Pucker Up, Buttercup!

Almost as soon as I woke up today, I checked in on my yogurt. As soon as it was done fermenting yesterday, I laid a "flour sack" towel into a colander (one thickness), carefully wrapped it up, and tied the whole shebang with a piece of plastic wrap. Today, I was delighted to open the towel and find a thick, creamy lump about the consistency of cream cheese. A half gallon of milk yielded a little less than a quart of yogurt and a little more than a quart of whey. I was a little sorrowful to pour the whey out, but it's got a lot of carbs due to high sugar content, even if it is packed with protein as well. The flavor was super sour! It tasted very little like store bought yogurt, but it did taste quite a bit like the starter I used: Powerful Whole Fat Greek Yogurt

Why choose whole fat? Well, I know that most folks would choose a lower fat to eat more, but a small amount of this is packed with flavor and it helps up my fat content. I have not figured out the nutritional counts, but I am going to figure in a half cup to be about 6 net carbs. Acceptable. I ended up freezing most of the leftover store bought yogurt to use as starter pucks.

I have a couple of mini goals set for housework today. I am washing laundry, and since we can't take the trash off until tomorrow (local recycling center is closed), I can't mop my floor, but I can sweep it. I don't want to set goals I may fail at, so these are my goals:

1) Fold and put away all laundry done today and prior to today.
2) Sweep the kitchen and dining room floors.
3) Clean off the bathroom counters.
4) Sort the small freezer (above the fridge).
5) Sort the fridge.

Anything beyond that is gravy, in my humble opinion.

So today I am going to also set up my meals through tomorrow night since I have to work. If I get to the store I am going to fry some bacon and make cabbage. I saved enough ham to make a couple of decent meals. The bone was too well cooked for me to make anything with, but the hubby saved me a cup of the ham juice. Will be good for seasoning veggies with.

Anyway, super pleased with how the yogurt turned out, and looking forward to feeling some satisfaction getting these mini goals done!