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Have you heard of the wonderful starter cultures and kefir grains offered by Cultures for Health? I recently stumbled upon this company and was delighted not only to find they were local to me, but also to see the excellent line of healthy cultural starter kits they offer to get you started on boasting your health with probiotics.
Have you been wanting to make your own homemade yogurt? Simple. With Cultures for Health yogurt starter and standard milk, you just combine it with a quart of milk
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and let it sit on your counter for 12 hours. If you use raw milk, you can make your own raw milk yogurt without even heating the milk (beyond preparing your starter) and it turns out amazingly thick and creamy. You can protect the majority of the delicate nutrients in raw milk this way! You only have to heat a small portion of milk to build your starter and from there you can add a bit of this starter to your raw milk and set it on the counter and it will culture in a matter of hours. It is the best homemade yogurt I have tried yet – rich and creamy. If you take proper care of your starter, you will only have to purchase the dehydrated starter once and away you go! The yogurt starter comes with very clear directions for using pasteurized or raw milk.
Cultures for Health also offers water kefir grains, milk kefir grains, sourdough starter, buttermilk starter and also sorts of sprouting and fermenting tools. This is a great place to stock up on some helpful tools for natural eating. These products will save you money by allowing you to make it yourself! Not only is it economical, but it will be more nutritious and fresh coming from your kitchen!
Today, Cultures for Health is offering three winners the choice of their favorite culture starter! Your choices include: milk or water kefir grains, one of the three yogurt starters, kombucha starter, sourdough starter or buttermilk starter.
How To Win:
1. Visit the Cultures for Health website and pick out your favorite culture starter that you would like to win. Come back and enter them below in the comments section.
Giveaway closed.
Cultures for Health is also offering all our readers a special 10% discount off your entire order (excluding the Exalibur dehydrators). Enter coupon code: PH2009 at checkout. Coupon code expires 10/5/09. So even if you don’t win, you can still save!
I would love to try the sourdough starter. Coming from California to the East Coast, I really miss my sourdough. There is nothing like it!
Thanks for the giveaway
The viii yogurt culture is definitely something I would like to try.
What a great giveaway! I would love to try the french sourdough starter. This a great site to introduce us all to- thank you!
I would love to try the viili culture! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would like to try the Viili yogurt starter. Thanks for the giveaway!
I’m torn between the water kefir grains and kombucha. Need to get dh off of soda, though, so probably the water kefir grains.
I would like to try the matsoni or bulgarian yogurt starter. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love to try the Matsoni starter.
Thank you so much for this info. I was just reading about starting my own yogurt when I noticed that you had just posted some helpful suggestions for a starter. I would like to enter the giveaway. I am interested in the viili starer. Thanks again.
I would love to try the Viili starter or the Soourdough starter! Thank you!
Water Kefir for me!!
I would love to try the matsoni yogurt starter. Thanks for the giveaway!
Yogurt starter: Viili
I would love to try the Matsoni yogurt starter, Finish villi yogurt starter, and the rye sourdough starter. Thanks!
We make yogurt and have mixed results (we keep the yogurt in the oven with the oven light on to keep it around 100 degrees).
I’d love to try the Matsoni Yogurt Starter Culture: Make Homemade Yogurt
I would love to try the viili starter. Thank you for all your wonderful information.
Matsoni Countertop Yogurt. I haven’t made my own yogurt but would love to give it a try as yogurt is a staple in our household!
I would love to try the Italian Sourdough Starter! Thanks so much for introducing me to their website.
I would love to try either the yogurt starter or the buttermilk starter!
I am enjoying making yogurt for my family with commercial yogurt as my starter. It would be save so much time to be able to make room temperature yogurt though! So, Viili Yogurt starter would be my choice.
The Matsoni Yogurt Starter Culture looks wonderful.
I would like to try the Camaldoli Sourdough starter. Thanks!
I’d like to try the matsoni starter. It looks like it makes delicious yogurt!
Villi yogurt starter! Thick and creamy.. sounds delicious!
Villi yogurt starter pretty please, with a cherry on top?! Mmm, cherry yogurt!
I absolutely love your website!
Hey, I’d love to try the milk kefir grains – thanks!
I would like the water kefir grains. Thank you!
I tried to make some cream cheese from raw milk using the nourishing traditions method, but it didn’t work out. The instructions don’t say how to cover the milk, so I put a lid on it. Have you tried this? any suggestions?
You want to use a cheesecloth or a cloth napkin to cover your culturing products at all times otherwise it will not work or will just take a really long time to culture. You want it to have access to the good bacteria in the air to help with the culturing process. I use a cloth napkin secured with a rubber band around the top of my jars while culturing yogurt, kefir, or any of my soaking grains.
I would love to try the matsoni or the viili starter, they both look great! Thank you for hosting this give away!
How wonderful…. would love to try the Matsoni Yogurt Starter Culture. Thanks for providing education for a healthier lifestyle.
Milk kefir grains, please! Fascinating site…
What a hard decision to make! If I had to choose just one, I would pick the sourdough starter. Thank you Cultures for Health and Passionate Homemaking for the offer!!
I would love to give the matsoni culture a try with our raw milk! Thank you for the chance!
The New Englad Sourdough starter looks wonderful!
Thanks again for the books!
Katie
I would love to try the Matsoni yogurt starter! I have been brewing kombucha in my dorm room after being inspired by your blog and I would love to take a stab at homemade yogurt
Thanks for spending time on this blog! It is a blessing to those seeking to grow in homemaking skills for the glory of God!!
Viili Yogurt Starter Culture would be wonderful. I am so excited to try it using my raw milk!!!!!
I just adore your site. I can’t tell you how much it has helped me with eatting right and I thank you for that!!!!!
Milk Kefir, sourdough starters and water kefir
There are so many options, but in picking just one, I’d say the Viili Yogurt Starter Culture.
Thanks!
I would like to the the Matsoni starter. I like the idea of a less sour yogurt.
I would also love to try their milk kefir.
Blessings on such an informative site.
I’d love to try a room temp yogurt starter, or maybe the sourdough culture that works especially well with whole wheat flour. Thanks !
I would like the sourdough starter. thanks for such a great website..
I never knew that there was a room temperature starter – I would love to try the Matsoni starter and make healthier yogurt! Thanks for the site and the offer.
Would love to have Milk Kefir Grains again, but they are out of stock! So, my second choice would be the Viili Yogurt Starter.
I would love to try the Matsoni Yogurt Starter Culture. I’ve been wanting to make homemade yogurt for some time, and I think this would be a huge help!
The Viili Starter and some Kombacha to boot! Those both sound great!
I would love to try the Viili starter with our raw milk. Thanks for the info on the website!
I’d love to try the Viili room temperature starter!
Viili Yogurt Starter please! What a great website- and the starters are affordable, can’t get much better then that!
Viili yogurt starter, water kefir grains and the buttermilk starter would be great to try! Thanks for the opportunity!
The sourdough starters look yum! Especially the San Francisco, French, and Parisian!