probiotic — Nourished Kitchen

kefir (1 of 1)

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

Prebiotics & Probiotics

August 14, 2009 | by Jenny | 17 Comments

Prebiotics and probiotics represent essential aspects of a wholesome, nourishing diet. Though not the same, prebiotics and probiotics complement one another and work together to Read More →

Filed Under: traditional foods Tagged With: bacteria, bacteriology, beneficial, beneficial bacteria, biology, dietary fiber, diets, difference between prebotics and probiotics, digestive system, ecology, feeding, fermentation, fermented food, fermented foods, food additives, friendly bacteria, fructans, fructo-oligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharide, intestinal bacteria, intestinal ecology, inulin, microbiology, microbiota, microflora, nutrition, oligosaccharide, oligosaccharides, prebiotic, prebiotics, prebiotics vs. probiotics, probiotic, probiotics, probiotics and obesity

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 →

Filed Under: Any, Beverages, Dairy-free, Fermented & Cultured Foods, GAPS-friendly, Gluten-free, Paleo/Primal, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: bacteria, beneficial bacteria, beverages, biology, biotechnology, brew water, brewing water kefir, dairy products, fermented foods, find water kefir grains, food and drink, honey, how to brew water kefir, japanese water crystals, kazakhstani cuisine, kefir, kefir grains, microbiology, mycology, prebiotics, probiotic, probiotic soda, probiotics, scoby, sugar, sugar water, Tibicos, water, water crystals, Water Kefir, water kefir grains, water kefir recipe, water kefir tutorial, where to find water kefir

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 Read More →

Filed Under: Giveaways Tagged With: beneficial bacteria, benefits, blog contest, blog event, blog giveaway, bloggie event, bloggie giveaway, brew kefir, brew kombucha, brew water kefir, buttermilk starter, buy kombucha, buy water kefir, buy water kefir grains, contests, cultures, cultures for health, fil mjolk, find kombucha, find water kefir, free stuff, Giveaways, healthy food, kombucah mother, kombucha, kombucha mushroom, kombucha scoby, kombucha sources, matsoni, nourished kitchen contests, nourished kitchen giveaways, nourished kitchen resources, nourishing foods, piima, prebiotics, probiotic, probiotic foods, probiotics, real food, room temperature yogurt, sourdough, sourdough starter, starters, Tibicos, viili, Water Kefir, water kefir grains, water kefir sources, where to buy traditional foods, yogurt

Fat Soluble Vitamins: Vitamins A, D, E & K

April 1, 2009 | by Jenny | 28 Comments

Fat Soluble Vitamins Fat soluble vitamins are critical to health and wellness--particularly reproductive health and wellness. Unfortunately, adequate intake of fat soluble Read More →

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alpha tocopherol, beneficial bacteria, beta carotene, beta-tocopherol, butter, calciferol, caretonoids, cholecalciferol, CLA, delta-tocopherol, ergocalciferol, fat, fat soluble nutrients, fat soluble vitamins, fats, gamma-tocopherol, good fat, healthy fat, importance of fat, micronutrients, nutrients, nutrition, pre-formed vitamin a, preformed vitamin a, probiotic, probiotics, real food, real food wednesdays, realfood wednesdays, retinol, retinols, tocopherol, tocopherols, vitamin a, vitamin bioavailability, vitamin d, vitamin e, vitamin k, vitamin k1, vitamin k2, vitamins

Google+