Appliances & yogurt question

[Guest guest]

I'm in process of ordering some appliances & wanted to know what you

find really useful to make cooking easier.

Food Mill

Mandolin Slicer

Cooking Thermometer (what kind?)

I already have a coffee grinder coming in (for almonds) & I have a

good blender as well. I also have a food dehydrator but haven't

really used it yet.

Another question is how many were dairy free & tried the yogurt &

how did you react to it? Me & 3 of the kids are dairy free at the

moment & don't react well to it at all. If I were to make the

yogurt, I would only try it with raw goat's milk, which I've heard

is best for folks like us - IF that's legal (I haven't found it on

the lists yet; it says all milk fluids illegal on the list I have

from the " BTVC " website, but yogurt has to be made with something).

I know yogurt can also be made with coconut milk, but I realize the

canned is no good so I'd have to make my own. Has anyone tried that?

Hope the questions are okay; thanks again,

Michele