Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
Every year our family gathers for a big Thanksgiving potluck, with everyone bringing either their tried‑and‑true classics or something new to share. I just love potluck style. The items on this plate were made by at least six different people! I’ve baked sourdough for years, but this was my first […]
Note: All recipes have a downloadable, printable, ad-free, photo-free JPG version at the bottom of every post! Just scroll to the bottom. Nothing beats a warm, flaky biscuit—whether it’s part of a lazy Sunday brunch, the star of a Saturday morning spread, or served alongside a cozy weeknight dinner. Let’s […]
This mixed berry cobbler is a delicious, all-natural dessert made with simple ingredients like sugar, vanilla, butter, and all-purpose or cake flour. Perfect for using up frozen or fresh berries, this cobbler combines a lightly sweet and tangy berry filling with a unique, kefir-infused batter (or use another type of […]
Are you ready to make a super easy, homemade cheese spread to wow your guests? They’re great on crackers, spread on baguette, eaten with charcuterie, and more. You can take it up another level by using fresh or your homegrown herbs as well. Today I’m going to show them stuffed […]
Discover a truly unique and delectable snack with this probiotic fermented crudités paired with a creamy kefir ranch dip! Don’t worry if kefir isn’t your thing; you can always use the more traditional buttermilk option, easily found at a supermarket. Crudités, from the French word “cru” meaning “raw,” are typically […]
Tandoori is both a cooking style and method (cooking in a tandoor). This recipe doesn’t require a tandoor, but simply your favorite medium for cooking wings, be it your grill, oven, smoker, air fryer, or what have you. Although you may be used to tandoori chicken being bright red, this […]
Let’s state at the outset, you can use this recipe to make easy, delicious cornbread with any kind of milk (or buttermilk). When I started experimenting with milk kefir in baking for my first cookbook, I eventually hit upon the idea of kefir corn bread. To cut to the chase […]
If you’re interested in sourdough baking but don’t have a sourdough starter, you may not have realized there’s lots of ways to come up with a “starter” – which is really just a natural yeast source rather than commercial packaged yeast. These are typically just as easy to make as […]
What’s so wonderful about paneer cheese (besides how it’s healthy, fluffy, satisfying, and doesn’t melt) is how easy it is to make at home with common kitchen ingredients and equipment. For this reason, it’s an ideal choice to enter the foray of homemade cheese making. What’s more, it is a […]
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 […]