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Coconut Milk Yogurt

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Finally, the recipe so many folks have been asking for. Coconut milk yogurt with all real food ingredients! The CTF Facebook page has been excitedly waiting for this one while seeing my multiple posts and pictures on the progress of the recipe.

This recipe is from the Menu Mailer, Volume 4 Week 29. Please consider supporting our blog by making a purchase of a Menu Mailer subscription or buying some of the issues of the Back to Basics Menu Mailer series. Mailers contain the recipes, shopping list and prep schedule for 6 meals and one dessert every week.  We add extras such as this coconut milk yogurt as we develop the recipes.  The Mailer runs as low as $1 a week.  You can receive a free Menu Mailer that was published in January, 2011 if you sign up for our mailing list.

Coconut milk yogurt from the recipe as written, unstirred, incubated 20 hours.

 

The slightly tan color comes from using rapadura as the sweetener to feed the beneficial bacteria.  If you need a white yogurt, use honey.

 

Coconut milk yogurt
This yogurt is nicely thick, even when stirred

 

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Quick Meals- Forbidden Chicken

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This is one of my go-to meals when I am in a great hurry time-wise when I had planned to cook dinner.  You know those evenings, where you have some meat thawed and a meal planned, but something comes up that needs your attention instead?  I use it when I have time for the oven to do all of the work but I don’t have the time to stand there.

The chicken takes me about 10 minutes to get it in the oven.  If I don’t have any leftover rice in the fridge, have one of the kids scrub some potatoes, poke them with a fork, rub with oil and salt them.  I place them in a baking dish and put them in the oven when I begin pre-heating it, before I put in the chicken.  Check them when the chicken is done, as they might need a few extra minutes.

Then I pull out some leftover veggies or 10 minutes before the chicken comes out of the oven, I saute up some pre-prepared kale and I have a quick meal on the table in less than 20 minutes of hands-on time.  Prepare your greens when you get home from the store.  Wash them, cut them, dry them thoroughly and roll it all up in some paper towels, sealing it in a ziplock bag.  You have a quick side dish whenever you need it.

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Busy Day Chicken

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Over the next few weeks, we’re going to transfer all of the articles on the website and my personal blog articles on food over to the CTF blog.

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How many times on errand day have you picked up a rotisserie chicken because you needed a meal on the table without a lot of effort or fuss? With a little advanced preparation, a roasted chicken can be a quick and easy meal to get on the table and can also provide two additional meals for your family. [Read more…] about Busy Day Chicken