Common Fermentation Mistakes to Avoid at Home
Learn common fermentation mistakes to avoid at home, including salt measurements, floating vegetables, surface growth, temperature, and cleaning.
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Easy Fermented Pineapple Tepache Drink Recipe
Not only is Tepache Fermented Pineapple Drink a healthy and delicious way to get some extra probiotics into your diet, it’s also great way to utilize the scraps from your pineapple! Learn how to make this easy fermented drink with 2 ingredients in just 3 days!
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Probiotic Apple Carrot Cooler
Crisp, cool, and refreshing for any time of the day, this cooler is a delicious and healthy drink for kids and adults alike — and it’s sneakily filled with healthy probiotics! The probiotic goodness in this tasty beverage comes from the addition of my Homemade Fermented Ginger Orange Carrots. Not only are they delicious…
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Fermented Ginger Orange Carrots
Fermented Ginger Orange Carrots are one of the easiest ways to start eating fermented foods. The natural sweetness in carrots helps to mellow the acidity and tangy-sour flavor that occurs during the fermentation process, which helps people who are new to eating fermented vegetables really enjoy them. Most of us are familiar with sauerkraut, kimchi, and cucumber pickles as forms…
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How to make Fermented Mayonnaise
Growing up, my mom always loved mayonnaise and I thought she was crazy. Fast forward 30 years and I’m just as obsessed with mayo as she was! I’ve been very honest about my not-so-perfect obsession store-bought mayo, it’s the one ‘bad’ food that you’ll frequently find in my fridge. And I refuse to apologize. We all…
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Kombucha Second Fermentation Recipe: Flavor and Fizz
Kombucha second fermentation is the bottling step that adds fruit flavor and gives homemade kombucha the chance to develop fizz. My simple version uses finished first-fermentation kombucha, fruit juice and a 1-liter swing-top bottle. When you’re done brewing the base, it’s time to bottle your brew and reap its rewards! This is part two of…
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Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce
Sweet and spicy with a healthy fermented, probiotic kick! You will put this Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce on everything!
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How to Make Kombucha: First Fermentation Recipe
Learning how to make kombucha starts with the first fermentation: turning sweetened tea into a tangy drink with the help of a SCOBY and starter liquid. This is the base batch you’ll use before adding fruit juice or spices in a second ferment. I enjoy kombucha for its sweet-tart flavor and all the ways you…
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How to Make Crème Fraîche {2 Ingredients}
We can harness probiotic bacteria to make many wonderful things, but crème fraîche is by far the easiest. This nutty, buttery, soured cream can be frustratingly hard to find in prepared form and—if you do happen to find it—can cost you as much as a dollar an ounce. Crème fraîche can be sweetened and whipped…
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Fermented Cranberry Orange Relish
All the flavors you crave with your holiday turkey, but packed full of probiotic goodness – With just one week until Thanksgiving, you have plenty of time to make up a batch of my delicious Fermented Cranberry Orange Relish! For those of you who are new to fermenting, this is the prefect recipe for you! There’s…
