In the past few weeks, I’ve enjoyed a little treat: fresh, homemade matsoni courtesy of a new company Cultures for Health. Matsoni is a nice tart yogurt hailing from Georgia and was thought to convey long life. Matsoni is also a room-temperature yogurt that cultures well with minimal effort.
For those of you that are interested in eating different strains of yogurt, drinking cultured beverages like kombucha or kefir or baking artisan-style sourdough breads, finding a starter culture can prove difficult. It took me several months to find my first batch of water kefir, and several more months before I found a kombucha scoby. I’ve got a waiting list of friends and readers for kombucha mothers water kefir grains that’s several months deep. No joke, this stuff is hard to find. Fortunately, though, once you a acquire a starter and maintain its health, it will continue reproducing for you indefinitely.
So here it is: This week Cultures for Health is offering a special giveaway for NourishedKitchen.com‘s readers. The winner will receive a package of water kefir grains PLUS any yogurt starter of his/her choice and any sourdough starter of his/her choice.
Cultures for Health
Cultures for Health makes that search a little bit easier. They cultures and starters at very affordable rates and even ship internationally. They offer 5 different yogurt starters, 17 different sourdough starters, as well as water kefir grains, kombucha mothers, buttermilk starter, dairy kefir grains and other supplies.
The Prize
- Water Kefir Grains
- Yogurt Starter of Your Choice
- Sourdough Starter of Your Choice
How to Enter
Anyone can enter, including international readers. You have up to 5 chances to enter, so please up your odds and enter multiple times!
First, visit Cultures for Health and sign up for the giveaway there, look around, then come back here and let me know which of one of her yogurt starters you liked best and which one of her sourdough starters that has you salivating.
For more chances to win, you have up to five more chances so take them:
- Blog about this giveaway and send me the link.
- Post about this giveaway on a message board and send me the link.
- Email this giveaway to a friend and let me know.
- Stumble this giveaway and let me know.
- Tweet this giveaway and let me know.
Why Enter?
Because you took it to heart when I wrote about the benefits of lactic acid fermentation. And for all those of you who’ve been patiently waiting for a culture or starter, and for all those of you who are still on my waitlist, please enter now. Worried about not knowing how to use these cultures and starters? Don’t worry, because each starter comes with comprehensive instructions.
The Announcement
We’ll choose the winner via Random.org, and announce that winner next Thursday. Please note that the goodies will be shipped by Cultures for Health directly–which is good for you since I’m slow to the post office.
Good Luck!
Love the nutritious guides and kitchen helpers. Bring it on from H2O to Yougurt for lower GI health, and sourdough; many thanks SW
I like the Mitsoni yogurt and the Flemish sourdough. The Danish one looks like a good runner up. Heck, I bet any of them would be amazing!
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I tweeted about the giveaway: @theclevermom
Check out The Clever Mom’s last post: True Mom Confessions.
I want to try the Matsoni yogurt starter and the New England sourdough starter. retirenaval(at)yahoo.com
The Matsoni yogurt kit sounds good as does the San Francisco Sourdough Starter.
I just signed up
I love the Viili yogurt starter and the Italian Sourdough Starter
I love the Viili yogurt starter and the Flemish-style Desem sourdough starter!
The contest has ended and the winner has been picked via Random.org. Congratulations to Jennifer M who won a package containing water kefir grains, matsoni and san francisco sourdough starter!