Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Introduction to Kefir Grains Let’s first clarify that milk kefir “grains” are not grains at all, though they do take on a soft, grain-like appearance and texture. It’s a bit like rice pudding in appearance and consistency. Kefir grains are probiotic colonies of yeast, lactic-acid producing bacteria, lipids, proteins, and […]
What is lacto-fermentation? Lacto-fermentation can also just be called “fermentation.” For example, we say certain foods like sauerkraut, kimchi, and sour pickles are “fermented.” The term lacto-fermentation is simply a way of specifying the type of fermentation we are talking about, because there are various types and classifications of fermentation. […]
I love growing mustard greens, both because they are so easy to grow and because I love the flavor, whether raw or cooked, including in soups and even turned into chips in my food dehydrator after coating them in sesame oil, brown sugar and my fermented sriracha. I may have […]
Here’s a short video I did on Youtube about burping. And this here is a link to my ever-growing recommended equipment page.
I recently put up a post about making kvass – a drink with Russian & Eastern European origins – which wasn’t specifically a beet drink originally but beets were sometimes added. In case you hadn’t noticed, beets impart an incredible color to liquids and most anything they touch. Although I […]
Kvass means different things to different people. In most Eastern European and Slavic nations, it is regarded as a low alcohol, fermented drink made from Rye Bread. It is sort of like a rye beer. Beet kvass, a popular, probiotic and nutrient-rich lacto-fermented drink, may have started to be dubbed […]
If you’ve never heard of charoset, you can think of it as a kind of biblical-era ambrosia. It is one of several symbolic foods eaten by Jews during the holiday of Passover. Charoset can be understood to mean “mortar,” derived from the Hebrew word cheres which is clay, as its […]
I’ve mentioned before that I have been an adherent of my own spin on Paleo for a few years, and besides the weight loss and increased muscle tone I observed came with this significant change in my diet, I also clearly had improved digestion. Although I am not on the […]
Passover is just around the corner. Well, six weeks might not be just around the corner to some, but in the fermenting world that’s no time. For maror, horseradish, I recommend at least several weeks to a month ferment time, and starting now like I’ve done is all the better. […]
Does sriracha sauce have to be red? I think you have the answer in the title. But if you want to make a red fermented sriracha, and/or get lots of advice on making a sauce safe for shipping or sharing (i.e. making it non-explosive), click here and read through that […]