Weston A Price/Nourishing Traditions Homemade Baby Formula Tutorial - Part 2 of 3

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This homemade baby formula is a wonderful supplement for mothers unable to breastfeed or needing to supplement. Remember that breastmilk should ALWAYS be the first choice for baby, if possible. This raw milk based formula takes account of the fact that human milk is richer in whey, lactose, vitamin C, niacin, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to cow's milk but leaner in casein (milk protein). The addition of gelatin to cow's milk formula will make it more digestible for the infant. Use only truly expeller-expressed oils in the formula recipes, otherwise they may lack vitamin E.

The ideal milk for baby, if he cannot be breastfed, is clean, whole raw milk from old-fashioned cows, certified free of disease, that feed on green pasture. For sources of good quality milk, see www.realmilk.com or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation. www.westonaprice.org

If the only choice available to you is commercial milk, choose whole milk, preferably organic and unhomogenized, and culture it with a piima or kefir culture to restore enzymes (available from G.E.M. Cultures 253-588-2922 or http://www.gemcultures.com).

Ingredients for Double Recipe, make approx 72 oz. (Many of these ingredients are available from Radiant Life (www.radiantlifecatalog.com).

4 cups whole raw cow's milk, preferably from pasture-fed cows
1/2 cup homemade liquid whey (See recipe for whey, below) Note: Do NOT use powdered whey or whey from making cheese (which will cause the formula to curdle). Use only homemade whey made from yoghurt, kefir or separated raw milk.
1/2 c. lactose
1/2 teaspoon bifidobacterium infantis
4 or more tablespoons good quality cream (preferably not ultrapasteurized), more if you are using milk from Holstein cows
1 teaspoon unflavored high-vitamin or high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil
2 teaspoons expeller-expressed sunflower oil
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
4 teaspoons coconut oil
4 teaspoons Frontier brand nutritional yeast flakes
4 teaspoons gelatin
3 3/4 cups filtered water
1/2 teaspoon acerola powder

Follow instructions in video

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[MrsHepp83]

@ChristieNichols ...on the counter at room temperature for 4-6 hours or until it is no longer dripping. 1 quart of yogurt should make about 2 cups of whey. Hope that helps! - Angie

[MrsHepp83]

@ChristieNichols - I recommend using whole milk yogurt to make the whey. I buy Straus family Creamery, but any good quality organic whole milk yogurt should work. This is the method I use: Place a strainer over a tall pitcher, then line with a tea towel or a few layers of cheesecloth. Pour the yogurt into the towel and allow to drain for about an hour. Then pull up all four corners of the cloth and secure together with a rubber band. Hang from a cabinet knob and allow to drain into the pitcher..

[ChristieNichols]

Ok have another question I bought the kefir it's the consistency of thicker milk and I got the cheese cloth. Now do I just pour the kefir in the cheesecloth over a glass bowel and put it in the fridge or leave it sitting out? I took the kefir out of the fridge and put it in cheesecloth and it's not straining yellowish whey not sure what I'm doing wrong.