A friend told me that she made crock pot yogurt and that she was as excited as when Tom Hanks made fire in “Castaway”
As I’ve said before, I’m a lazy cook. Yes, I like to eat fancy things, but if I prepare food, it’s fast, easy and flavorful. Minimal cleanup.
I approached the yogurt-making with great hesitation and a deep sense of an impending epic fail.
I warmed up the milk, then cooled it to the proper temperature.
I then inoculated it with the cultures, then let it do its thing overnight. I poured it into a colander that had coffee filters over the holes so I could drain the whey to make it more of a Greek consistency. It looked like yogurt and smelled like yogurt!
After 6 hours of draining, the yogurt was complete! Look how thick and creamy! I did a little dance in the kitchen to celebrate. Thankfully, no photo evidence.
So hooray, I made fire yogurt! If you want to try (and you definitely should), the recipe is here. I’m mixing the yogurt with strawberries and pineapple (separately). I already have another batch in progress!
Also made this week? The less intimidating Taco Beans ala Krissie. Although when I was at the grocery, I completely forgot which beans I was supposed to get, so ended up with pintos, garbanzos and black. Random mix, but it was still good! This is going on my “must-make-weekly-because-I’m-lazy-and-it-tastes-good” list.
And to throw in a non-cooking-related random fact- I lost the 3 remaining pounds of my 5 pound gain from 2 weeks ago. Still at my magic number of 343, but hopeful that will change soon!
Hi there! I’m Emily, aka Skinny Emmie, a thirty-two year old weight loss blogger, fashion lover, social media marketer, and writer. I’m on the journey from 455 pounds to healthy. 
