Ebi Mayo (Shrimp in a yogurt/mayo sauce)

Ebi Mayo (Shrimp in a yogurt/mayo sauce)

Official Post № 12:

This is our first Japanese recipe to showcase on our blog, and Ebi Mayo is a famous shrimp recipe in Japan that Mami grew up eating. We love shrimp and this recipe was a hit!

Here is what you will need:

• 1/2 pound of raw shrimp
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 3 asparagus stalks or 2 green onion stalks
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp plain yogurt
• 2 tbsp mayo
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• few drops of lemon juice

Directions:

1. Put peeled shrimp and cornstarch in a bag and mix them well.
2. If using asparagus, boil until cooked then dice. If using green onion, dice and cook with shrimp. 
3. Cook shrimp with olive oil in a frying pan until golden brown.
4. Mix yogurt, mayo, ketchup, sugar, and lemon juice in a bowl.
5. Combine shrimp, asparagus, and sauce mixture. Serve warm with plain rice.

We hope you enjoyed our first international post. We have more from Japan and Bulgaria that we will be sharing in the coming weeks.

Thanks for tuning in! Please let us know how the recipes turned out! Happy yogurting!

~Jeff, Mami, & John

Still curious how to make your own yogurt? It's easy!

Apple Pie Yogurt Pancakes!

Apple Pie Yogurt Pancakes

No butter, no oil!

Official Post № 11:

This one we're going to borrow from one of our favorite pancake recipes (Yogurt Lover Mixed Berry Pancakes) and add a twist to it. We'll pull the same base yogurt pancake recipe (since it's so tried and true), and we'll add an apple pie touch to it.

Pancake ingredients:

• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Apple pie mixture:

• 1 apple
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tbsp sugar

Directions:

Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together the yogurt, egg, vanilla, and milk. Add the yogurt mixture to the dry ingredients. Peel and dice the apple. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and tablespoon of sugar to the diced apple. Right after putting batter on the frying pan, add a little of the apple mixture to each pancake. Cook as you would any other pancake. Eat. Enjoy! Be happy! Makes about 14-16 pancakes.

Your batter should turn out about the consistency of the following picture. We used some really thick yogurt our first time around, and it turned out too thick. So, we added a couple tablespoons of milk at a time until the batter reached the desired consistency.

We like our apple diced pretty small so that it gets soft as the pancake cooks.

You can either add the apple mixture to the pancakes once they're on the griddle, or mix it in with the batter. Both work well, but our favorite was adding it once the batter is on the griddle.

The apples blend well with the pancakes and go very well with maple syrup.

Thanks for tuning in! Please let us know how the recipes turned out! Happy yogurting!

~Jeff, Mami, & John

Still curious how to make your own yogurt? It's easy!

Blueberry Banana Bread

Blueberry Banana Bread

Official Post № 10:

Well, it's finally time to resurrect the yogurt blog. We've been a bit busy (aaaand, a little lazy too). Since our last post, our son was born, Jeff graduated from Indiana University, and we moved back to Utah so that Jeff can work as a music librarian. Life is good! Don't worry, we've been making plenty of yogurt, and even had our yogurt start going for nearly 3 years (a new record!) -- we had to give that one up when we moved across the country.

This recipe is from a friend in Indiana, and it's probably our favorite banana bread recipe. Plus, it has yogurt, so it's even better!

Here is what you will need:

• 3/4 cup yogurt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup oil
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3 mashed bananas
• 1 1/2 cups blueberries
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 cup flour
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3 eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a loaf pan or an 8X8 pan. Mix everything together. Bake for 60-70 minutes at 350° F.

Enjoy!

Thanks for tuning in! Please let us know how the recipes turned out! Happy yogurting!

~Jeff, Mami & John

We keep meeting people that are interested in making yogurt, and we're still getting quite a few page views on our blog, so it's time to bring it back! We've got some good plans for the blog: a major redesign is in the works along with better yogurt making instructions and discussions. Plus, we have plenty of tasty recipes in the lineup! Stay tuned!

Still curious how to make your own yogurt? It's easy!