31 for 21: Instant "Yogurt" - Kitchen Science Experiment

What happens when you add lime or lemon juice to milk? Go try it and find out! Oh, never mind. I did it, and I can tell you. I'm not even sure how I found this out . . . one of my weird creations I guess. Many times when somebody asks me what I'm making, I'm like, "ummmm . . . I'm not sure". (Just incase you were wondering - yeah, I'm from California, and the accent hasn't quite worn off).

Anyway, back to the creation: Put about 2 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice in a small bowl. (I always use fresh - just cut the citrus in half and squeeze it out). Slowly pour about 3/4 cup of milk to the bowl, using a spoon to slowly mix. (Again, I use fresh, raw goat milk). Cool! It's not like spoonable thick, but it gets fairly thick. Add pumpkin puree (yeah, I use fresh), cinnamon and raisins and eat! I found that the pumpkin takes away the little tart flavor that the lime or lemon leaves.

Fear God, be happy and have a goodnight!

~ Hanunyah

31 for 21 is a blog challenge to raise Down Syndrome awareness 1 blog at a time. The challenge is to blog everyday the whole month of October (31 days) to raise awareness for Down Syndrome (aka Trisomy 21). This is the 6th Annual 31 for 21 Challenge.

Fruit Cobbler (GAPS)

This was good! We had it in yogurt.

Fruit Cobbler (GAPS legal)
Hanunyah Creation


1 banana
1 apple
1 peach
2 tablespoons honey, divided
1 1/3 cups almond meal, plus more for topping
1/3 cup yogurt
1 egg


Preheat the oven to 300F. Slice the banana, peeled apple and peach into a baking dish. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the honey. Bake for 3 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the almond meal, yogurt and egg. Pour over the hot fruit. Drizzle with the remaining honey, and sprinkle some almond meal on top. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cooked through (make sure it isn't doughy on the top).

Before baking

~ Hanunyah

Falling in the GAPS!

Yep, I've just about fell into the GAPS in 2 ways - as you can tell - my posting is few and far between, and we recently started the GAPS diet. Me and most of my family haven't fully went on the GAPS intro diet, yet, but I'm sure many of us eventually will.

     I haven't had much time on the computer the last week or two, until the last few days I was able to check my email and post on my other blog. Monday we went blueberry picking, and yesterday I had to go to the Urgent Care for a tick I pulled off of my thigh - around it turned into a hard round lump with a big red circle. "THEY" say that's the time for meds . . .

Anyway, last week my brother (who'll be 19 years on the 10th of this month) and a friend/neighbor's little 2 year old boy (who has constipation problems) went on the diet. They've been on the diet for about a week now, and my brother is on stage 2 of the GAPS introduction diet. It's been a tough one for the little guy, but they've been able to pull through with help from us. Those of us on the diet are eating lots of soup (with meat, carrots, onions, and broccoli), broth, yogurt, kefir, and ginger tea (all that my sisters make).

     Here are some links we've been using - 

GAPSDiet.com (we bought the cookbook that's pictured on the home page of this site, I looked through it and it has good recipes)

Health, Home, & Happiness

GAPS.me

GAPSGuide.com

GAPS Help Yahoo! group

     And here are the yogurt and ginger tea recipes that my sister has been making (she typed these up for some friends).

Yogurt

Turn on oven light - it can take a couple hours to heat the oven - make sure you have a thermometer in there - you want it between 100 - 110 degrees in there.

Making the Yogurt -

1. Put as much (I do 1 gallon at a time) milk as you plan to make into yogurt in a pot - warm on stove to 180 degrees.

2. Once it reaches 180, put pot of hot milk in an ice cold bath. Cool down to 110 degrees.

3. Add the yogurt starter, or a small amount of yogurt as a starter - Mix fairly well.

4. Put the milk in a pan or pot (I use a crockpot crock) in the oven.

5. Let it sit for 8 hours.

6. After 8 hours - It's Done!

7. Save ½ cup of yogurt to start your next 1 gallon batch.

Ginger Tea

1. Bring water to a boil. Once it boils, turn off heat.

2. Add grated ginger (add as much for as strong you want it).

3. Let sit for 5 minutes.

4. Strain the ginger out.

5. Done.

Also, if anybody has GAPS-friendly recipes, please send them our way! Thanks!

~ Hanunyah