ fruit puree ect.