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I just tried Kefir for the first time. I finally got used to plain yogurt so plain Kefir wasn't too sour for me. I blended it with some frozen raspberries & agave nectar so it was nice!

Does anyone have any other interesting ideas for kefir?

I know you can make your own by mixing up some yogurt, salt, and fresh lemon juice, then letting it drain through a cheesecloth into a bowl in the fridge for a couple days.

You can do anything with it that you'd do to cream cheese. I would add fresh herbs, even nuts and honey. There are many possibilities.

Cream cheese? But it's pretty liquidy.

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Cream cheese? But it's pretty liquidy.

 You can do anything with it that you'd do with cream cheese, as I  gave examples above. Its not cream cheese. Its Kefir.

Oh, I know. I thought you meant you could make a cream cheese spread out of it, which didn't make any sense to me. I get it.

Original Post by cellophane_star:

Oh, I know. I thought you meant you could make a cream cheese spread out of it, which didn't make any sense to me. I get it.

 Oh, no I was saying that is how you make kefir from yogurt.

I use it in my morning cereal - it's more liquid than yogurt, but it does not make the cereal soggy like milk. Because it's more sour than yogurt, I use it with sweeter fruit like mangoes or grapes. Some of my favorite combinations are:
* Shredded spoonfuls with blueberries, kiwi and strawberries
* Trader Joe's high fiber cereal with mangoes, blueberries and rasberries.

Try adding some mint and lemon/orange zest and cinnamon and you have a glorious breakfast!

You can do anything with it that you'd do to cream cheese.

I think you're thinking of quark, which has a similar taste to kefir, but is much more solid (like cream cheese or stiff sour cream). All the kefir I've ever had has been more of a smoothie consistency.

what exactly is it?

It's a fermented milk drink. The plain kind tastes like plain yogurt but a little more sour and more watery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir

Umm.. lippygal, i dont think you can make your own kefir out of yogurt salt and lemon juice.. Kefir is made from kefir grains and is so much better, probiotic wise, than yogurt.