We consume and extraordinary amount of yogurt in our household. We have it for breakfast with fruit or granola or in smoothies, I spoon it over curries and spicy dishes, I mix it with equal parts of lighter-than-light mayo for a low calorie salad dressing/dip, I make cakes with it.
In the autumn of 2015 I had the pleasure of trying out the Hansells Yogurt Starter Kit. They’d sent me one of their starter kits and a selection of different yogurts to try out with it.
I admit I was skeptical.
I’ve been making my own homemade plain natural yogurt for over ten years in one litre batches with an electronic Lakeland yogurt maker. It was really simple – 4 tbsp skimmed milk powder stirred into one litre of UHT supermarket brand full fat milk and one heaped tablespoonful of [a popular UK organic brand] plain natural yogurt as a starter. I could then take one tablespoon from each fresh batch to start off the next lot of yogurt, and repeat for five or six batches. Six litres of plain natural yogurt would cost me about £5. It was fantastic.
Until something changed. The yogurt no longer turned out the way it was supposed to. It was thin and curdled and not like yogurt was supposed to be at all. I suspect the brand of yogurt I was using no longer had as many active cultures in it. After spending such a long time trying to find a decent replacement brand I stopped making my own yogurt and we had to start buying shop bought again.
Until Hansells sent me their yogurt starter kit.
I mind trying another brand starter kit many, many years ago, but the sachets were full of thickeners and sweeteners and the texture was all wrong. Thickeners do not belong in yogurt! So yes, I was skeptical. What exactly was in these sachets of yogurt from Hansells?
The answer? Whole milk powder, four active cultures and two probiotics! No rubbish! Even the flavoured yogurts just have a bit of sugar, some natural flavouring and natural colouring (like beet red).
And they taste fantastic!
They’re so simple to make too. Simply fill the provided 1 kg container half full to the first with cold water from the tap, add the contents of your chosen sachet, pop the lid on and shake, shake, shake (doing a little dance in your kitchen, of course!), fill to the top line, shake again, open the lid slightly to release excess air, and close again. Boil your kettle, fill the yogurt maker to the right line for your climate (we’re in a cold climate so I have to fill it to the top line), pop the tub in, affix the lid and leave for 8-10 hours or overnight and presto – gorgeous, thick, creamy and delicious yogurt!
Each 1 kg batch will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator, so you can always have yogurt on hand when needed.
I’m a Hansells convert now. My old Lakeland electric yogurt maker has been given away and there’s always a batch of Hansells yogurt in my fridge now.
The Hansells Yogurt Starter Kit retails for £22.60, but it’s currently on offer from Hansells directly (and Amazon) for only £14, and this includes the yogurt maker, a 1 kg container, 2 x 500 gram containers and six varieties of yogurt to try. You can then buy replacement sachets for between £10-£13 for six – working out to be from £0.83 to £1.13 for 500 grams.
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Sometimes with fruit sometimes with choc chips
With fruit
I eat it just on its own x
love yogurt with fresh fruit for breakfast
With banana and honey x
I add it to cereals and smoothies or eat it on it’s own xx
Straight from the pot. Have to confess I’m a lid licker
straight out of the carton, I prefer natural yogurt and would love the opportunity of making my own
With strawberries, yummy!
I like it just as it is!
On its own or I dip digestive biscuits in
with fruits and muesli
with loads of fruit
I like yoghurt on soft fruit
With redcurrants
Plain or with raw redcurrants. Yum!
we love yogurt with our curries.
Love it with a good dollop of local honey
over bananas and apples for breakfast.
I love yoghurt in smoothies for breakfast
on its own
with banana and honey for me
I eat it as it is with nothing added!
A lovely big dollop on my muesli
on it’s own
with fresh fruit
strawberry and pomegranate
On its own with a spoon!
i mix it with special k
with granola and honey
i love yoghurt on its own, mixed with fruit , on top of breakfast
In a bowl with a big spoon of grape nuts.
poured over fresh fruit
Usually with some fruit stirred through.
i LOVE PLAIN YOGURT AND RUNNY HONEY, BUT ALSO COFFEE YOGURT USING A FEW DROPS OF CAMP COFFEE AND SOME SPLENDA SWEETENER
i love eating yogurt on its own
I eat it with granola or fruit for breakfast
With flaming hot curries
I like my yoghurt with nuts and berries
I love eating yoghurt just as it is! There is nothing nicer than fresh made yoghurt! I also like to mix it with various nuts, granola and oat flakes as a yummy mid-morning snack!
I enjoy making a raita with yogurt and adding a splash on top of a chilli is actually very cooling and nice and in the summer I love mixing fruit from the garden mixed with natural yogurt to create my own flavours
With EVERYTHING! All meals of the day. Would love to have a crack at making my own as we buy so much.
As it comes for breakfast
on its own
I love yogurt with fruit for breakfast
With mixed berries and honey
Errrrmmm with a spoon?
With strawberries and blueberries generously added by myself.
The Hansels twitter isn’t working from the rafflecopter by the way 🙁
With granola and fruit
I like natural Greek style yogurt with fresh fruit.
I love with museli and fruit for breakfast
I add it to smoothies
on its own, with fruit, sometimes thick yoghurt with some cheesecake or pie, various ways really
in a mixed berries smoothie
I like to eat my yogurt with over night oats
With blueberries and honey
Always on its own, never made my own but would like to try
With lots of fruit!
with granola or in a smoothiw
On its own, love it
On its own :0)
With fresh blueberries and strawberries…. Yum!
Either plain with cereal, vanilla with blueberries or vanilla with maple syrup/honey yummy 🙂
Usually on granola with fresh fruit
With muesli or crushed nuts. Also on its own!
I eat mine with honey and raisins
breakfas or lunch in work
with fresh cherries and chocolate drops.
Sometimes for breakfast or sometimes after lunch, just on its own but I love lots of different flavours
Dolloped in a bowl with runny honey drizzled over the top. The rest of the family are more extravagant!
I like yoghurt with some fresh fruit.
On top of banana then honey on top for breakfast Yummy 🙂
Usually just on it’s own, sometimes with fresh fruit – if I do that usually berries and usually raspberries!
with a spoon 😉
With a sprinkle of granola
I love to eat it straight out of the tub or with some homemade strawberry syrup yummy
On pancakes topped with fruit xx
I like mine with fruit 🙂
I eat my yoghurt with biscuits for breakfast
With agave nectar and walnut halves
With berries and nuts at breakfast
With honey and either walnuts or hazelnuts.
I love natural yoghurt everyday for breakfast with raspberries and blueberries and the same for pudding.
With honey and dried fruit
Natural low fat yoghurt with some granola or berries such as blueberries
I just eat it as it is
With fruit and honey
with a teaspoon (always laughed at but it saviours the moment)
for breakfast with fresh blueberries
Straight from the pot for breakfast
Mostly on its own with some berries.
My favourite way of eating natural yogurt is to top it with homemade raspberry vinegar 🙂
With Banana slices
This would be amazing to win, we get through tonnes of yoghurt a week as we all have different tastes
Pressed before I answered lol – I eat mine on it’s own, over fruit, over cereal, mixed with honey or maple syrup
I enjoy yoghurt over banana slices
On its own or drizzled with a drop of honey
for breakfast on its own, or I like to dip my banana in it
WITH AN ALPEN LIGHT BAR CRUMBLED OVER THE TOP – YUM, YUM
On fresh fruit & granola with some honey x
With muesli for breakfast or with fruit for an afternoon snack
I had a yoghurt maker about 30 years ago. I bet the technology has moved on a lot since then. It would be cool to find out.
On cereal or on it’s own 🙂
On its own
With added fruit
on it’s own
With Greek honey
Over fruit and granola
I add it to my breakfast porridge and eat it as a snack mixed with fresh fruit pieces later in the day.
Straight from the carton, at breakfast
A curry is naked without yoghurt
On its own – I love yoghurt I dont see the need to add much to it sometimes I do add a banana though .
I chop up nuts or fruit and mix into yogurt
With strawberries
Greek, with mandarins, granola and a drizzle of honey
Just with a spoon x
i have honey
I always eat it with honey, nuts and dried fruit! xx
right out the pot
I eat mine over fruit
I like to eat yogurt either plain natural or with fruit.
I eat it very slowly with a very small spoon.
With fresh fruit and honey
I like mine with fresh fruit and granola
I eat it on it’s own or poured over fruit
Straight from the pot with a spoon or on museli or on fruit.
I love it as it is.. yummy!
With banana and a drizzle of raw honey, mmm
With a spoon!
Aree.
i like mine with a bit of dry cereal and dried fruit mm
With fresh fruit
With blueberries and honey!
I like plain yogurt with honey, oats and blueberries!!!yummy yum!!!
Just with a spoon as it comes!
Greek style with honey
Just on its own
Over cereal xx
Usually with granola!
Layered between porridge oats and fresh fruit. Left overnight in the fridge. Lovely!
i love it added to fresh fruit for dessert
poured on some prridge aots ans left overnight
With fruit
with rhubarb from my garden & if I don’t have any available, with some home made lemon curd
I just have it on its own 🙂
I love it over apple, grape and strawberry/
Straight from the tub with a spoon
In a smoothie in the morning!
I very rarely eat yoghurt as a lot of it is too full of rubbish for me. This sounds a great way of doing it, and I certainly am entering the competition! Thank you for the opportunity
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fresh strawberries and raspberries!
With some honey and pistaschios
I like to eat my yoghourt plain and straight out of the carton.
I love it on its own – especially natural goats yoghurt – delicious!
I love adding cereal and fruit to my yoghurts x
Dipping a digestive biccy into it!!
I use it in smoothies, on cereals and straight out of the pot – yum!
with fruit and nuts
plain with a touch of honey, preferably in Greece!
I like it on a morning for breakfast with prunes.
out of the pot. i love greek yoghurt the best
just by itself
I love it with some wholegrain wheat added, or cracked wheat. Gives it a lovely bit of texture
I am currently obsessed with yoghurt on Granola, though ive never made my own x
with granola or fresh strawberries
Added to all sorts! 🙂
If It’s plain I’ll add some homemade jam and/or granola.
With a spoon- by itself
with honey and oats
With fruit
with blueberries
Mixed with fresh berries!
With fruit as its in season
For breakfast with muesli
Just about anyway I can!
I eat my yoghurt with strawberries
i like it plain.
I love yoghurt. I eat it mainly with fruit but I also add it to smoothies and pour it over my granola.
I love it with chopped bananas and honey
Withnhoney
With a squirt of honey and chopped fruit 🙂
On my weetabix
On its own but I’d really like to try Bircher porridge
I love thick Greek yogurt with strawberries – yummy!
With frozen grapes and blueberries
What a great giveaway. I have never tried making my own yoghurt before. I tend to always go shop bought. I would love to attempt my own as the entire household likes yoghurt.
I add it to smoothies.
Just on its own
with fruit or on its own
Beautiful images. I am not really a yoghurt lover. I get bored with it pretty quickly.
2 at a time with a spoon!!
in secret in my utility room so the children don’t try and steal it!
I love it mixed with granola for breakfast
Ahhh this giveaway is so exciting! I have seen Yogurt starters before and I must say I really wanted to have one!
Dominika
With fresh fruit for breakfast
What a great give away! This looks so good, I have never made my own yoghurt. Kaz x
I like mine with fruit
Natural and plain at the end of the night
oh this looks amazing we eat a lot of it here but never thought of making it myself
Gorgeous imagery! I would love a starter kit natural yoghurts and berries are one of the most delicious yet healthy deserts you can have.
I love eating my yoghurt with blueberries
With fruit and almond butter or a little honey and chocolate shavings if I want something really swet
Fruit & honey x
With fruit
When I’m on a strict diet, I’ll eat my yogurt with juice light fruits like strawberries diced up and throw them in the yogurt, If I feel slightly cheeky, I’ll have granola (so carby so just as a treat) with my yogurt with some fruits on top, or if I feel naughty I’ll raisins (once again, as a treat because they are rather carby) or a banana! 🙂
I love Yogurt!
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I eat mine on pancakes
I started making up my own yoghurts using the excellent Easiyo satchets a few years ago and have yet to come across anything better but I’d love to give hansell’s a go to see how it compares? x
I too make my own yoghurt and having the right starter is most importance. This yoghurt maker sounds great but is it powdered milk you are using because I read that you add water to the mix???
The main ingredient is powdered milk, yes. What do you use as a starter for yours? I tried so many brands but just gave up in the end.
With a big spoon!
For everything…on its own and in cooking
With fruit and muesli
With fresh fruit. Yum 🙂
I eat it as a dessert
With granola!
This is a great giveaway, I love making my own yoghurt, it’s delicious with fresh fruit and granola for breakfast 🙂
I eat it on top of fresh fruit or meusli
Greedily, straight from the tub. I don’t have to share in my house! Good with granola too 🙂
I either eat it out of the pot or put it in my nutribullet x
On fruit salad.
I love fat free Greek yogurt with cinnamon, honey and peanut butter!!
i love it over granola or frozen as a sweet treat!
I pick brambles and make homemade jam and put this in my yogurt, absolute heaven.
I love yoghurt on my granola and fruit.
Yogurt!
With honey
with honey and fruit
With Granola and Honey <3
I eat my yoghurt just as it is very plain and onbit’s own.
with strawberry jam!
Out of a pot currently
I like mine with freshly sliced fruit 🙂
I just eat it plain on its own…when I was a kid though, my mum made yoghurt and then we used to have it with brown sugar on top. Yum!
as a desert or in a smoothie
Love it with homemade granola and honey
With berries and granola!
Over a chopped banana with some cinamon sprinkled over it or on some corn flakes
Strawberry
With banana and blueberries
I like mine with honey
With chopped Fruit
i eat yoghurt with home made granola or fresh fruit 🙂
I love mine for breakfast, with fresh fruit and honey!
I love it with my own home made birche muesli, grated apple etc or with chopped nuts and nutella
With nuts, raisins and honey.
On fruit in the morning or for dessert
I eat my yogurt with strawberries, banana and blueberries with honey and mixed seeds! 😀
I always love to put some strawberries in my yoghurt,tastes gorgeous!
I eat it with mixed fresh fruit such as strawberries, blueberries and chopped grapes
I eat it while enjoying an apple
With fruit compot
with chopped up pear and grapes
Honey, oats and banana
in a bowl on its own or with some berries
For breakfast with muesli
i eat mine with fruit xx
Either on its own or with some strawberries or blueberries
usually blueberries, topped with yogurt, and then granola!
I love putting fruit in mine, especially red fruit
I have yogurt on my bowl of fruit for breakfast
Either made into a tandoori marinade, raita or add home grown fruits to it for a sweet treat
I fill the dish with rice krispies and lots of lemon yogurt
I like it as raita with curry and rice. Or to just eat it.
On cereal
With some fresh fruit added!
Either straight out of the tub or with fruit
with dark brown sugar or honey or with muesli
Just out the pot, but I lick it off the back of a spoon. Is that weird?
Out of the tub on its own
i love mine on museli x
I eat my yoghurt far too fast! Never enough of it.
We’re a big fan of Yoghurt in our house. I tend to buy plain or greek yoghurt and put my own chopped fruit into it or chai seeds.
over fruit
I eat my yogurt on grapefruit with bran flakes sprinkled on top of the yogurt for crunch
With fresh fruit chopped into it. On cereals. In baked desserts. As a savoury dressing mixed with mint and cucmber or peanut butter. On its own.
With honey
I usually just eat it on its own
in many ways on curries, fruit , on cereal in cheesecakes , dips and sauces and more importantly on its own!!
I usually have it over a curry but sometimes I make a green goddess dressing with it to have over lobster or other seafood or I someties spoon a blob of thick set onto a bowl of beetroot and apple soup.
with granola in the morming
With fresh strawberries x
What a super offer. This sounds great and would save having to buy a cow for the amount of yogurt our family goes through in a week! Add the yogurt to some whizzed up strawberries, blueberries and protein powder then top with pistachio nuts. Makes a yummy post training snack.
I love mne as a pudding after dinner with fresh fruit 🙂
I love making soft cheese with it by straining it through a muslin!
At breakfast I enjoy it with musesli or honey or as a light dessert I enjoy yogurt on it’s own.
I like it with berries and oats – overnight oats are a new thing to me and I’m having fun with different combinations!
I add it to cereals and smoothies or eat it on it’s own