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 →
10 Ways to Get More Probiotics (without Dairy)
July 27, 2009 | by | 28 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 Read More →
swap cultures & starters
May 15, 2009 | by | 5 Comments
Nourished Kitchen offers a free cultures and starters exchange which allows real food lovers to share the probiotic love by swapping their starters and cultures. Kombucha Read More →
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 Read More →
Fermented Food: Benefits of Lactic Acid Fermentation
March 2, 2009 | by | 59 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 Read More →
Meal Plan: 1 December through 7 December
December 1, 2008 | by | 6 Comments
So this is the plan for our first week of our pantry challenge. The menu is fairly varied, and I'm interested to see how the rest of the month goes! Monday Breakfast: Oats Read More →
Reader Questions: Homemade Cider, Water Kefir Grains
September 24, 2008 | by | 13 Comments
In a new segment I thought I'd answer some reader questions. Indeed, if there's enough interest, I'll answer reader questions every Wednesday. If you have a question about Read More →
Happy Little Kefir Grains
January 19, 2008 | by | 10 Comments
Aren't these the happiest little Water Kefir grains you've seen? They don't belong to me--I killed my grains after a prolonged vacation--but they do belong to a member of Read More →
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