Nourished Kitchen

Recipe: Spiced Kombucha Vinaigrette

April 22, 2010 By Jenny 15 Comments

beet salad with kombucha tea vinaigrette

Kombucha vinaigrette, may seem like an unusual take on the classic combination of olive oil and balsamic or red wine vinegar, but, when complemented by the unique flavors of clove and allspice it can become a nourishing, if unique dressing for any salad. I find it pairs particularly well with the sweetness of beets, apples, pears and nuts. Reminiscent of apple cider vinegar in combination with club soda, kombucha offers a unique flavor that is growing in popularity as more and more natural foods enthusiasts learn to cherish the beverage – a sweetened tea that undergoes a unique fermentation process through the use of a mother or symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast.

10 Ways to Get More Probiotics (without Dairy)

July 27, 2009 By Jenny 22 Comments

We hear it all the time (and I say it plenty!): eat your yogurt for probiotics. But if you choose not to eat dairy foods or cannot tolerate them, finding dairy-free probiotic foods can pose more of a challenge; however, that doesn’t have to be the case. Indeed, there are many, many dairy-free [...]

Three Great Traditional Foods Videos

June 10, 2009 By Jenny 3 Comments

1. How to Grow Your Own Kombucha Mother. Simple enough: these guys teach you how to grow your own kombucha scoby without having to find a mother. Those of you who still want to purchase a mother can, of course, go through the Cultures & Starters Exchange or visit Cultures for Health. 2. Weston [...]

Mothers Day Finds for Nourished Mamas

May 3, 2009 By Jenny 5 Comments

Mothers day is only a week away. So here’s Nourished Kitchen picks for traditional foods-loving and nourished moms. Tired of celebrating mothers day with gooey cards and grocery store carnations? Leave this post casually open on the screen, or, for you less-subtle types: email the link to your partners. Equipment for a [...]

From the Mouths of Babes

April 30, 2009 By Jenny 5 Comments

AKA Let My 3-year old teach you about Real Food I’ve written about the joys of nourishing my son: nourishing him with my body during his time in my womb, nourishing him with my milk first exclusively during his first six months and complemented for three more years, weaning him on to Real Food through [...]

Giveaway: Cultures for Health

April 2, 2009 By Jenny

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 [...]

Fermented Food: Benefits of Lactic Acid Fermentation

March 2, 2009 By Jenny 42 Comments

Fermented food, enjoyed across the globe, conveys health benefits through lactic acid fermentation. The fermentation process can transform the flavor of food from the plain and mundane to a mouth-puckering sourness enlivened by colonies of beneficial bacteria and enhanced micronutrients. While fermented food like yogurt, sauerkraut and kefir are well-known many other lesser-known foods also [...]