Friday, 14 October 2016

EasiYo Yogurt Maker Review Plus Giveaway





As a big family of yogurt lovers we were all really excited to get the chance to try and review the EasiYo yogurt maker. I had seen these about and always been really curious to how they were used and what the home made yummy yogurt would be like. 

EasyYo is all about having a nice easy way to be able to make your own delicious yogurt while at the same time knowing that its full of goodness with no artificial colours or flavours and no stabilisers. The yogurts are also gluten free. 
There are also 30 different flavours to try. Some flavours include strawberry, banana and forest fruits. We were sent blueberry and greek yogurt with honey to try.



As soon as I got the chance I got it out ready to give it a go. The first thing I loved about the EasyYo machine is that it really doesn't take up much room. I only have a small kitchen and so the fact it will easily go into one of my cupboards or sit nicely in a corner on the kitchen counter was a real plus for me. It also doesn't come with a million different pieces and simply has a tub which fits inside the maker for easy storage. The design is really nice and simplistic and so if you were to put it on display, It doesn't look terrible.




I decided to try and make the blueberry yogurt first. Reading the instructions it did seem very simple to do and in fact it really was. You can actually use the sentence as simple as 1, 2, 3 because it only has 3 simple main steps to preparing the yogurt.

1. You get your tub, half fill it with room temperature water, pour in your mixture from the pack and then give it a good shake. Then fill the water to the fill line and give it another good shake. Of corse making sure that the lid is on.

2. Theres a plastic insert in the maker, you make sure that is pushed down and then you add boiling water to the top of the plastic insert and then place in your tub. The boiling water should rise up the sides of part of your tub.

3. Place on the lid to the maker and then leave the tub in there for 8 to 12 hours (or overnight). Take it out after that time and refrigerate to set.






I was really happy at how easy it was to do and it didn't make any mess and also the maker didn't need any washing just drying out. This is a huge plus as I have had dessert makers in the past which are a nightmare to clean.
I also loved the fact that the time to be left in the tub could be overnight as it meant I could do it at some point in the evening and not have to worry about timings. Just get up and get it out.

After leaving it to refrigerate for most of the day, I was ready for us all to try some. We had finished our dinner and so it was time for dessert. Lily isn't a big dessert fan but one of the things she likes is yogurt. Knowing how good this yogurt was for her I was really happy to let her try some. Unfortunately Lily didn't seem to like this yogurt. The flavour of the blueberry was quite sour and I'm thinking it may have been this. Its a good job that there are more flavours and i'm definetly going to try her with more. But that said, me and my partner really enjoyed the yogurt. Yes it was a little sour/tart from the blueberries but I quite liked that and it also had a really creamy sweet taste at the same time. Delicious. The only thing I found with this first batch I made was it did have a few lumps and bits of graininess to it from the powder where it hadn't mixed. Im putting this down to maybe not shaking it enough and will shake more next time.

After we had all had a helping I put it back in the fridge. The yogurt can be kept in the fridge for 2 weeks which I think is brilliant. I don't think it would take me 2 weeks to eat the yogurt but its great to know that I don't have to eat it within 2 days like most shop bought yogurts. The amount of times I have thrown away yogurt because of not getting it all eaten in time is shocking. The tub holds kg of yogurt and I think that is a really decent amount.


The second flavour we tried was the honey and natural yogurt. I also tried this flavour with Lily and she wouldn't eat it. But will have to keep trying as maybe she was just having a fussy day. I did enjoy this flavour but preferred the blue berry one.




The EasiYo maker is £17.99 and the yogurt sachets are priced at £2 which I think is great when you know that your getting such good quality yogurt that lasts.

I did wonder to myself before using it if this is something I would end up using or if I would resort back to shop bought with picking it up of a shelf being a lot easier than home making it. But I think I definetly would prefer to use my maker over the shop bought and the main reason for this would be the naturalness and the long life it has. Im really looking forward to trying some new flavours.

How would you like to get your hands on your very own EasiYo maker with 2 yogurt sachets? Well enter the competition below as EasiYo is giving away one to a lucky winner.


Win a EasiYo Yogurt Maker

121 comments:

  1. I would love the Lemon and the Raspberry , my 2 favourite flavours

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  2. I love watching Easiyo on QVC, would love to win and try for myself, thanks for a fab giveaway x

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  3. Blueberries and cream sounds lovely x

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  4. Lemon as this is our favourite

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  5. Lemon as this is our favourite

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  6. The Strawberry and Greek Style yogurts both sound delicious!

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  7. It has to be Lemon for me- lemon is so refreshing -it would have been nice to see black cherry there but it is not

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  8. Love mangoes so would love to give that a whirl.

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  9. Raspberry and Lemon , I like slightly sharp tastes.

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  10. I like the sound of the Toffee yogurt - I'd love to make my own

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  11. Strawberry & Cream

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  12. Amazing giveaway

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  13. I love the sound of the summer fruits but think would try mixing them up too so that can get even more flavours :)

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  14. Abdul Rab Nishtar15 October 2016 at 17:10

    Fantastic

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  15. It looks fabulous

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  16. Amazing giveaway

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  17. Nice refreshing lemon.

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  18. Forest Fruits sounds interesting.

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  19. Blueberries and cream sounds delicious

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  20. The lemon looks lovely would love to try it.

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  21. Apricot sounds lovely x

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  22. The toffee flavour one sounds like the best.

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  23. The lemon one sounds nice and refreshing but I like that they have caramel too for a bit of indulgence.

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  24. Blueberries and cream sounds divine as do all the other possibilities! I never knew such a thing exsisted and really want one now!. Dxx

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  25. Pineapple & Coconut Bits (gourmet) and Forest Fruits (everyday)

    Heather G

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  26. Blueberries and cream sounds great.x

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  27. Blueberries and cream sounds yummy

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  28. Banana and lemon flavours sound lovely.

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  29. I like the sound of the forest fruits and the lemon flavours.

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  30. They all sound delicious but lemon and peach would be my first choices

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  31. Strawberry and cream

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  32. The Strawberry and Cream would go down a real treat but I love the Greek yoghurts especially with a little honey. x

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  33. I like the sound of the summer fruits flavour

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  34. I'm a gannet I don't dislike any food or flavours x

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  35. Banana for me - it has always been my favourite flavour!!

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  36. Blueberries and cream, i love blueberries :)

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  37. A tough choice but the Creme Brulee

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  38. I had not realised that they have so many flavours! I'm loving the sound of the toffee one.

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  39. christine shelley30 October 2016 at 09:50

    The blueberry sounds very healthy

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  40. Lemon flavour is my favourite.

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  41. Ohhhhh I like the sound of Creme Brulee!!! Yumm :)

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  42. Creme Brulee or Banana yummy xx

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  43. It's got to be Creme Brulee.....gorgeous...

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  44. my faves are blueberries and lemon and ginger

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  45. Peach is one of my favourite flavours!

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  46. Lemon sounds gorgeous and refreshing and the raspberry sounds lovely and fruity!

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  47. Mmmm Blueberries!

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  48. i like the sound of the toffee one

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  49. I love the sound of the peach one.

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  50. I would love to try the Banana xx

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  51. I like the sound of the honey and natural yoghurt.

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  52. Greek style with coconut bits - I love coconut

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  53. Strawberry and cream sounds yummy xx

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  54. Strawberry and cream sounds lovely

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  55. All of the flavours sound scrumptious but I think the Summer Fruits would be my favourite!

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  56. STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM SOUNDS AMAZING

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  57. Strawberry and cream 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓☺☺☺💗

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  58. Most of the range takes my fancy but Toffee would be my first choice

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  59. Pauline Burroughs13 November 2016 at 16:42

    Greek Style Rhubarb

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  60. Greek Style Rhubarb sounds lovely but there are lots of tasty flavours to try!

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  61. Strawberry and cream sounds lovely I think I would try that one first

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  62. Strawberry and cream sounds BERRY DELICIOUS Xxx

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  63. The Toffee yoghurt sounds delicious !

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  65. Banana would be my favourite! #Yummm! xx

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  66. greek style with honey sounds delicious!

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  67. Mango, when in doubt and mango is an option I go for that yummy!

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  68. I've thought about getting one of these. Great review, thanks.

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  69. I didn't realise it could be that easy. Definitely something I will look in to!

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