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| The yogurt is "yo-ing" |
Well like everyone else on the planet I am going to lose some weight in the new year. It's more than that though, I intend to get back to some of my healthy eating habits that I so lazily have abandoned lately. I have started a little three day cleanse, I thought that would kick off this new me quite nicely. During these three days I will eat very light meals, veggie soups, lots of teas, water, etc.
After that I will transition into what I hope will become pretty much my normal diet. For now I am cutting out red meat and will eat chicken occasionally, getting my protein from other sources is not a problem as I love nuts and can tolerate soy and tofu in small amounts although I find it dreadfully boring. I am also cutting my alcohol intake back to two days per week MAX. I generally like to have a glass of wine with dinner or something but all that sugar is going right to my belly and I hate that. For now I am completely cutting dairy out, with the exception of my love for cheese this is not an issue as I generally try to avoid dairy and all that crap that is in it. The soybella machine will come in very handy in making my "milks" for coffee and other recipes. I can cut back on bread but never really felt it was a problem for me, I think aiming to be aware of portion sizes would be more beneficial to me at this point.
Today started off with a bang and I am feeling very positive about these changes. I had a cup of tea and 1/2 piece of peanut butter toast along with one cleanse pill oh and of course water!
As a late day snack I am making a nice light veggie broth. In the pot I put water, a light sodium veggie cube, an onion and a ton of celery, maybe 5 pieces of so. Then I added about 5 garlic cloves, paprika, oregano, salt and old bay seasoning. It smells GREAT and is tasting quite nice. Generally I would make soba noodles to have with this but since I am cleansing I am trying to do mainly a liquid diet for three days and will not add anything.
My next feat is my attempt at making coconut milk yogurt. I found a site where the person was able to successfully make it so I am trying right now to do this. My recipe differed from hers slightly because I love really thick creamy yogurt.
Ingredients:
1 can coconut milk (lite or regular)
3 tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tsp guar gum (thickener)
1tbsp yogurt starter or probiotic packet (since this is a half recipe and my probiotic packs are for larger batches I opted for the tbsp of yogurt starter)
Equipment:
SS Spoon
1-2 qt pot (for this batch 1 qt is fine)
Thermometer
Yogurt making machine or something comprible
Directions:
Sterilize everything (i boiled water in my teapot and poured it over the yogurt containers and other equipment.
Boil coconut milk to approx. 160 degrees F stir regurarly
turn off heat
Add shredded coconut and guar gum stir ALOT
Let cool down to about 110 degrees F before adding probiotic and stir again
Pour into yogurt containers and follow instructions for your machine, i am letting my yogurt "YO" for about 10 hours and will check on it then.
Wish me luck! I will update later.
~CM
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