A couple of weeks ago, I tried to make my own coconut milk yogurt. Emma likes soy yogurt, but I don’t and I’m also trying to weed out unnecessary sources of soy from our diet, since there is some debate about whether or not it actually is good for you. Some tofu now and then is fine, but I thought it would be great if I could make a better tasting, non-soy yogurt for us to enjoy. A vegan yogurt starter is expensive (about $30 for a small jar), so I tried to use a soy yogurt as the starter. It didn’t work out too well, but I now have renewed hope.

Well, I was pleasantly surprised today when I went to Whole Foods. In addition to their line of soy yogurt, So Delicious now makes a very delicious coconut milk yogurt. They were on “sale” 2 for $3– not much of a sale. I bought one in passionate mango, raspberry, strawberry banana and plain. I plan to use the plain to start my own homemade batch of yogurt. I’ll blog about that for sure. So far, we’ve tasted the passionate mango flavor and it was excellent. The only problem with this yogurt is that it is really fatty- about 6 grams per carton. That’s fine for Emma to have often, but something that I will only indulge in once in a while.