Re: Yogurt Popsciles?Any Gut Benefit?

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Okay! I'll try!

One problem though.....How do you " Drip " yogurt? :-)

Thanks for the ideas!

Abby

Mom to noah: Age 3: PDDNOS: SCD 8 Weeks

>

> Hi Abby,

>

> > I mixed the yogurt with some banana, honey and srtawberry and made

> > " popsciles " which he tentatively licked yesterday! Is he reaping

> ANY of the

> > good gut bug benefits of the yogurt if it is frozen, or am I

> torturing myself for no

> > reason?

>

> Many but not necessarily all of the bacteria are killed by freezing.

>

> Here's a couple of ideas

>

> 1. Try making a frozen fruit smoothie and only addinga tiny amount

> of dripped yogurt. You don't need a lot of yogurt for high numbers

> of bacteria. There's about 45 billion CFU's in a tablespoon of

> undripped yogurt - even more in dripped yogurt - and if it is

> dripped it is not as tart. So you could make a strawberry, honey

> and banana smoothie with a small amount of yogurt - virtually

> untectable. If he drinks it you can slowly increase the amount.

> And slowly is the best way to increase the amounts.

>

> 2. Drip the yogurt until it is about the texture of cream cheese or

> drier. Add some honey and fruit and make a spread for legal breads,

> muffins etc. As with above you can start with tiny amounts of

> dripped yogurt and gradually increase it.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Sheila