Okay, so finally I have come up with another yummy smoothie recipe.
Coconut Kale Smoothie
*2 large ripe bananas
*roughly 1 head of kale (I used stalks and all...just not the MAIN stalk of the plant)
*hefty dose of raw hempseeds
*hefty dose of raw cacao nibs
*jar of failed coconut milk yogurt
Add all ingredients to blender (Blendtec) jar, and add cold water until total liquid reaches 4 cups. Blend on "whole juice" setting or until smooth.
Ok, now what you might ask, is "jar of failed coconut milk yogurt"? Well, this is what you get when you try to make coconut yogurt from dried coconut. I used my Wilderness Family Naturals coconut chips to make coconut milk. You basically the coconut chips with water to your blender, blend, then strain...repeat once. I found a video on U-tube and rolled with it. Then I followed the steps to make yogurt and used a Yogourmet packet as a starter. I put the jars into my dehydrator and waited 24 hours.
But instead of thick, creamy, So Delicious style coconut milk yogurt, I got funky separated coconut milk liquid. There was the teeniest bit of stuff that resembled yogurt, but for the most part the recipe was a failure. I've never had kefir, but I'm guessing from what I've read, it must be similiar. So, I gave the thickest parts of the "yogurt" to my son mixed in with his grain cereals, but I didn't know what to do with the liquidy parts...until I was making my smoothie.
I just went for it and dumped it in. And it really MADE the smoothie. The smoothie didn't really taste like coconut OR like yogurt, but it definitely didn't taste like a KALE smoothie, if you know what I mean. It was quite delicious! In fact, I've made the same smoothie for the last two days!
Now, how can you recreate my failed yogurt? Well, I'd say don't try to. You could use real coconut milk yogurt, coconut kefir, or just experiment with other types of yogurts or kefirs. Let me know what you find out!
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Could you please share your dehydrator instructions to make yogurt? I tried it in the crock pot and it was a fail. I'm hopeful that the dehydrator will do the trick! THANKS!!
ReplyDeleteThis smoothie sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteAnd so does your failed yogurt -- good for you for figuring out a yummy way to use it up!
@Claudine: I'm really the wrong one to ask since my recipe failed miserably (lol), but really the dehydrator is just a means of keeping the yogurt at the right temperature. You just prepare your milk and starter as you normally would for any yogurt recipe, then put it into a container that will fit in your dehydrator. I used mason jars, then covered them. I pulled the shelves out of my dehydrator, put the mason jars with the yogurt mixture in there, and put the door on. I turned the dehydrator to around 105-110 degrees and left alone for a full 24 hours. On another note, I have successfully made crock pot yogurt (using cow's milk) on many occasions. What type of yogurt were you trying to make and maybe I can be of more help?
ReplyDelete@Sheri: Thanks so much for visiting my blog!! I feel like I was just visited by a celebrity! I am SUCH a fan of your blog and YOUR smoothie posts are really the ones that got us started. :) I am SO hoping you are going to share YOUR coconut milk yogurt recipe one day!!