Reviving Traditional Foods
This giveaway is now closed, and the winner is Jenn W who’ll be crocking up a batch of beet sauetkraut in no time! In the mean time, Cultures for Health is offering Nourished Kitchen readers a great discount. . I love fermentation, the whole entire process: the mysterious and nearly magical way invisible microbes transform [...]
This giveaway is now closed. The winner was chosen via Random.org: Kristi Fogle WINS! For our family, a nourished life extends beyond our kitchen to nearly every aspect of our home. Sure, what you put in you’re body is extremely important to your overall health, but that’s not to say we should ignore what we [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
I love vintage cookbooks – classic cooking, real cooking. And in my embarrassingly hefty collection, I’ve amassed quite a few vintage cookbooks including some doubles. Among my favorites is the mid-century Time Life series Foods of the World. The series covers the traditional and not-so-traditional food practices of people’s all across the [...]
Earlier this week I posted a review of the new film Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America’s Greatest Threat. The film addresses America’s growing obesity epidemic, how it affects our children, our future and just how we became 5 billion pounds overweight as a nation. (Yeah … you read that right: the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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Jenny McGruther is a wife, mother and cooking instructor specializing in real and traditional foods. Her work has been featured on CNN, the Globe & Mail, the Atlantic, the Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post and WebMD. Click here to learn more.
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