Can you use your kefir to make more kefir?
1342890
Not with this stuff. Get some kefir grains and they will make kefir daily forever though for you. Ask around in natural health circles or in a Weston Price group. You will find grains and maybe even good sources for milk too.
1342891
Yes, you can. When my kefir starts getting low, I sometimes transfer the kefir into a clean jar and add milk and let it "work" until it's the consistency I desire, usually more like yogurt than milk. I use the packs when we travel which is more convenient.
1342892
Yes you can, but I prefer the texture and thickness of the kefir that I made with starter every time. If I don't have the starter then I use the kefir to make kefir. I don't use the grains because it's more complicated in my opinion.
713193
The kefir may be too liquid and may go right through the fine screen of the insert. Yogurt usually is thicker and won't do this. If your kefir is as thick as yogurt, then it will work, but kefir usually is made for drinking and is too thin and runny.
1753467
Yes, it is dry powder. You can reculture your kefir up to 7 times. The instructions that come with the culture are really good.
1410304
I'm wondering if this can be used to make kefir also. So my question is, how big are the holes in the lid? I think they need to be about 1/8-in to work for straining the kefir.
616911
If you just got the grains, then they are still small. Besides that, they are probably still recovering from transit. The instructions I received advised to place the grains in a fresh cup of milk each day for a week or so before recovery. At that point, depending on warmth of the environment, you can consume. But, even then, it may take longer for the kefir to get thick and creamy; it will be a matter of either letting it sit for longer or waiting for the grains to grow. If this is your first time with kefir grains, you may be amazed at how they grow over a few weeks!
1732889
As with all probiotics cold storage will extend the life. Being dried kefir grains, they are limited by the method used to dry and store. I would reccomend looking at brewing Your own Kefir, then You can control drying and quality. Just google Water Kefir to see where most of the probiotics come from.
2200154
The grains will take time to adjust to their new environment as well as recover from the shock of travel. I would follow the sellers instructions exactly, especially in the first few weeks. After a couple of weeks, at most, the grains should be making excellent dairy ferments and growing/multiplying. They do not grow as rapidly as water kefir grains and sometimes they stop growing for awhile yet continue to produce excellent kefir. Other milks, like coconut and soy, can be used. However for at least the first few weeks I would stick with whole organic milk, raw if possible. Goats or sheep's milk are excellent choices in addition to cow's milk. Good Luck!
1615349
I see no reason that you can't. The trick will be to try to get exactly a pint. You could always eat the excess.... Yum......
1448506
This makes a drink that the manufacturer calls Kefir, although that is NOT real Kefir. For real Kefir, you need to use Kefir grains. If you still want to use this product to make this drink, you don't need an electric yoghurt machine since this product does not need elevated temperature but just room temperature. If you want to make yoghurt (that would require the use of electric machine) you need to buy a different starter called "Yoghurt starter".
258156
Yes you can. Pour milk in whatever size container you want to use and then add starter after hearing it up on stove. I would make as much as I could as I eat it with fruit and cook with it too.
2147223
I have not done that but I'm sure you could. The only issue I can think of with that is you might have to adjust your cooking time a little bit depending on how much you use.
2217655
You can use them in goat milk right away. Milk Kefir grains can be used in just about any milk, even the soy and nut milks, although they won't "grow" well, if at all, in non-dairy milks. If your intolerance is to lactose, Kefir grains actually eat the lactose (milk sugar) and you end up with something that most lactose intolerant people can then consume.
835588
I used it for kefir cheese a few times, but it didn't drain as much as we would have liked. We ended up going back to a clean t-shirt and colander instead!
1926465
If you use the Greek mix the answer is yes. And the milk mix is a must use the full fat.
1396097
That is an impossible question to answer. The kefir itself has no carbs. So the carb content depends on how long you leave it in the milk how much fat is in the milk to begin with and how much milk you use. The kefir lives off of the fat in the milk. By consuming the fat it lowers the carb count. It converts the fat to probiotics. Think of it like photosynthesis. Plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen the more plants the more oxygen. Kefir converts the fat to probiotics the more kefir and the longer it sits the less fat. So therefore less carbs.
258154
I don't know why you couldn't as long as you get your proportions right on milk to starter. I have never made less than the full amount so not 100% sure, but it seems to me that you could.
1217439
Yes you can. Just make sure you do not over fill. I use mine to make anything "bready".