Soy Yogurt Semi-Fail!

One of the food items I miss in a dairy-free life is yogurt. I had just really gotten into yogurt.  My favorite was Greek yogurt in a variety of fruit-y flavors.  And then there was granola mixed with yogurt and fruit. I love the sweetness of the fruit, the tanginess of the yogurt, and the crunch of the granola.  So great first thing in the morning.

Now I am trying soy yogurt.  The first time I made it in the Instant Pot it came out great.  This time, well, not so much.

This was the issue.  I looked up the recipe for Cold Start Yogurt in the instant pot.  When I made it before I made 64 ounces of yogurt and used 7 capsules of probiotics to inoculate the milk.  It worked great.  

This time the recipe I used said to use 1 capsule to 1 quart of soy milk.  So I did.  The first time I seem to remember the yogurt was set in about 8 hours.  This time I took the milk out of the refrigerator--maybe that was the glitch...the first time I had the aseptic pack in the cupboard so it was room temperature to start out...added the one capsule's contents, stirred, and started it going.

The next morning the yogurt was still milk.  So what do you suppose I did?!!!  I added the contents of three more capsules of probiotics, stirred it well, and put the yogurt back in the Instant Pot on the Yogurt setting.

You can see that the yogurt was now quite thick!  But separated.  I call that a fail.  I decided I would strain it (since it was already starting to separate...) to make Greek yogurt/"cream cheese".  That was an even bigger fail and I washed it down the drain.  

Maybe I will try again soon.  This time I think I will put some flavoring into the yogurt.  Maybe cinnamon and honey...?  I mean, why not fail big, right?!!