This recipe can be used to make lox – salt cured salmon, also known as gravlax – with notes of sweet and sour citrus. The finished product will be a luxury food of significantly higher caliber than anything you can find prepackaged or even in most delis, and at a […]
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“Ginger Bug” Sodas (Recipe for Starter Culture and Blackberry Ginger Beer)
A “ginger bug” is a natural soda “starter” you can easily make at home. In other words, like other fermented foods, it contains healthy bacteria and wild yeasts which convert sugars into things like acids, CO2, and alcohol. In fact, alcohol in ginger bug sodas is negligible because of the […]
Montreal Steak Seasoning Sauerkraut
So a couple months back, I provided my recipe for one of my all-time favorite spice mixes / dry rubs: Montreal Steak Seasoning. (Mostly referred to as MSS from here on out as I’m feeling lazy…) One of my goals behind getting that recipe up was to later post some […]
Insanely Orange Napa Cabbage Kimchi
For my discussion of why I started experimenting with colorful kimchis (besides the obvious answer of “why not!?”), I invite you to check out my original color-kimchi post, jalapeno-cilantro-lime green kimchi, here. I debated for a long time about what to put in it. There are so many amazing orange […]
Spring Ferments 4/13 Workshop
Click here for details and registration for the 4/13 Spring Ferments workshop in the West Cobb area. SOLD OUT! PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE
Purple Sauerkraut
It’s interesting that the big-name brands of sauerkraut you find in mainstream supermarkets are never purple. These brands aren’t normally fermented, but rather are vinegar brined. Even when they are fermented (or at least saltwater brined), they’re later pasteurized and consequently lose all their healthy probiotic activity and become mushy […]
Jalapeño-Cilantro-Lime Green Kimchi
We all have those moments where an idea strikes us from out of the blue. Or out of the green, in this instance. At first my idea was simply: “Why is Kimchi always red? There’s so many different colors and flavors of pepper.” And then I thought about how kimchi […]
AIP Fermented Fire Cider
Note: This is an AIP (autoimmune protocol) recipe but even if you’re not doing the AIP and are simply interested in enhancing your gut health and natural probiotic intake, you’ve come to the right place. A separate, traditional vinegar-based fire cider will also be posted in the near future. You […]
Hot Sauce Bottles, Supplies & Equipment
If you start looking online for sauce equipment, you can find anything from small batch hobbyist supplies to big rigs for professional producers. Everything on this site is geared towards the home hobbyist. These are products that I own and use except where clearly noted. For example, I don’t use […]
Honey Ferments
Honey ferments are almost too good to be true. Minimal risks of the ferment going bad. Easy and straightforward without any fancy equipment. And the flavors are just to die for whether eaten alone, added to fruit salad, used in dressings or marinades, in teas, topping ice cream and desserts. […]