Kefir

[mfactor]

Been given some live kefir grains to make my own probiotic , from what I have read online I can use whole milk as the Lactose is converted (I am LCHF).....if not is soy milk ok.....


And how to do it if anyone knows (if not off to Youtube)

 

[Brunneria]

I started another kefir thread a while back - put some interesting links into it, if I remember correctly.

Have a search for that...

Am still making it, and love it, some 6 months later. My partner loves it too, esp late at night when he comes home from work. Except he tips berry squash into it to make a milkshake.

 

[Mongolia]

Funny, I was about to start my own question about kefir as I found myself in a health food shop today and bought a bottle at great expense. It was an interesting but not unpleasant taste (better with blended berries or vanilla extract?) and I remembered that someone had posted about making their own. Must have been Brunneria! One question though - where do I get kafir grains from?

 

[mfactor]

Funny, I was about to start my own question about kefir as I found myself in a health food shop today and bought a bottle at great expense. It was an interesting but not unpleasant taste (better with blended berries or vanilla extract?) and I remembered that someone had posted about making their own. Must have been Brunneria! One question though - where do I get kafir grains from?

Amazon sell them , but a lot of people give them away as they do the tribble thing and multiply....... you could ask on here....

 

[Mongolia]

Thanks for that, I'll investigate further!
This is the link Brunneria was talking about:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/kefir.88555/#post-1002975

 

[dms1]

In my home, we make milk kefir (husband) and also coconut kefir (me). I bought my original kefir grains from Happy Kombucha
http://happykombucha.co.uk/collections/all-kefir-grains-and-kits because this site had been recommended as selling high quality grains. They also have useful video instructions, which is helpful. Since getting my original grains last year, I have frozen them, taken some on holiday and given loads away to friends because they multiply really well. I also tried water kefir but this was not good due to significant sugar residue in the finished brew.

Incidentally, if anyone wants to make coconut kefir, check the ingredients on the cans of coconut milk - most of the ones you find in supermarkets contain thickeners and preservatives. Thai coconut milk is coconut and water only. I usually buy mine from ethnic stores but I also found one brand in Sainsbury's.