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A Recipe for Beet Kvass: A Deeply Cleansing Tonic

April 19, 2012 | by Jenny | 52 Comments

To drink beet kvass is to taste the blood of the earth - sweet and salty with a mineral-rich undertone that speaks of the soil itself. Beet kvass is an acquired taste, much Read More →

Filed Under: Autumn, Beverages, Dairy-free, Fermented & Cultured Foods, GAPS-friendly, Gluten-free, Paleo/Primal, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter Tagged With: beet, beets, fermentation, fermented foods, filtering water, kefir, kimchi, kombucha, kvass, okroshka, Recipe, russian, russian cuisine, salt, sauerkraut, sea salt, simple recipes, starter culture, Tibicos, traditional, traditional food, water, yoghurt

Tricolored Berry & Kefir Popsicles for July 4th

July 1, 2011 | by Jenny | 9 Comments

I love the Fourth of July: fireworks, parades, barbecues and apple pie contests. I love it all, and do my best to prepare special and celebratory picnics for the day. As Read More →

Filed Under: GAPS-friendly, Gluten-free, Summer, Sweets & Treats Tagged With: apple pie, bake beans, dairy products, fermented foods, food and drink, july 4th, kefir, Meal Plans, milk, nature, nourish, popsicle molds, popsicles, special treat, subscriber, tricolored, week, yoghurt

Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange

April 28, 2011 | by Jenny | 28 Comments

Fermented beets, dank and earthy and sour, number among my favorite ferments of vegetable. While I will always love the fetid odor of a true sauerkraut, the clean and salty Read More →

Filed Under: Autumn, Fermented & Cultured Foods, GAPS-friendly, Gluten-free, Paleo/Primal, Spring, Summer, Vegetable Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: beet, beets, beets recipe, biology, biotechnology, eastern europe, fermentation, fermented food, fermented foods, fermenting, filmj??lk, Food, food and drink, food preservation, ginger, kefir, ogi, pickled beets, pickling, Recipe, root vegetables, sauerkraut, traditional food

28 Days of Real Food: Week #4 and Week #3 Re-cap

February 21, 2010 | by Jenny | 24 Comments

We're on our last week of the challenge to eat real food for 28 days! Are you still with me? Are you enjoying sourdough breads and wholesome natural yogurts? Are you Read More →

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Real Food Challenge: Week 3 & Week 2 Re-cap

February 14, 2010 | by Jenny | 27 Comments

We're half-way finished with the challenge: you've tackled the pantry, stocked up on wholesome food, learned to properly prepare grains and wholesome fats and even started to Read More →

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Real Food Challenge: Week #2

February 7, 2010 | by Jenny | 54 Comments

You've got one week under your belts: you've cleaned out your pantry, learned about the proper preparation of grains, prepared a soaked flour recipe, started your sourdough, Read More →

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Real Food Challenge: Week #1

February 1, 2010 | by Jenny | 49 Comments

It's February 1st, and that means the 28-day Real Food Challenge is underway here at Nourished Kitchen. Day #1's assignment - cleaning your cupboards - has been sent out and Read More →

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Milk Kefir: What It Is & How to Brew It

October 13, 2009 | by Jenny | 85 Comments

Milk kefir is, to put it lightly, an acquired taste. Sour and pungent, milk kefir is a cultured dairy food originally from the Caucuses - the region where Europe meets Asia. Read More →

Filed Under: Any, Fermented & Cultured Foods, GAPS-friendly, Gluten-free, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: bacteria, beneficial, beneficial bacteria, dairy food, dairy products, fermentation, fermented foods, fermented milk products, folic acid, Food, food science, kefir, kefir grains, lactobacillaceae, lactobacillus brevis, microbiology, milk, milk kefir, probiotic, scoby

Wise Traditions 2009

October 2, 2009 | by Jenny | Leave a Comment

Wise Traditions 2009 - the Weston A Price Foundation's 10th Annual Conference - is just around the corner and I'm planning to attend. It'll be my first Weston A Price Foundation Read More →

Filed Under: traditional foods Tagged With: 13th, 2009, annual conference, conferences, diet, Food, foundation, kefir, lecture, nourishing traditions, nutrition, organic food, price foundation, traditions, weston, weston a price foundation, wise

Water Kefir: A Quick Tutorial

August 11, 2009 | by Jenny | 201 Comments

Has a lost love of soda pop been nagging at you too long? We've developed a love of water kefir or tibicos in our home. A fermented beverage teeming with beneficial bacteria, Read More →

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