I’m excited to announce that Deanna won the Cultures for Health Vegetable Fermentation Master Giveaway, and she’ll be crocking up a batch of ginger carrots in no time flat. Like many of you, Deanna subscribed, facebooked, tweeted and emailed the giveaway! For me, announcing a giveaway winner is so bittersweet because I know that many, [...]
Win a Fermented Vegetable Master & Cultured Food E-book!
September 16, 2009 By
At Nourished Kitchen, I write a lot about probiotics, lacto-fermented foods and their value in a nutrient-dense diet. Indeed, the topic seems to weave itself through nearly every post from unconventional ways to fight colds and flus to healthy treats for kids. At home, I strive to include a probiotic, lacto-fermented food or beverage at [...]
Working with Sourdough: Tips and Tricks
June 1, 2009 By 12 Comments
Natural sourdough is a fantastic way to leaven bread without the use of commercial yeast (which is often a GMO). Working with sourdough can be easy and rewarding if you follow a few simple tips and tricks: Use an established starter. Although it is possible to create a sourdough starter from scratch (as discussed [...]
10 Cultured Dairy Foods and How to Use Them
May 22, 2009 By 26 Comments
Cultured dairy foods enjoy a long and vibrant history. In every society that historically consumed dairy foods, cultured yogurt and other probiotic dairy foods earned a much-loved and much-respected place in the indigenous diets. That place was rightly deserved, too. While culturing milk and cream inevitably offered the practical benefit of enabling [...]
Cultures for Health Winner
April 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
Thank all of you who participated in the giveaway by Cultures for Health! The winner was picked by Random.org early this morning, and Jennifer M won a package from Cultures for Health containing not only water kefir grains but also her choice of sourdough and yogurt starters: Matsoni & San Francisco sourdough. However, even if [...]
Last Chance: Cultures for Health Giveaway
April 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
Don’t forget: Today’s you last chance to enter the Cultures for Health Giveaway! All you have to do is sign up at Cultures for Health, browse her site and choose you favorite sourdough starter and your favorite yogurt starter, then come back to here and let me know in the comments section. Please [...]
Giveaway: Cultures for Health
April 2, 2009 By
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 [...]
And the Winner is …
March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to Random.org, Shannon from Nourishing Days won the free copy of Full Moon Feast from last week’s giveaway. Didn’t win it? Don’t worry, you can still pick up a copy of Full Moon Feast online or visit your local library. And don’t forget: there’s another giveaway coming up this Thursday [...]
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