OH BOY! SOY!!!!

Now, don't stop reading just because of the title.

Why soy?

* RICH IN PROTEIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN B1 & VITAMIN B2

* GREAT SOURCE OF DIETARY FIBER (read lower about 'okara')

* NO CHOLESTEROL

* HIGH IN OMEGA-3

* VERY INEXPENSIVE!

There are a handful of non-sentimental

material possessions that

I CAN'T DO WITHOUT

One of those is my

SOYA POWER Soy Milk Maker

For just pennies, I can make a gallon of soymilk.

and not just any soymilk

ORGANIC soymilk

with no additives, preservatives, artificial sweeteners

Ok ... so it's cheap and it's good for me ... how do I use it?

Our family's favorite use:

GREEN SMOOTHIES

(here's a basic green smoothie recipe)

combine in blender:

2 cups soy milk

2 ripe bananas

1 cup non-fat plain yogurt

blend well

add by the handful:

organic washed spinach leaves ... throw in as much as you think you can handle

start with maybe a cup, then as you get used to the taste, add more

the idea here is to get as much nutrition as possible

(we freeze our spinach and throw in the frozen stuff - it makes for a good consistency)

You can add all kinds of great things to this:

berries

apples

applesauce

parsley

mangoes

the list is endless - experiment and see what you like

Even 2-year-old Jace likes the basic green smoothie

For our smoothies, we

ALWAYS BUY ORGANIC

Go online and search for a good place to buy organic soybeans

I like this place

You can store them for a long time

Using a soymilk maker is

EASY

Pretty much you just soak the beans

toss them in the maker

along with some water

and

hit the switch

....

minutes later

voila!

soy milk

you can do all kinds of cool things to change the flavor

experiment

A great trick that

I LOVE

take the okara (mentioned above)

it's the left-over fiber after making soymilk

and refrigerate it for up to a few days

throw it into your bread recipe,

cake recipe, cookie recipe,

pancakes,

banana bread, etc.

Besides getting a whole bunch of free protein

it makes your

stuff

FLUFF

Remember I said that it costs just pennies to make your soymilk?

using the okara means that it

basically costs

NOTHING

to get extra protein-rich fiber!

If you live near me, come try my soymilk

or a green smoothie

(but you have to stop in early for the smoothie - it's breakfast in our home)