Oh these look so delicious, so does your post. I am so proud of you. I cannot wait to try them!
Kayci
· 1 year ago
I use a similar method, but use orange juice instead of milk and no sugar. It's allergy friendly this way but you can also add flax seed or wheat germ, or even a handful of spinach!
Prudent Homemaker
· 1 year ago
We've been living on our food storage for almost two years now, and we make smoothies as well. I don't use powdered milk, yogurt or sugar in mine.
You can, however, make yogurt from powdered milk (HillyBilly Housewife has instructions on how to do it; I keep refrigerated acidophlius on hand to do it) to include if you want to.
You can also open your canned fruit and freeze it for smoothies. I also make fruit nectar from my trees and add that in for part of fruit.
Michelle
· 1 year ago
Jodi -
Glad you saw the award - I had not gotten around to leaving you a note about it yet. Yes, if you are up for it, you can forward it onto 6 blogs and list 6 things you are grateful for. No pressure - it is not for everyone, but it is a fun way to highlight some of your favorite blogs or resources.
Jodi
· 1 year ago
Thanks to those who commented with variations on our smoothie recipe. The best thing about food storage, recipes, etc. is that you can customize them to fit your family's needs and preferences. We are trying to practice making these things BEFORE we are stuck in an emergency so that we can make sure that our families (and us) will actually EAT them!
Party Mum
· 1 year ago
Thankyou so so much for this pwdered milk smoothie. I have to say I dread the times when the money doesn't quite stretch and I have to rely on the ole powdered milk from my food storage to get by. I can't stand the stuff, kids love it though, but now I can try it as a smoothie. I thought the idea of freezing canned fruit was a great suggestion from Prudent Home Maker too. I often do it for my Perfect Party Drink Recipes, but never thought to do it for individual future smoothies. So thanks muchly :)
Tracy
· 10 months ago
LOVE the idea of pre-packaging them! And the little yogurt cubes? Brilliant! I'm totally going to do that. Thanks.
mentalutopia
· 10 months ago
You can make the yogurt using powdered milk or canned milk from your food storage too. Canned milk makes amazing creamy yogurt similar to Dannon La Creme. And powdered milk makes nonfat yogurt that doesn't have any weird "powdered" taste.
Blog Buddy
· 9 months ago
While growing up in Alaska, my mother served us powdered milk to drink and eat with cereal. We hated the stuff and preferred "fresh milk" instead:D But I remember her using powdered milk in our homemade hot-chocolate(delicious!) She also used powdered milk in her bread recipe...which we couldn't get enough of. So, I now keep a box of dry milk to use for baking also. My kids have no idea how lucky they are!
George
· 8 months ago
Great take on the technique, I haven't seen it done this way before
Jessica Rancourt
· 8 months ago
I like the idea of using powdered milk in frozen fruit smoothies, and am curious about yogurt cubes! Doesn't freezing yogurt kill the probiotics and live active cultures in it?
jweiss08
· 8 months ago
Jessica
I actually never heard of or thought of that. I will look into it. For now I figure it's creamier and yummier then just plain ice cubes... But if you're doing it to get all the nutrients out of the yogurt and freezing it kills it, that's something to think about ?!?!?
Kayla
· 7 months ago
Great idea - we also throw in the baby spinach leaves from Costco - seriously - you can't taste them and it is a great way to get greens into the kids!
Liz
· 1 month ago
I'm not sure that freezing yogurt kills the good bacteria, because you can make more yogurt with a frozen cube of yogury, not as thick as store bought, but works as well, and it is a great little money saver.
All Comments
You can, however, make yogurt from powdered milk (HillyBilly Housewife has instructions on how to do it; I keep refrigerated acidophlius on hand to do it) to include if you want to.
You can also open your canned fruit and freeze it for smoothies. I also make fruit nectar from my trees and add that in for part of fruit.
Glad you saw the award - I had not gotten around to leaving you a note about it yet. Yes, if you are up for it, you can forward it onto 6 blogs and list 6 things you are grateful for. No pressure - it is not for everyone, but it is a fun way to highlight some of your favorite blogs or resources.
I actually never heard of or thought of that. I will look into it. For now I figure it's creamier and yummier then just plain ice cubes... But if you're doing it to get all the nutrients out of the yogurt and freezing it kills it, that's something to think about ?!?!?