homemade oat berry yogurt ~

I found a new recipe at Scandifoodie ~ I LOVE IT!!

It took a few days to put together; but sooooooo worth the wait.  What is it?  Yogurt made from oatmeal.  Yes, oatmeal.  Who'd a thought that??  Well... apparently in Finland it's a common practice and now in my household it's going to be too.  

Basically, what you do is take rolled oats, the originally recipe at Scandifoodie used rolled oats and groats; but I just did it with the rolled oats and it turned out great.

Put them in a glass bowl ~ cover with water and let it soak.  After 8 hours ... I let mine sit overnight ... you give them a swirl in the blender to make a nice smooth consistency.

Put it back into the glass bowl and cover.

As it sits, it begins to ferment.  Like a starter.

Here's my slurry of oats on Day 2 :

Day 4 ...  look at the beautiful bubble action going on.  Fermentation is taking place ~ and a bit of a sour taste has taken on to the slurry. 

I spooned out 2 soup ladles full into my blender.  Added a few frozen blueberries, a spoonful of sugar substitute and a very small splash of vanilla flavoring.

Swirl away ... and wahlah!!!  

Fresh ~ homemade  ~ non-dairy ~ healthy ~ 

Oat Berry Yogurt

I can't wait to try this with other fruits.  Yum.

I was really amazed at the texture of this.  I have to admit ~ I was a bit hesitant, thinking that it may be mealy from the oatmeal; but was pleasantly surprised by the texture.  It's just like the yogurt you buy in the store ... only better tasting!

I may never buy the stuff at the store again. Thanks Scandifoodie! She has the recipe on her website with more detail to measurements than I put on here. 

I also can't wait to try this same starter in some muffins or bread.  I'll update when I do.

Until next time ...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel