how to make almond /nut milk yogurt

[Guest guest]

I'm having trouble making almond yogurt. I've been using yogourmet

yogurt maker with giprohealth brand yogurt starter. I've followed the

direction but I still got a liquid not firm yogurt. I'm using Almond

Breeze brand almond milk. Any suggestion?

[Guest guest]

I have made two batched of almond nut milk and the second one I made turned

out really good. I make my own almond milk as the store bought one have a lot

of stuff added to them and I also use fruit juice concentrate instead of

honey because I'm allergic to honey. I buy it from :

_http://www.naturesflavors.com/default.php?cPath=198_

(http://www.naturesflavors.com/default.php?cPath=198)

It is only organic fruit concentrated, nothing added and no high heat used.

ALMOND MILK

2 cups organic raw almonds

4 cups filtered water (X2)

Soak the almonds in 4 c filtered water overnight. Strain them and rinse

them in the morning then put them in a high speed blender with 4 more cups of

filtered water. Blend on high several minutes. Strain all this through a

cheese cloth lined strainer, let it rest a while in the fridge then squeeze the

cheesecloth out to get a lot of the trapped milk. I just hold the tops of

the cheese cloth together and twist it for a while not allowing the mashed

nuts to come out of the top of the cheese cloth. I then bring the milk almost

to a boil to kill any unwanted bugs that are in the milk. Then cool the milk

to 110 degrees by putting the bowl with the milk in an ice bath or fridge.

Now add you sweetener weather it is honey or the fruit juice and your

Progurt, I used 1/4 tsp. Progurt ( I used a rounder tsp.).

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oHealth&Category_Code=ProGurt_

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ealth&Category_Code=ProGurt)

Pour into jars and incubate it for 8-10 hrs at 108 degrees. I have a food

dehydrator, so I just put the jars in it to incubate. I set the temp and close

the door. When the 8-10 hours are over then you have to put the jars in the

fridge over night and in the morning you need to strain the yogurt. You drip

it through a cheese cloth lined strainer for about 1 hour. You should then

have a slightly solid kind of yogurt.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

<< I'm having trouble making almond yogurt. I've been using yogourmet

> yogurt maker with giprohealth brand yogurt starter. I've followed

the

> direction but I still got a liquid not firm yogurt. I'm using

Almond

> Breeze brand almond milk. Any suggestion?>>

Sorry, but commercial almond milk is not legal. This may be part of

the problem.

There are recipes for making your own nut milk at

http://pecanbread.com/new/recipes/nutmilk.html

Adding honey to the nutmilk will give the bacteria more to feed on

and will give you a thicker yogurt and higher numbers of good

bacteria.

Are you cooling your nutmilk to lower than 75°F? It is important

that it be cool especially if using GIproHealht's Progurt.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and

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Hi Doreen,

<<fruit juice concentrate instead of > honey because I'm allergic to

honey. ...> It is only organic fruit concentrated, nothing added and no

high heat used.>>

If you are going to use the fruit concentrate you should get a letter

from them confirming that there are no additives and that it is is 100%

pure fruit juice. On company letterhead is best.

Elaine did not approve fruit juice concentrates for SCD.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sheila, I got in touch with the company and they are going to fax me

a spec sheet showing that nothing is added to their product. That it is made

from pure organic fruit, that's all. Is this sufficient to believe them.

I'm trying so hard to follow the diet and not being able to use honey, eggs

and dairy products makes it quite difficult. My only answer is using the fruit

juice conc. and the almond milk. I tried making my own but it took me

basically all day to make just a little bit of it and I don't think it was near

as

concentrated or as good as the stuff I got from the company in question.

Besides they say they use a cold method that preserves all the natural vitamins

and enzymes. The kind I made was cooked and it almost burned on the bottom

of the pan so I don't think there was any natural nutrients left in it.

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Hi Doreen,

<<Thanks Sheila, I got in touch with the company and they are going to

fax me a spec sheet showing that nothing is added to their product.

That it is made > from pure organic fruit, that's all. Is this

sufficient to believe them. >>

Elaine said it would be best to get a letter from them backing up their

claims.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and