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Week 38 – Powdered Milk FAQs- What? Why? How? What if it gets old? – and storing dairy-free substitutes

1/5/2020

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To help with building your year's supply (this is Week 12 of 26), see this chart. 
 

What is powdered milk?. 
Why store it?. 
How much powdered milk is recommended? And how do I store it?. 
How do I use powdered milk?. 
What if it gets old?. 
What dairy-free substitutes can I store?. 
 


What is powdered milk? 
Milk begins with a very high water content—about 82%.  The water is removed in a couple of steps- a low-temperature evaporative boil is first. Doing this in a vacuum allows the boiling to happen at 135° F rather than the regular 212°. Then it’s sprayed from a very tall tower into very hot, swirling air. A tiny particle of powdered milk is all that’s left when it hits the bottom. (See this article for super-interesting details.)  This milk powder is made of very small, nearly dust-sized specks.

Since fat turns rancid quickly and drastically shortens shelf life, powdered milk for long-term storage is fat-free. It’s skim milk that goes through the drying process. That’s also why it tastes watery.  Adding a little extra powder when mixing up the milk will help with this. And adding a bit of vanilla helps give it some flavor.  Serving it chilled helps, too.
 
Full-fat powdered milk is available if you know where to look. The only brand I’ve seen widely available is Nido. It’s a whole milk powdered milk you can find sometimes in the Hispanic foods section at grocery stores. In the U.S. it’s mostly used in the food industry, but tons of it per year are shipped to third-world countries, where they have few dairies, little way to transport the milk, and no refrigerators to store it in anyway. If you buy whole-milk powder, use it within 6 to 9 months unless it’s in sealed cans and stored under 75°F.  And then use it up within, say, five to seven years.
I have some that’s older than that; I can report later this week on what it’s like, if I remember…

Instant powdered milk is made by making the tiny particles clump together to make a little bigger granules. There’s air between the particles, which allows water to better penetrate when you're reconstituting it. The air also makes the powder less dense. That’s why you’ll sometimes see recipes that specify which kind to use- ‘non-instant powdered milk’ or ‘instant powdered milk’. It takes a larger scoop of instant powdered milk to be equal to a smaller scoop of the regular.  (Of course, you can go by weight measurement and get it right every time!)
 
One pound of either instant or regular nonfat milk powder will make about one gallon of milk.



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 Why store it?
There are at least four big reasons-
 
1-To have the minerals and other nutrition milk provides.
 
2-To have more options in your cooking. Many recipes use milk and products made from milk. Did you know that you can, in your very own kitchen, turn powdered milk into yogurt, cottage cheese, a mozzarella-type cheese, a cream cheese substitute, and much more?
 
3-No refrigeration is required, unlike fresh milk, which sours quickly at room temperature. This is helpful in emergency situations.
 
4-For its long shelf life. Fresh milk lasts less than a month in the fridge; canned evaporated milk is best within a couple of years; but nonfat milk powder, sealed along with oxygen absorbing packets, can last for a good 20 years when kept under 75° F.

 
 

How much powdered milk is recommended? And how do I store it?
Did you notice that in the list of why to store powdered milk, I didn’t say “so you can enjoy milk three times a day”?  That’s because you couldn’t, if you were storing the recommended amount.  While you would likely use some for drinking, that’s not its primary purpose. I don’t know about you, but I’d be making most of mine into cheese for recipes!

The recommended storage amount is 16 pounds per person.  You’d need to store almost 70 pounds per person to be able to have the equivalent of three glasses of milk per day.
 
I like variety in my storage, so I include evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk—although you can make those with powdered milk, too.  5 cans of evaporated milk is equal to about one pound of milk powder, while it takes 8 cans of sweetened condensed milk to replace one pound of dry milk powder.
 
Keep long-term storage products at or below 75°F/24°C whenever possible. If storage temperatures are higher, rotate (eat!) the food more often.
 

How do I use powdered milk?
Go to http://everydayfoodstorage.net/training-cooking/powdered-milk for recipes for evaporated milk, Magic Mix, and Condensed Soups using Magic Mix. She has a great little chart you can print out and tape to the inside of your cupboard  so you know how much milk powder to use when you're baking with it:

The Wooden Spoon class handout has a TON of recipes info on powdered milk.  It's from some classes that the Church of Jesus Christ’s ‘Welfare Square’ was teaching for a little while. The collection is not copyrighted; the two ladies who compiled it just wanted to spread the information.

When I get a bunch of new recipes, usually most of them get ignored unless I'm already familiar with them.  So skim through the recipe booklet and look through my notes on the recipes.       
 
For the recipes that give you whey (this means any of the cheeses, including the yogurt cream cheese), save the whey.  It has vitamins, minerals, some protein, no fat, and some milk sugar (lactose- very low on the glycemic scale).  I use it in pancakes, muffins, bread, etc.  If your whey has vinegar in it (most of the cheeses in there do), you can add 1 tsp. baking soda for every 2-3 cups of whey.  This will neutralize most of the vinegar.  Yes, it will foam up, kind of like those volcanoes you made in 3rd grade…

 

What if it gets old? 

The answer to that has a lot to do with “How do I use it?”  If it’s not old, don’t let it all get there. 
 
If it’s already old, it may still be fine.  Recent food-storage testing at the BYU Foods lab showed that 20 years can be expected on sealed powdered milk stored under 75°F.  Here’s the chart of their findings for milk and other year-supply foods. 
                                              
If you’ve opened a can and it smells bad, don’t throw it in the trash.  It’s good as garden fertilizer! Tomatoes especially need calcium, in order to avoid blossom-end rot. And milk can help prevent the dreaded powdery mildew on plants, as well as to control aphids.  Here is an article on 8 ways to use milk in the garden.


What dairy-free substitutes can I store?There are several.  There’s powdered goat milk, powdered soy milk, powdered coconut milk.  If you’re good at rotating what you store, canned milks are options- canned coconut milk is the cheapest option.  Just know it doesn’t contain much calcium. Keep calcium supplements on hand, store lots of white beans in your 60 pounds of legumes, store blackstrap molasses, and/or plan on growing lots of dark green leafy vegetables.
You can make milk-like liquids for drinking or cooking, using rice, almonds, cashews, or oats as the base. Again, these won’t contain much calcium, so you’ll need to account for that.
 
What do I store for my dairy-free family members? 
-Canned coconut milk. I usually have a whole case on hand; I use it on a regular basis in recipes, so it gets rotated.  Ditto for coconut cream.  The best prices around for both of those was at a local Asian market.                            
-Coconut milk powder. Also from the Asian market. Check the label; some brands add casein to their powder. Since this is a milk protein, it’s unsuitable for the dairy-sensitive. Other brands don’t include casein.             
-Boxes of shelf-stable coconut milk, almond milk, and/or rice milk. These need rotated about as much as the canned ones do.                                      
-Almonds, rice, cashews, oats. Because we like and use them anyway.
 
What other questions do you have?



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Week 36- Two Minute Fudge - and Make Your Own Sweetened Condensed Milk

12/21/2019

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To help with building your year's supply (this is Week 10 of 26), see this chart. 

Have you ever been to a store that sells fudge?  They display pan after pan of luscious flavors.  Well, now you can make them in mere minutes!  This recipe includes not only the basic semisweet chocolate fudge, but eighteen other flavors. 

Fudge can be made in advance, kept airtight in the refrigerator for a month, or wrapped well and frozen for 2-3 months. This recipe is super simple, and can be turned into lots of flavors.  My family’s favorites are Orange Crème Fudge and Cookies and Cremesicle Fudge. (Yes, that’s not the normal spelling, but ‘creamsicle’- regular spelling- is trademarked.)  My favorites include Caramel Swirl Fudge- in either vanilla or chocolate- Strawberry-Truffle-Layer Fudge. With pecans, please.

See here for more classic candy recipes-- toffee, penuche, truffles, fondant, and more base fudge recipes.
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When making a batch of fudge, if it’s too firm or too soft, it can be fixed.

If it’s too soft, there are at least two approaches.

1- you can refrigerate or freeze it and serve it cold.  Once it’s chilled, you can eat it plain in the traditional squares, or scoop into tablespoon-sized balls.  Roll in powdered sugar or unsweetened cocoa powder, and serve as truffles.
2- make it even softer and turn it into hot fudge sauce. To do this, scrape the fudge into a microwave-safe bowl, add ¼ cup milk, cream, or evaporated milk, and heat for a minute or two, until you can stir it.  Stir until smooth.  If it’s still too thick for sauce, add more milk or cream.
 
If the fudge is too firm, scrape the fudge into a microwave-safe bowl, add 1-2 Tbsp. milk, cream, or evaporated milk, and heat for a minute or two, until you can stir it.  Stir until smooth.  Pour into a newly buttered pan.
 
If you want a healthier version of fudge, try Clean Eating Fudge. It’s Paleo! -and even works for those who can’t have dairy.


The fudge below can be made with a regular can of sweetened condensed milk, a homemade version, or even with a homemade dairy-free version. If you don't have any of those 3 options available, you can boil 7 ounces of cream, evaporated milk or (naturally dairy-free) coconut cream with 1 cup of sugar. Stir to dissolve the sugar, and you have a great substitute for sweetened condensed milk.

Two-Minute Fudge* 

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips (1 ½ 12-oz bags)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk (make your own here)
1 tsp. vanilla, optional
pinch of salt, optional
1 c. toasted and chopped nuts, optional
 
*Approximately two minutes of cooking time. 
 
Line an 8x8 pan with aluminum foil, waxed paper, or plastic wrap.  Spray with nonstick spray, or butter it. Set aside.
Stir together chips and milk.  Heat in microwave for one minute. Stop and stir. Repeat until the mixture is melted, stirring every minute. Stir in vanilla and salt.
 
Pour into lined and buttered 8x8 pan. Chill until firm- this will take about 2 hours in the refrigerator or 20 minutes in the freezer.
 
Makes 2 lbs. without the nuts.
 
To cut the recipe in half, 7 oz. of sweetened condensed milk is just over 1 ¼ cups.
 

Milk Chocolate Fudge
Increase chocolate to 4 cups (2 12-oz. bags). Makes almost 2 ½ lbs. without nuts.

Peanut Butter or Butterscotch Fudge
Use 4 c. peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips.

Vanilla Fudge
Use white chocolate chips, increasing to 4 cups.

Cherry Vanilla Fudge
Stir in 1 c. quartered candied cherries, replace half the vanilla with
almond extract, use almonds for the nuts.


Cookies and Creme Fudge
Break each of 16 chocolate sandwich cookies into fourths; stir into Vanilla Fudge. (see below)

Cremesicle Fudge (Orange Creme Fudge)
Make a batch of vanilla fudge, pour 3/4 of it into prepared pan. To remaining fudge, add 3 drops yellow food color, 2 drops red, and 1 tsp. orange extract.
Drop by spoonfuls onto top, swirl in.


Caramel Swirl Fudge
Melt 4 oz (about 18 squares) of caramel with 1-2 tsp. of water, drop by spoonfuls onto top, then swirl.

Candy Bar Fudge
Melt 4 oz caramel with 1-2 tsp. water, stir in 3/4 c. peanuts. Drop on top and either swirl in or cover the top with 1 c. chocolate chips, melted.

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Fudge
Add 2 Tbsp. peanut butter to hot mixture, before powdered sugar is added. Top with chopped peanuts if you like, pressing them in slightly.

Mint Layer Fudge
Make chocolate fudge; spread in pan. Melt together 1 c. white chips, 2 Tbsp. milk, 1/4-1/2 tsp. mint extract, and 1/8 tsp. green food color. Mix well, spread on top.

Orange-Pecan Fudge
Make vanilla fudge, stir in 1 Tbsp. orange zest, finely chopped, and 1 c. pecans.

Peanut Butter Swirl Fudge
Make chocolate fudge, melt ½ c. peanut butter, drop on top of fudge; swirl.

Rocky Road Fudge
Use nuts, and stir 2 c. mini marshmallows into fudge before spreading into the pan.

S’mores Fudge
Leave out nuts, stir in 1 c. mini marshmallows and 4 whole grahams, broken.

Strawberry Fudge
Replace half the condensed milk with 1 1/4 c. strawberry jam. Swirl about 2
Tbsp. jam on top. Especially good with pecans or walnuts.


Strawberry ‘Truffle Layer’ Fudge
Spread regular fudge in pan, melt together 1 c. (6 oz.)semisweet chips with 2 Tbsp. butter. Stir in 1/4 c. strawberry jam. Spread on top.

Toasted Coconut Fudge
For either chocolate or white fudge, toast 1 c. coconut, stir in 3/4 c, along with 1 c. chopped toasted pecans. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 c. coconut on top, press in. If using a fudge recipe that calls for milk or evaporated milk, you may also substitute an equal amount of coconut milk.

Wonka Bar Fudge
substitute 4 whole graham crackers, broken into small chunks, for the nuts.


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Cremesicle Fudge.  
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Week 18- Make Your Own Cream of Tomato Soup

8/10/2019

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Your weekly assignment- you have two this time!  B4-3, and do a quick inventory of nonfoods. These include toilet paper, shampoo, soap, dish soap, laundry soap, hygiene supplies. Record what nonfoods are open; note how much is in each. At the end of four weeks, go through them again.  Note how much of each you used; multiply by three to know what you need for 3 months’ supply, or by 12 to know for a year supply. (Purchasing these begins in one month.)

Tomatoes are in full production mode in my garden right n
ow.  I made a couple dozen jars of salsa this week, and picked tomatoes again this morning.  About half of them went into a giant, double-size lasagne for my son's birthday dinner, but there are a couple quarts of cherry tomatoes left over.  I'm debating whether to make a cherry tomato salad tomorrow (yes, it's the right link; scroll down), or this cream of tomato soup. 
It's simple and delicious. Using cherry tomatoes increases the natural sweetness; did you know that commercial versions almost always add sugar to their tomato soup?  

Another advantage to making it yourself is you can substitute out any ingredient you have food sensitivities to.  Can't have dairy?  Use a nondairy milk instead, or coconut cream for a richer version.  Can't have wheat or gluten?  Use cornstarch to thicken it instead of the flour. (You'll only need half as much, and don't add it to the hot vegetables; add it to the blender along with the broth and tomatoes.)


The biscuit recipe is a fast drop biscuit version- the butter is melted before mixing in, rather than cut in. In the photo below, the biscuits were made with cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon in the dough. ​Mmm.

BTW, the link to the cherry tomato salad has two tomato recipes- a surprisingly hearty tomato salad, and the most delicious vegetable gratin I've ever tried.  (Bonus- it uses tomatoes AND the extra zucchini or summer squash that seems to always hide under the leaves until it's big! 
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Week 16, Anything-Goes Muffin recipe

7/27/2019

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Your week 16 assignment:  Buy for Three.

Two houses, four wards, and almost ten years ago, a friend and I were on a quest to find two things--
the perfect pancake recipe,
and a perfectly adaptable muffin recipe. 

We measured, stirred, cooked, talked, shared and compared.  (I still think the ‘Foolproof Pancake’ recipe is tops.)  And after all that, Laura compiled what I learned about muffins with what she learned about muffins, and the “Anything Goes” Muffin recipe is the result. 

It’s a basic recipe that you can customize- whether sweet or savory, it will make good muffins.  Lemon-blueberry, bacon-cheese mufins, spiced applesauce muffins, oatmeal cinnamon muffins, chocolate raspberry or chocolate banana muffins, and much more.  Do you have a couple overripe bananas sitting on your counter?  This will help you use them up. How about a wrinkly apple that has gone mealy?  It will be delicious chopped or shredded into muffins.
After you've used this recipe-- or formula-- a few times, you'll get to where you don't even need the recipe to make any kind of muffin you can think of.

What will you make with this recipe? 

Or, what did you make?

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Week 10- assignment, spreadable butter, and dairy-free 'butter'

6/15/2019

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Your Week 10 assignment is another week of Buy for Three- within your weekly budget amount, look at your customized 3-month ingredient list, look through the grocery ads, and buy as many sale items as you need for that list.   

What do you have so far in your home? 

Here are a couple of budget-friendly recipes to help you free up more of your grocery money-

Spreadable butter
 
And for those of you who can’t have dairy, a recipe for dairy-free 'butter' that you can make at home! It’s spreadable, bakeable, and even makes good frosting. 
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Pineapple Coconut Bread Pudding

1/23/2016

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Pineapple-Coconut Bread Pudding 
1 (20-oz) can crushed pineapple
¾ cup sugar, divided
2 c. cream or coconut cream*
½ tsp. salt, divided
1 loaf stale French bread, cut in 1" cubes, or a pound of other bread, cubed
1/2 tsp. cardamom
3-4 eggs 
1 c. whole milk or coconut milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. shredded coconut

If your bread isn't already stale and dry, put the bread cubes in the oven at 375 until they're dried out.  
Make a caramel sauce- combine 2 Tbsp. juice from the canned pineapple with 1/2 c. sugar in a saucepan.  Heat on high until brown, stirring often.  Add 3/4 c. cream; stir until the caramel chunk has dissolved.  Add 1/4 tsp. salt.  Pour about half of this into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan.  Save the rest.
Mix together bread, undrained pineapple and cardamom.  Dump into a 9x13 pan.  Using the same bowl as before, beat the eggs, then stir in 1/4 c. sugar, the remaining cream, milk, vanilla, and 1/4 tsp. salt.  Mix until  sugar dissolves.  Pour all of this over the bread and let sit for 5-20 minutes to soak.  Sprinkle the coconut over the top.                                          

Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes, until center is set.  Serve warm, with a little of the remaining caramel sauce drizzled on top.

*If you don't have cream, use milk instead, for a total of 3 cups.  Also melt 1/4 c. butter and beat it in with the eggs.

 

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Creamy High-Protein Pasta, Dairy Free

3/23/2015

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This is meat-free, dairy-free, and in the photo above, also made using gluten-free pasta.  Its rich and creamy taste would never make you suspect there are so many 'normal' ingredients missing.  You will not taste the avocado, and surprisingly, it doesn't even make the sauce look green.  It adds richness along with those healthy, satisfying fats.  
If you used canned chickpeas, you'll have about one cup extra; you can either stir those in with the pasta, or save them for another use.
If you don't have an avocado, or don't want to use one, omit it and increase the chickpeas to three cups instead.

12-16 oz. pasta, cooked according to directions; save the cooking water
1 Tbsp. olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups cooked chickpeas- or use 2 cups from two (14-oz) cans, drained
one 6" sprig fresh rosemary, or 1-2 tsp. dried rosemary
1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1 medium avocado, peel and pit removed
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/4 c. chopped fresh parsley, or 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried parsley

While the pasta is cooking, heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until fragrant.

In a blender, combine 3 cups of the pasta cooking water (may also use the water drained off the cans of chickpeas), chickpeas, rosemary, red pepper, avocado, and lemon juice.  Blend on high until smooth.  Add salt and pepper to taste (start with 1/2 tsp. salt), and stir in parsley.  
Pour over pasta and toss to coat.  
If the sauce is too thick, add water 1 Tbsp. at a time until it's the consistency you like.  


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Santa Rosa Plum Gelato

8/16/2014

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Santa Rosa plums are dark on the outside, often with a bluish hue that rubs off, ruby-colored inside, and explode with sweet juice when you bite into a fully ripe one.  They are apparently highly prized, which is nice for me, because my 3-in-1 plum tree is about half Santa Rosa.  They tend to ripen pretty much at once, which means we have only about a two-week window for eating them fresh, and need to be quick about canning, drying, making jam, or otherwise using them.  

Gelato usually uses milk instead of cream, and sometimes fewer egg yolks, as well.  If you use whipping cream in place of the milk, you'll have plum ice cream instead.  You can triple this batch if you really, really want to pull out your ice cream maker, but this smaller batch can be made using a high-speed blender. It's lightly sweet, with just enough brightness from the fruit, and full of flavor.  And yes, you may use other types of plums.  The color may or may not be the same, though, depending on the variety you use.  If you can't have eggs, you could thicken the milk with 1 Tbsp. cornstarch instead, but it won't be as creamy.

One pound of plums can mean anything from 4-10 plums, depending on their size.  If yours are small, ping-pong-ball sized, you'll need about ten.  If they're big ones, 2 1/2" across or so, you'll likely need only 4-5.  Either way, the goal is to end up with about 1 3/4 c. puree.

Santa Rosa Plum Gelato
Makes about one quart

1 lb. Santa Rosa plums
1/8 tsp. almond extract, optional but delicious!
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. whole milk, divided (dairy-free options include almond milk, rice milk, or coconut milk)
2 egg yolks
pinch of salt
1/2 c. sugar

Wash plums and remove stems.  Remove pits; you'll to cut them out.  Drop the pitted plums into a high-speed blender, add almond and vanilla extracts, and blend until smooth.   Pour into two empty ice cube trays.  Pour 1/3 c. of the milk into the blender and swish it around to get more of the puree; pour this into the ice cube trays as well.  Put them in the freezer.

Combine the two egg yolks, salt, and the sugar in the unwashed blender.  Heat the remaining 2/3 cup milk in the microwave for 1 minute, until steaming.  Meanwhile, turn the blender on to beat the yolks and sugar.  With the motor running, pour the hot milk in a thin stream into the yolks.  Once it's all in, increase speed to high, and run about two minutes, until the custard thickens slightly.  It will begin to coat the blender sides with a slightly thicker, opaque coating, and the mixture will steam quite a lot.  

Pour the custard into a container with a lid; refrigerate. Wash the blender; there's not much more unpleasant to wash off than dried egg yolk!

3-4 hours later, pull both the now-frozen puree and the now-chilled custard out.  Pour the custard into the (washed!) blender, add the puree cubes, and blend, using the plunger handle to get them to mix.

The gelato will be a soft-serve consistency.  If you want to be able to form round scoops, pour in a container and return to the freezer for another 1-3 hours.

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Indoor S'Mores

7/17/2014

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The fastest, simplest S'mores ever!  My 6-year-old had a blast making these nearly by herself.  If you have a toaster oven, you can make just a few and hardly heat the kitchen up at all.  Even a big batch doesn't make your whole kitchen hot, or make you smell like campfire, or have the neighbors wondering what's on fire.  
If you use GF/CF chocolate chips and GF grahams, these are also a gluten-free, dairy-free treat.

For a big batch, you will need:

1 cup chocolate chips (milk chocolate or semisweet, you choose)
one 10-oz bag regular marshmallows
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (I used precrushed ones) OR 4-5 crackers, crushed
Also:
A cookie sheet, an oven with a broil setting, and a sheet of parchment if you want the easiest cleanup.

Put the oven rack in the highest position.  Dump the chocolate chips into a microwaveable bowl; I used a Corelle cereal bowl.  Microwave for one minute; stir.  If it's not quite melted, microwave 30 seconds more; stir. Repeat if needed, but once you get past 2 minutes it overheats and clumps.  (You can rescue it by stirring in 1-2 tsp. oil.)

Dip the bottom half of a marshmallow into the chocolate, then dip into graham cracker crumbs.  Place on cookie sheet, at least 1/2" apart.

Turn the broiler on and put the marshmallows in.  If you have HI and LO options, here's what happened in my oven with them:

HI:  browned at 35-40 seconds.  Centers were still firm.
LO:  browned at 1 1/2- 2 minutes.  Nearly the whole marshmallow was now melted and gooey.  

Either way, watch these things closely!   Don't walk away for even a few seconds or they may be black when you get back.  Flaming marshmallows over a campfire in the dark may be entertaining, but they're not nearly as amusing in the house!

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Baggie Fudge 

3/22/2014

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Bonus- this fudge can be made dairy-free and still have that creamy, melt-in-your mouth texture!

This week in Joyschool I taught the kids about the process of making chocolate.  I had a library book that had pictures of each step, from cacao tree to wrapped chocolate bars, and I brought hands-on things, as well.  They got to see, smell, and taste bits of roasted cocoa beans (didn't like them!- it's like eating unsweetened chocolate but crunchier.), see and smell cocoa powder, see, smell, and have cocoa butter rubbed into their skin, we melted and molded chocolates (cute little Easter shapes)... and then made this baggie fudge.  If you're making it yourself or have careful children, a single bag is fine, but for this group that includes a few 3-year-old boys, I double-bagged it. :)  This could be a fun Family Home Evening activity AND treat. 
Our batch was made using the coconut oil and coconut cream, since 3 of the kids can't have dairy.

I had brought walnuts in the shell to use in the fudge, but the kids had so much fun cracking the nuts first and eating the bits inside that they were all gone before the fudge was ready.  It's good fudge either way!

Baggie Fudge
1/2 c. coconut oil or butter, softened or melted
1/2 c.  cocoa powder
1/3 c. coconut cream, OR 1/4 c. water and  1/2 c. nonfat dry milk powder
a pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla 
1 lb. powdered sugar (about 4 cups unsifted)
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Put the ingredients in a gallon-sized ziptop bag.  Put this bag inside another bag if  it seems like a good idea.  Squish, knead, or pound the bag until everything is well mixed.  (Giving the kids 30 -second turns seemed to work the best- and gave them practice counting.)  

Once it's mixed, squish the mixture into a rectangular shape near the top, making the rectangle about an inch narrower on each side than the bag.  Put the bag on a cutting board or similar surface.  Cut down one side of the bag and across the bottom with scissors. Cut fudge into squares, or use small cookie cutters to make cute shapes.  Makes about 1 1/2 pounds.

If fudge is a little too soft, let it chill in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes to firm up.



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Moist, refined sugar free, grain-and-gluten-free Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes

3/14/2014

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A friend recently shared this delicious recipe with me.  Since I wanted to make cupcakes for a friend who can only handle sweeteners like honey and agave, it was time to tweak the recipe.  You can find the original, sugar-sweetened, recipe here, if you want to compare it to my version. As cupcakes, they needed more moisture than the original, plus a couple things needed adjusted to allow for honey.  And I discovered that the amount of water your quinoa was cooked in makes a huge difference in whether they're dry, moist, or collapse when baking.   (Not to worry, the problem should be solved now!)   Quinoa is technically a seed and not a grain.

I tried really hard to find a way to use just the blender to make the batter, and not need both it and a bowl, but the batter puffs up so much once the leavening is added, that it just didn't work out that way .  Oh well.

Everyone who has tried these loves them.

Moist Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes

1/2 c. uncooked quinoa*
1 1/4 c. water 
1/3 c. any kind of milk (dairy, almond or coconut are fine)
4 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. melted coconut oil or other liquid vegetable oil
2/3 c. honey
a few drops of orange essential oil, or the washed peel of one clementine, optional
1 c. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2  tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Cook the quinoa, covered, in the 1 1/4 cups water:  either combine in the microwave or stovetop.  To microwave,  put them in a microwave-safe bowl, cover, then cook for 5 minutes at full power, then 5 minutes at 50% power.  For stovetop:  combine in a pan that has a tight-fitting lid.  (If the lid isn't, use 1 1/2 cups water to compensate for what will evaporate.)  Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and let simmer for 20 minutes, until water is all absorbed.
*or use 2 cups cooked quinoa and omit the water.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Put liners in 18-24 cupcake tins, depending on how high you want the cupcakes.

Combine in a blender the cooked quinoa, milk, eggs, vanilla, oil, honey, and orange oil/peel if using it.  Blend until smooth.   Mix the cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.   Pour the quinoa mixture over the top, and stir until well-combined.  Spoon into cupcake liners, or use a spring-loaded ice cream scoop instead to portion out the batter.

For an easy, sweet topping, sprinkle each cupcake before baking with a few semisweet chocolate chips and chopped pecans or other nut.

Bake for about 20 minutes, until the top of a cupcake springs back when lightly pressed with a finger.

Frost with your favorite frosting if you like, or  try any of these.   The cupcakes above are frosted with whipped coconut cream with melted chocolate beaten in:  use 1 cup of chilled coconut cream and 1 cup melted semisweet chocolate.  Whip the cream until it starts to hold soft peaks, then add in the chocolate plus a teaspoon of vanilla and a pinch of salt.  Beat until fluffy and smooth.





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Mango Berry Salad

2/22/2014

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We have a favorite salad... at a local place called Zupas.  I found a recipe online that a lady had tweaked a little, and I've tweaked it a little more!   The original salad uses strawberries where I used blackberries, but I used what I had: blueberries and blackberries were $.99/cup at NPS.

Sometimes DollarTree has frozen mango chunks, 12 ounces for a dollar. The trick is to visit the store within a week of when they get their monthly frozen shipment.

Mango Berry Salad
Salad:
8-10 cups greens (I used green leaf lettuce)
1-2 cups chopped fresh strawberries (or other slightly sour berry)
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 fresh mango, cubed, or 1 cup frozen mango, diced and mostly thawed
1/3 cup cinnamon honey nuts
 
Combine in a large bowl in the order given.

Creamy Mango Dressing:
1/2 c.Greek yogurt* (plain or something mild like vanilla) 
2 Tbsp. lemon juice or balsamic vinegar
1 fresh mango, pitted and peeled, or 1 cup frozen mango, mostly thawed
1/4 tsp. salt

 Combine in a blender until smooth.  If too tart, sweeten with a little honey.  Makes about 1-1/4 cups. Drizzle  about 1/2 cup over salad; toss to coat.  Serve salad with additional dressing on the side, or save the rest for another day .

*for a dairy-free option, use coconut cream (NOT cream of coconut, which is sweetened)
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Homemade Vegetable Broth Powder

1/23/2014

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I have the HARDEST time finding bouillon that doesn't contain MSG.  Here's a solution:  no MSG, no fillers, no preservatives.  Only what you choose to put in it.

This recipe was adapted from Traci's Transformational Health Principles by Traci J. Sellers

Vegetable Broth Powder     (makes about 1 1/2 cups)
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1 cup Nutritional Yeast (to make your own, see here)
1/4 cup RealSalt (or Himalayan salt; something with those trace minerals)
1 Tbsp. onion powder (see how to make your own, here)
1 1/2 tsp. turmeric
1 1/2 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. dried dill weed
1 tsp. marjoram or oregano, optional
1 tsp. dried lemon peel, optional
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. dry basil
1/2 tsp. ground thyme 

 Put everything except parsley in a blender or food processor, in the order given.  Blend until
 powdered.  Add parsley, pulse just enough to chop it a little bit (you're aiming for small bits).  Store in an airtight container indefinitely.  

To use, add a heaping 1/2 tsp. per cup of water, or 1 Tbsp. of powder  for every quart of water.

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Make your own nutritional yeast

1/9/2014

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Have you ever run across a recipe calling for nutritional yeast and you didn't have any?  Maybe didn't even have access to some?  Or maybe you attempted to make a batch of bread and the yeast wasn't working anymore?

Too bad I didn't know, a month ago, what I'm about to tell you.  I threw away an entire pound package of baking yeast (Saccharoymyces cerevisiae) because it wasn't raising my dough.  Sad.

First of all, what IS nutritional yeast?  It's deactivated yeast, frequently the strain used is   Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Totally dead yeast.  Usually it is cultured in something sweet for a few days, then heated to deactivate it.  It adds a nutty, savory, almost meat-y depth of flavor to recipes. (The term is 'umami'). It also contains B vitamins and is a complete protein. 

I've been studying a new (to me) breadmaking book  (more on that later!), and in it,  the author, Peter Reinhart, gives instructions for making your own nutritional yeast:

 Put 1/4 c. active dry yeast in a hot skillet.  Toast over med-hi heat until it turns a medium shade of brown. 

That's it.

Now, was my dysfunctional pound of yeast ready to be used as nutritional yeast without toasting?  No.  It was only  partly dead.  Or maybe 'mostly dead', to quote a favorite movie.  But it needs to be totally dead  before you consume it.   Besides that, toasting brings out flavor.

Ways to use nutritional yeast:
  • as a topping on popcorn
  • sprinkle on top of things in place of cheese
  • mix into mashed potatoes or scrambled eggs in place of cheese
  • add to soups or white sauces to improve flavor (the flavor acts similar to adding bouillon or broth)
  • use in this recipe for dairy-free buttery spread
  • sprinkle on top of homemade crackers or breadsticks before baking
  • make your own vegetable broth recipe, on this post.  Tastes like chicken.  :)


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Gluten free, dairy free pumpkin cheesecake

11/9/2013

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See the bottom of this post for photos on making the heart-swirl pattern.

A friend of mine has to avoid dairy, wheat, and oats- and we were going to be together at a potluck lunch on Thursday.  The pumpkin cheesecake last week (for a different group) was such a hit I decided to adapt it so she could enjoy it too.  But with a bit of chocolate.  Like pumpkin-chocolate chip cookies.

I wanted it to be relatively inexpensive- no quart of coconut yogurt! -that stuff's pricey. Coconut milk and coconut cream, sure.  I have that on hand.  
No recipes using those appeared to be online anywhere, though I found the chocolate-version crust here.  There were some cashew-puree based ones- but not only did I not have time to soak nuts, but wanted this to be a recipe even the nut-allergic could use. So I started with my tried-and-true 'normal' recipe, and adapted. And I was willing to buy one 6-oz cup of coconut yogurt to put in the (optional) topping. 
You won't taste the apple cider vinegar, but it adds both the tartness and savoriness you'd get from cream cheese. If you have 2 (14-oz) cans coconut milk and a 19-oz can of coconut cream, that will be exactly enough for the filling, the topping, and the ganache.

If you want to use honey in the filling instead of sugar, use just 1 cup honey plus 1 Tbsp.  Since this also adds about 1/4 cup of water, add about a tablespoon additional pumpkin powder OR a tablespoon oat or coconut flour so the cheesecake won't be too soft.

Gluten free, dairy free Pumpkin Cheesecake
Crust:
1 c. fine-shred coconut, toasted
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
1 ½ Tbsp. honey
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ Tbsp. cocoa powder 

Stir together and press firmly onto the bottom of a 9” springform pan.  Set aside.  
For a fall-spice crust instead of chocolate, omit cocoa powder, and instead use                 ½ tsp. cinnamon + ¼ tsp. cloves + ½ tsp. ginger

Filling:
1 1/3 c. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4  tsp. ginger
¼ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. (slightly heaped 1/3 c.) pumpkin powder
2 (14-oz) cans coconut milk
3 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
5 large eggs, room temperature
1 c. coconut cream

Mix all together, in order.  Don’t overmix or whip air into it, or it may crack while baking.  Bake at 350 F for  75-90 minutes in a water bath, until center jiggles like Jello and internal temperature is 145-150 F.  Cool in oven or on counter, then chill, covered, in fridge 4 hours or more.

Rum-flavor Topping:
1 cup coconut cream, well chilled
½ cup coconut yogurt
½ cup brown sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. rum extract

Whip cream until just beginning to thicken; add all else and whip.  Spread over chilled cheesecake.

Chocolate Ganache drizzle:
¼ c. (1 ½ oz) dairy-free chocolate chips
3 Tbsp. coconut cream or coconut milk

Heat gently to melt chocolate chips; whisk until smooth.  Drizzle on cheesecake.
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More on using powdered milk

5/4/2013

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Yogurt Cheese

This is 'strained yogurt', the same thing as authentic Greek yogurt;  use it like cream cheese in recipes, or eat it with a little jam or fruit.   Add a bit of salt if subbing this for cream cheese.  
Since the whey- which contains the lactose, or milk sugar- is drained off, you end up with a product that has twice as much protein and quite a bit less milk sugar.

All you do is pour plain yogurt into a cheesecloth-lined colander, set it over a bowl overnight, and check on it in the morning.  You can either leave it on the counter or do this in the fridge. The longer it drains, the thicker it gets.  It works best with homemade, unthickened yogurt, since added thickeners make it hard for the whey to separate away from the solids.  If you don't have cheesecloth, use something else that liquid can drain through but the solids won't, like the superstrong paper towels, or a clean flat-woven dish towel.
16 ounces of plain yogurt will yield about 8 ounces each of yogurt cheese and whey.  You can substitute whey in place of buttermilk in recipes.  I use it for part of the liquid when making bread.


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Sweetened Condensed Milk- use it to make my favorite, Two-Minute Fudge recipe.  For the closest version to a 14-oz can, use

1/2 c. powdered milk*
1/2 c. water
1 c.  sugar
2 Tbsp. butter, optional
To read more about making it or how to use it, see here.
If you happen to need it, here's a recipe for dairy-free sweetened condensed milk 

*If you happen to have some old food storage powdered milk, and it's labeled 'instant,' check to see if the milk has larger particles.  If they're more the size of coarse sand, it's fluffier and you're need to increase the powdered milk in this recipe to about 3/4 cup.

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Easy No-Bake Cheesecake  

Another great way to use sweetened condensed milk!

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Never-flat Whipped Cream 

4/26/2013

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Do you love whipped cream but wished it would stay fluffy like whipped topping does?  
Cool-Whip, move over; your superior is here!  Airy, melt-in-your-mouth, delicately sweet, no hard-to-pronounce ingredients- what could be better?

Use this for topping pies, gelatin, cakes or cupcakes, or anything else you like!  Stir in a little caramel sauce and it's either an amazing dip for apples or an incredible cake filling.  Fold in some melted and cooled chocolate for a mousse-like topping.  White chocolate is delicious mixed in.

The version below that uses gelatin gives the most firmness.  I've kept it in the fridge for two weeks before, without the faintest hint
Yes, you can use this to decorate cakes!  (Just don't let it get too warm, it will melt if it gets above about 90 degrees F, just like butter does.)  This picture is my niece's wedding cake.

If you can't have dairy, use 8 ounces of chilled coconut cream to replace the dairy cream.  Not cream of coconut, that's different.  Coconut cream is the thick layer you find on top of canned coconut milk; Asian markets sell cans of straight coconut cream.

Stabilized whipped cream
½ pint whipping cream (8 oz)
½ tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. sugar or ¼ c. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. Ultra Gel OR 1 tsp. unflavored gelatin*

If using Ultra Gel, stir it with the sugar, then add cream and vanilla and whip until stiff.  

If using gelatin, put it with a tablespoon of water, let it sit a minute to soften, then microwave for 12 seconds to dissolve it. You could heat gently on a stove, if needed.   Don't let it boil.  Whip cream, sugar, and vanilla until they start to thicken a little, then slowly pour gelatin in while still beating. Whip until stiff.  Chill it if you need it a little thicker.

Store any extra in the refrigerator.
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*Other ways to stabilize whipped cream:
(you can skip the Ultra Gel and gelatin if you use these)

-fold in 4-8 ounces melted and cooled chocolate (the more you use, the more truffle-like the frosting/mousse will be.  Also, the darker the chocolate, the less you need.)

-Beat in 2-4 ounces of cream cheese.

-Before whipping, sprinkle in half a package of instant pudding powder.  (This is really adding  Ultra Gel, which is part of the pudding mix.)

-Substitute 1 1/2 -2 Tbsp honey or corn syrup in place of the sugar, or 3 Tbsp. any flavor jam or jelly.  This will only lightly stabilize it, but works for things you'll eat in the next couple hours.
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Fruit-Sweetened Caramel Sauce

4/20/2013

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Somehow I've ended up with more dried fruit than planned, and it's getting a little old and turning dark.  Here's a new way to use it: a sugar-free caramel sauce!  Well, "sugar free" doesn't actually mean really all-sugar-free, BUT... all the sugar in this is naturally occurring in the fruit.  So it's no-sugar-added caramel sauce.  Unless you're a sugar addict, in which case you could add as much more sugar as you like!   This is a sauce to spoon, not to pour.  If you'd like it pourable, add more milk or some liquid honey or maple syrup until it's the consistency you want.

Next post will be for a rich, creamy, healthy no-bake New York style cheesecake, using this caramel sauce in the filling as the sweetener.

Fruit-sweetened Caramel Sauce

15 pitted dates (about 110g or 4 oz.)
1 to 1½ c. milk, any kind (I used coconut milk)
¼ c. melted browned butter or ghee, optional but helps give a caramel-y flavor
1/16 tsp. salt
1Tbsp vanilla

Blend until smooth, starting with the lower amount of milk; add more only if needed.  Makes about 1 1/2 - 2 cups.   If you don’t have a powerful blender, soak the dates overnight in the milk or simmer them together for 10 minutes, then puree.  If you prefer it sweeter, add a little honey, brown sugar, or stevia.

Try other dried fruits.  Peach is good.  Pear has naturally caramel undertones and would be delicious with a dash of cinnamon or coriander.  
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Healthy Peanut Butter-Chocolate Banana Bars

3/23/2013

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These have fiber, protein, and are much lower in sugar than almost any baked treat!  And they really are good.  My family snarfed down this batch. 

Besides all that, they're also wheat-free and dairy-free.

Healthy Peanut Butter-Chocolate-Banana Bars

1 1/2 cups cooked white beans (one can, drained and rinsed)
2 eggs
2 ripe medium bananas
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/4 c. brown sugar or honey (or 1/2 c sugar, if you like things on the sweeter side)
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/3 c. chocolate chips (the darker the better)

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Put the beans, eggs, bananas, peanut butter, brown sugar, and vanilla in a food processor or high-powered blender.  Run until very smooth.  Stir in the baking powder, salt and oats.  Spread in a greased 8x8 pan then sprinkle with chocolate chips.  Bake 30 minutes or til test done with a toothpick.  Cool at least 15 minutes before cutting.  These are even better the next day.

For a variation on this, substitute pumpkin puree for the banana, increase sugar/honey to 1/2 c., replace almond or cashew butter for the peanut butter, then add 1-2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice.
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Black Bean Brownies (or, Chocolate Truffle Brownies)

3/6/2013

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Apparently these have been popular in the food world for about a year... but I first saw them last week.  My oldest son, the pickiest eater in the house, had noticed the printed recipe sitting on the counter for several days, grimacing everytime he walked past it.  So when a batch of brownies appeared out of the oven, he cocked an eyebrow at me, asking "Are these what I think they are?", then declared he would NOT eat them.
After everyone else begged for seconds, though, he decided he'd try just one bite.  Then a whole brownie.  Then he had seconds too.
(YEAH!)

Black Bean Brownies

1 1/4 c. cooked black beans, rinsed (about a 15-oz can or 1/2 c. dry beans- cook first)
3 eggs
1/4 c. melted coconut oil or vegetable oil
1/2- 2/3 cup honey OR 3/4-1 cup sugar (brownies with the higher amounts are sweeter and more moist)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup whole wheat flour, OR 1/2 c.gluten-free flour plus 1 tsp. xanthan gum
½ teaspoon almond extract or orange extract, optional
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
½ cup chopped walnuts, optional
¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips, optional


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter or spray a 9x13 pan.  Combine beans, eggs, oil, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and almond/orange extract (if using) in a food processor or blender.  Puree until very smooth.  In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.   Pour the puree over top, then mix both together.  Stir in walnuts if using.  Sprinkle chocolate chips on top.  Bake about 25 minutes or until center tests done with a toothpick.  
Cool.  
To make these into Chocolate Truffle Brownies, omit the chocolate chips and frost with my favorite-ever chocolate frosting: creamy, soft, oh-so-smooth Chocolate Blender Frosting!
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