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mzteris

(16,232 posts)
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:01 PM Jun 2014

50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making

Saw this on link on a FB page. Wow.

Mayo
Ketchup
Peanut Butter
Butter
Yogurt
Salad Dressing
Toothpaste
Shaving Cream
Deodorant
Sunscreen
Wipes
All kinds of makeup and facial/body/hair care products.
Household products
Lots of things you just pick up and buy - and it not only costs a lot, but is probably half toxic!


Lots of good info and links here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cleanlivingeos/

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50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making (Original Post) mzteris Jun 2014 OP
I've tried some of these without success. ejpoeta Jun 2014 #1
I used to make yogurt mzteris Jun 2014 #2
did you have a yogurt maker? i used the crockpot method. ejpoeta Jun 2014 #3
I had two different yogurt makers mzteris Jun 2014 #4
Yogurt is easy Alameda Jun 2014 #5
I make dish soap out of leftover bars of soap and borax. no_hypocrisy Jun 2014 #6
Yogurt.. theexwife Jul 2014 #7
Really? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #8

ejpoeta

(8,933 posts)
1. I've tried some of these without success.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:01 AM
Jun 2014

My yogurt was a fail, though I plan to try again. Peanut Butter was also not successful. Don't know if I will try it again. I do make my own laundry soap, dishwasher soap and have done with wipes and some household cleaners. You can make your own mixes too. I go to a site called budget101. Some folks just don't have time to do it. But some things are actually a lot easier than you think.

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
2. I used to make yogurt
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:56 PM
Jun 2014

Back when it wasn't in every grocery store.

It wasn't bad, just bland . . . A "plain" yogurt. Add stuff (fruit, granola -I liked grape nuts, do they still make those?)

It is so easy just to "buy it", but my grocery bill is getting way out of hand, and there are so many chemicals in everything...

ejpoeta

(8,933 posts)
3. did you have a yogurt maker? i used the crockpot method.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 05:56 AM
Jun 2014

i will probably try again. just want to figure out what I did wrong. and I have to get a new thermometer since mine stopped working.

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
4. I had two different yogurt makers
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:41 PM
Jun 2014

It was along time ago, now that I think about it. (My how time flies!)

I had one large one -like a quart or something- and one that was about cup size, but there were six of them. I had better success with the large one, tho.

I hadn't heard of the crockpot one, but it makes sense.

Alameda

(1,895 posts)
5. Yogurt is easy
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:17 PM
Jun 2014

I've been making it for years. All you need to do is take some already yogurt out to get to room temperature, boil milk, let it cool to about 80 degrees, mix the two together. Put it in something like a Mason jar, wrap it in a towell and let it sit for from 6 to 12 hours. Depending on your culture it will be thick or thin. You can strain it to make it thicker.

I had stopped making it for a while due to the ready availability of it, but noticed much of the commercial stuff tasted like powdered milk. Also, they add thickeners and other things to it, so back to making my own again.

You may want to check out http://www.culturesforhealth.com/starter-cultures/yogurt-starter.html
some people like their cultures. I just use a good one with live cultures from the health food store.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
8. Really?
Sun Jul 7, 2019, 12:27 AM
Jul 2019

Mayo? Butter? Toothpaste? Deodorant?

I'm only bothering to mentioning things that I use or consume, but I'm a person who cooks almost all my food from scratch, but I'm not willing to make butter and mayo, thank you very much.

I do own a bread machine, although it's been a while since I've used it.

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