Favorite yeast smoothie recipes

[HoneySuckleBlue]

What's your favorite way to prepare these incredibly healthful experiences?

I am looking for ideas here...new combinations, or old ones I just hav'nt heard of yet:p . Whats a good base...yogurt or straight fruit?

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Yum...blueberries. I think I am gonna have to go see if my blender is in yet at the GoodWill Industries:) I feel experimentations coming on.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

The culture medium on which yeast is grown is most important, since it is from this medium that the minerals, metals and vital micronutrients are derived. Unlike ordinary brewer's yeast, which is grown on grain and hops, Lewis Laboratories 100% Pure Premium Imported Brewer's Yeast is grown on sugar beets and dried at the low temperature of 60[degrees]F, the safest way to process yeast. Since it is derived from sugar beets, it contains a rich spectrum of nutrients. Sugar beets are known to absorb so much out of the soil--minerals, metals, trace elements, etc., that they can only be grown on one field for about two years without depleting the soil. Therefore, the nutritional riches end up in this yeast.

Lewis Laboratories 100% Pure Premium Imported Brewer's Yeast tastes so good it actually improves the flavor of many foods. It can give a rich, cheesy taste to an otherwise dull vegetarian soup. However, don't destroy the Vitamin Bs by overcooking--add the yeast after you remove the pot from the heat. Or you can simply mix it with your favorite juice for a real nutritional boost. But, why not find out for yourself?. You be the judge. Free taste sample available--call 1-800-243-6020



Mmmmmm...yeast soup!

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Yup...I am really gonna do it.



How's long does it take to figure out if you need to do something?
I guess first we have to define what a need is...










This could take a while.

I like the way something rattle around in your head and other things zing on through. Are we missing out if we miss something?


If you are everything can you miss anything?



...I just need a link. I'll do it right now:)

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Here ya go:

http://www.lewis-labs.com/products/fiberyeast.htm

[nirgal]

HeeHee, talkin' to yerself.. :p
I like yeast in the organic version of V8 juice

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Heeh I am allowed to do that just as long as I don't switch names:p

The free yeast is in the mail:) that was easy.

Good to have company...don't feel so crazy. lol

I can't wait to try it on toasted sprouted grain bread...

[nirgal]

...or speak in the third person ;)

They sell it in bins at Whole Foods here. Besides all the other benifitts, it makes your hair and fingernails grow..heehee

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Hmm, I have promptly forgotten the tenses a few times.

They don't sell anything in bins here. Bins make buying so much more personal...

[kitty fabulous]

i take nutritional yeast in a smoothie made from plain unsweetened soymilk, peanut butter, blackstrap molasses, and banana, in order to boost my dietary iron intake around certain times of the month.

looking for a substitute for the banana as i may be developing an allergy. it's got to be cheap, though.

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Can you get your mits on some paw paws?


The unique flavor of the fruit resembles a blend of various tropical flavors, including banana, pineapple, and mango. The flavor and custard-like texture make pawpaws a good substitute for bananas in almost any recipe. The common names, ‘poor man’s banana,’ ‘American custard apple,’ and ‘Kentucky banana’ reflect these qualities.

Pawpaw’s beautiful, maroon colored flowers appear in the spring, and the clusters of fruit ripen in the fall. The Kentucky harvest season is from late August to mid-October. Ripe pawpaw fruits are easily picked, yielding to a gentle tug. Shaking the tree will make them fall off. (If you try this, don’t stand under the fruit clusters, and don’t say we didn’t warn you.) Ripeness can also be gauged by squeezing gently, as you would judge a peach. The flesh should be soft, and the fruit should have a strong, pleasant aroma. The skin color of ripe fruit on the tree ranges from green to yellow, and dark flecks may appear, as on bananas. The skin of picked or fallen fruit may darken to brown or black.

Fully ripe pawpaws last only a few days at room temperature, but may be kept for a week in the refrigerator. If fruit is refrigerated before it is fully ripe, it can be kept for up to three weeks, and can then be allowed to finish ripening at room temperature. Ripe pawpaw flesh, with skin and seeds removed, can be pureed and frozen for later use. Some people even freeze whole fruits.

Pawpaws are very nutritious fruits. They are high in vitamin C, magnesium, iron, copper, and manganese. They are a good source of potassium and several essential amino acids, and they also contain significant amounts of riboflavin, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc. Pawpaws contain these nutrients in amounts that are generally about the same as or greater than those found in bananas, apples, or oranges.

Baugh!!!

*Has molasses and cod liver oil flash backs to when my parents were on a kick*

I swear those people ruined me for health food.

My sister and I were just talking about this saturday. She still eats the stuff on pancakes (we did'nt have syrup like 'normal' people did) *shudders*

[nirgal]

Paw Paws are an aquierd taste..lol
got to pick them just after the frost.. astringent fer sure

[HoneySuckleBlue]

Do they sell those in the grocery store?

[nirgal]

In season.. late fall. Might be Japanese ones available, I don't keep track LoL We have some wild ones in the back, but well :p

Avacados are my new interest .. yum!

[kitty fabulous]

my cousin makes his own maple syrup, so i'm spoiled for pancakes.

no can do paw paw. has to be cheap, easily obtainable, and not disgusting.

i tried some once. *makes face*

[HoneySuckleBlue]

We just got off of a pancake binge.


Mmmmmm.....with bluberries.


The yeast came yesterday and I sprinkled it on some oatmeal toast with butter and dang that was soooo yummy!! It's got little tiney flakes that are all golden and crunchy:) :) I have got light energy in my belly and i can feel it. I just had two pieces of toast and i was'nt hungry till twoish in the afternoon, and i feel glowey...that's nuts.

I looove this stuff!

[nirgal]

HeeHee, it's magic :)

Eliminates a meal and it is glowy, isn't it...;)

Does wonders on fingernails too....

[HoneySuckleBlue]

I just got a tub of it from the health food store, and it's sooo good on the toast.


I also sprinkle it on my salads, does' eliminate the need for meat:)

..and the popped corn, gives it that nice cheesy popcorn flavor and it is sooo good for you! I love looking down the list of amino acids on the lable and recognising alot of them from my physiology and anatomy class.

[oldwolf]

another recipe for you:

put 2 saucers one of soy sauce and one of yeast
Cut firm tofu into fairly thin slices (you will find out soon what is appropriate for you)
first put the slice in the soy sauce and turn it so that both side are wet -
then quickly put the wet tofu into the yeast and turn till nicely coated
Put into a hot olive oil pan and cook till toasty and crispy yurning as is necessary

A nice use for tofu and does not taste at all like that bland gunk you usually think of as tofu.

So did you buy the Lewis laboratory yeast at the healthfood store - how greatly does the price differ from regular "pedestrian" yeast - I presume once you get used to the Lewis yeast you would not wish to return to that other stuff - aye ?

Have not yet ordered the Lewis - but do intend to - thanks

[kitty fabulous]

Edited to add: I usually use bulk nutritional yeast flakes from the bulk food section at the co-op.

Stir some into peanut butter, use as a spread or in sandwiches.

Try it sprinkled over macaroni & cheese, with a dash of Bragg's liquid aminos or soy sauce and a sprinkle of Spike seasoning.

If you think it's amazing on buttered toast, wait till you try it on buttered potato.

Toss it into buttered grains, with garlic & onion powder, &/or Spike.

It's incredible on broccoli or brussel sprouts.

Make a gravy that imitates chicken gravy: create a sauce with vegetable stock and arrowroot or with butter or oil, flour and stock or milk. I like mine with sauteed onion, garlic, a little sage or thyme and plenty of pepper. Stir in the nutritional yeast, while sauce is still hot but after it's been removed from the heat. to flavor before serving. You can use this gravy as a table sauce, or you can make things like vegetarian pot pie, but some of the nutrients in the yeast will be damaged by cooking.

Edited again to add, if you want to imitate "chicken bits" in the gravy, get a block of tofu, press out as much of the water as you can, wrap it well in plastic wrap and seal in a zip-loc bag, and freeze over night. Thaw the next day, and crumble through your hands into your gravy base as it cooks, before adding the yeast, to warm it through. The freezing changes the texture of the tofu, making it chewy. This is a great technique for usuing tofu in tacos or chili too. To imitate the "meat" flavor when using frozen tofu as a sub for beef (such as in tacos or chili), add a squirt of Bragg's or soy sauce.

Make a nutritional "candy". This is a trick I use to get extra nutrients into the kids. Stir together about a cup to 1 1/2 cups of peanut or other nut butter, add about 1/4 to 1/3 cup dry powdered milk (not instant) or soy protien powder, 1/4 c nutritional yeast, 1/4 cup honey or raw sugar or molasses, chopped raisins, rice crispies, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, chopped nuts, dried fruit, coconut flakes, etc, and maybe some cocoa or carob powder for flavor. This will create a stiff dough. (add wheat germ, milk powder, or carob to stiffen if necessary, if too crumbly either warm the dough in your hands before rolling, or add more honey or nut butter) pinch off about teasppon-sized amonts, roll between palms, and then roll in balls in coconut flakes, chopped nuts, or sesame seeds. Amounts are approximate because I'm one of "those" cooks. Experiment - you may end up with a sticky mess the first few tries, but it'll be a tasty sticky mess! There's a lot of fat and sugar in this. It is candy. But it's also so nutrionally rich, it's a great way for me to sneak nutrients into the kids, or to give them as a snack for a little bit of a boost when travelling or running lots of long, boring errands. Store the nut butter balls in an air tight container, or wrapped individually in wax paper or plastic wrap.

[kitty fabulous]

A nice use for tofu and does not taste at all like that bland gunk you usually think of as tofu.
Tofu is only bland gunk to people who don't know how to use it. I'd place a bet that now she's working in a health food store, tofu is going to be one of her next great discoveries, and she'll wonder how she ever saw it as boring once she's tried a few really good, well-made tofu recipes.

I tell people who think they don't like tofu that tofu (as we know it, anyway) is an ingredient. You wouldn't sit down and have a big bowl of flour, would you? Yet flour is a wonderful food, and we love the things that are made from it. When tofu is fresh, and well-made, it can taste wonderful by itself, smooth and creamy and almost sweet. But the spongy white stuff floating in the plastic tubs we get here in the states, while tasteless, is still a wonderful food - it just needs a little help, in fact its virtue is that it is so amazingly versatile.

There are so many techniques to manipulate the flavor and texture of tofu. It soaks up whatever it is marinated or cooked in like the sponge it is. More varieties of tofu are becoming available, even in ordinary grocery stores. Try the different flavors of baked tofu - my favorite is the smoked tofu - but you can learn to marinate and bake it yourself, and try other flavors, such as oriental orange or lemon herb. My children love fried tofu, which we get at asian groceries, either as triangles or tofu balls. In some asian groceries you can find fried tofu that forms a little pocket that can be stuffed with other foods. I use silken tofu and honey, carob, or fruit to make puddings and freezer pops for the kids. Tofu's potential is endless!

[HoneySuckleBlue]

The girl that was leaving the health food store decided not to leave, so they did'nt need me, which was ideal since I realised how much I need lots of time to wander up in alaska. I did make some new friends though and i will be back in there alot more now that I have met everyone.

The lewis labs yeast was fourteen bucks for a 14 oz. canister at the health food store. I don't really know what the other yeast goes for...but at this point I really have no desire to try anything else. It's just so good and I love that's it grown off of the sugar beets and not beer.

Tofu...*shudders* you know it actually sounds kinda good the way you described it old wolf, I may just give that a shot. What is so good about tofu though??

And kitty, I'll have to try it on some mashed taters next:) mmmmm