Reasons You’ll LOVE This Vegan Greek Yogurt.

There are many reasons to love vegan Greek yogurt. Here are a few on my favorites.

• • No additives or sugars! When you make this vegan Greek yogurt recipe you’ll know exactly what you’re getting. There are no preservatives, sugars, and or additives.
  • Probiotics! Your vegan Greek yogurt will be packed with probiotics. Probiotics are a combination of live beneficial bacteria and/or yeasts that naturally live in your body.  Probiotics are made up of good bacteria that helps keep your body healthy and working well. This good bacteria helps you in many ways, including fighting off bad bacteria when you have too much of it, helping you feel better.
  • It’s thick, thick, thick! The thicker the better when it comes to vegan Greek yogurt. You want a vegan yogurt with some body and texture.
  • It’s delicious! This vegan Greek yogurt is tangy, thick, and ever-so-creamy. It takes some elbow grease to make it, but once you get the hang of it it’s a breeze.

Ingredients and Equipment

There are only two ingredients, but you’ll need some special equipment.

• • Soy Milk. Use only unsweetened, plain soy milk. I make my own homemade soy milk recipe, but store-bought is good too, just as long as it’s unsweetened and plain!
  • Probiotics. Probiotics make your yogurt tangy and are great for your overall health – especially gut health. Probiotics are made up of good bacteria that help keep your body healthy and working well. This good bacteria helps you in many ways, including fighting off bad bacteria when you have too much of it, helping you feel better.
  • Yogurt Maker. My little yogurt maker essentially keeps the soy milk at a temperature to around 110° or so. This allows for the milk to curdle.
  • Yogurt Strainer. The yogurt strainer I use is perfect! It strains the curdled milk into thick, creamy, tangy vegan Greek yogurt. The best you’ve ever had!
  • Cooking Thermometer. A simple, inexpensive cooking thermometer will help you get exactly to the 100° needed to slow curdle the soy milk.

WATCH ME MAKE THIS RECIPE

How To Make Vegan Greek Yogurt

This is only a couple of easy steps and overnight you’ll have the best vegan Greek yogurt ever!

First, you’ll need unsweetened, plain soy milk. I make my own Soy Milk, but you can use a brand you purchase from the grocery store too. In a saucepan, heat the soy milk to 110°.

Transfer the heated milk to a yogurt maker. You can see here I use a small one (1 liter or just over 4 cups) and it’s only $20 and very basic. With any yogurt maker, you’ll need to keep the milk very warm for several hours so it will curdle.

Add the probiotics – Use a packet or the contents of a pill. I’ve experiments with a few different probiotics and my go-to brand is NewRhythm Probiotics 50 Billion CFU which I get on Amazon. Probiotics are super healthy and give you vegan Greek yogurt the wonderful tangy flavor.

Curdle the milk. The yogurt maker keeps the soy milk heated at roughly 110° consistently and I suggest you leave it overnight so it can thicken and curdle. Curdling is actually a souring of the milk that creates clumps (curds). This is the reason your vegan Greek yogurt is tangy!

Transfer to strainer. Once the soy milk has curdled overnight let it cool and transfer it to a strainer. I use the Euro Cuisine GY50 Greek Yogurt Maker and I love it! This is just perfect for making vegan Greek yogurt. I let the curdled milk strain overnight and in the morning ‘voilà’ you have your homemade vegan Greek yogurt.

Stores for up to 2 weeks! Store you homemade vegan Greek yogurt for up to 2 weeks in the fridge.

Frequently Asked Questions

Making your own vegan Greek yogurt comes with a lot of questions. Here are a few.

• How much vegan Greek yogurt does this make? This recipe makes between 3 and 4 cups of vegan Greek yogurt
• Does it taste like regular Greek yogurt? Yes! The taste is pretty much the same, however, you can add more probiotics for a tangier vegan Greek yogurt.
• Are the yogurt maker and strainer expensive? No!
  The yogurt maker is under $20 and the yogurt strainer is $25. After making this recipe a few times you’ll have already made back your investment.

What probiotics to use:

For this vegan Greek yogurt, you’ll need probiotics in capsule form. They need to be the type of capsules that can be opened, not hard pills.

I find this type of probiotic at most grocery stores. There are some shelf-stable options but check the refrigerated section. You’ll have the best luck here in finding the right kind of capsules.

All probiotics have different CFU’s, which is essentially how many “probiotics” are in the capsule. In general, the more the better. You will have better success with your yogurt fermenting and it will ferment quicker the more CFU’s in your probiotic. I like to shoot for between 200 billion and 300 billion total CFU’s per recipe. You’ll need to check your bottle of probiotics and adjust the number of capsules accordingly.

Ways to Eat Your Vegan Greek Yogurt

(Vegan Greek yogurt is versatile. Here are a couple of ways I use it.)

• Vegan Greek Yogurt Parfait. I make this a couple of different ways and it’s wonderful for a brunch with friends. It’s clean and light and presents so beautifully on the brunch table. I use my own strawberry sauce, candied pecans, and fresh fruit.
• Vegan Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing – This healthy Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing recipe is creamy, flavorful, easy to make, and tastes better than any store bought dressing. Ready in less than 5 minutes, it is delicious when drizzled on just about anything.

If you decide to try this Vegan Greek Yogurt Recipe leave me a message and tell me what you think. Enjoy!