yogurt bread machine recipe

Yogurt is a very nutritious and healthy food dating back to 5000 BC. Eating one bowl of yogurt everyday helps our digestive system perform well and supports bone and teeth structure of our body. However, most of the store bought yogurts have additional ingredients such as sugar, preservatives, thickener, etc. today and these substances limit yogurt’s ability to benefit our health. So, we should learn how to make naturally fermented yogurt at home to support our body with a healthy choice while avoiding undesirable harmful substances in our diet.

Health Benefits of Yogurt

Yogurt as a calcium source:

Yogurt is a rich calcium source having almost 250 mg calcium in a serving of 200 gram which is almost equal to one bowl of yogurt. Calcium is one of the essential nutrients that we need to take in everyday. It helps not only to improve and maintain the health of bones and teeth but it is also important for muscle control and blood circulation. The older we get the more calcium our body needs especially for physical strength.

Yogurt as a protein source:

Yogurt is also a very powerful protein source which is very beneficial on a weight-loss diet. Generally low-fat yogurt is recommended for weight-loss diets but even full fat yogurt is very useful for weight-loss because its calorie amount is very low considering its ability to help us beat hunger and keep us full longer.

Yogurt as a probiotics source:

Homemade yogurt is also rich in probiotics which are microorganisms necessary to improve our immune system. The yogurt making process which is bacterial fermentation of milk produces a great variety of probiotics in yogurt and these probiotics make us easily fight diseases boosting our immune system.

Yogurt as a main food of long-living people:

Yogurt is also known to be one of the main foods eaten by the famous long-living people of Asian steps. We still need more research to fully understand how yogurt relates to living longer but there are some findings about yogurt’s effects on cleaning our body from harmful substances and chemicals.

How to Make Yogurt at Home

Most people think that to make yogurt at home is not possible or very difficult at best. But, in fact, it is very possible and very simple and your bread maker will make it even simpler for you. You only need whole milk and a full fat Greek yogurt only for the first time because next time you will use your own homemade yogurt to trigger the fermentation. The recipe below explains how you can easily make yogurt at home using your bread maker.

On the other hand, if you don’t have a bread maker or you prefer to make yogurt in a larger bowl which cannot fit into the bread maker you can also use your kitchen oven for it. You will find how you can make yogurt in the kitchen oven just below the yogurt recipe for bread machine.

Once you learn how to make yogurt, make it your routine to eat one bowl of it for any two of breakfast, lunch or dinner and you will notice its benefits on your body very soon.