What is the difference between fermented garlic and honey fermented garlic? The difference is mostly sweetness, but fermented garlic uses a saltwater brine, whereas honey garlic uses the liquid from the garlic cloves combined with the live enzymes and microbes in the honey to ferment. Both are very useful to support the immune system, but …
One of the best ways to get kids excited about eating real food is to make it fun! You can do this by making the preparation or cooking process fun, giving it a fun name, or making the presentation fun, like eating “Ants on a Log”. When giving fermented food to your children, it’s best …
This recipe makes a type of apple cider vinegar. The difference is it’s made with apple scraps, as opposed to starting with apple cider that gets turned into apple cider vinegar. I love the idea of apple scrap vinegar because you utilize the entire apple! My main use of apple cider vinegar is detox …
The end of summer and beginning of fall offers us an abundance of great produce, whether it’s from our own garden or from farmers. While we can, in theory, continually purchase produce from the grocery store, we get better quality and more cost effective produce if we eat seasonally and locally. This great produce is only available at certain times of the year and it has to be stored somehow!
These are a kid favorite! This recipe is based on the Nourishing Traditions Cookbook but I’ve found most kids prefer carrots sliced rather than grated. If you’re new to fermenting, read this section first! Otherwise, skip down to the recipe. Jars: I prefer using wide mouth jars for almost everything because small mouth jars are …
Ingredients for Sourdough Tortillas: ½ cup Sourdough Starter 3 tbsp Melted Lard 1 tsp sea salt ½ cup Raw Milk 2 cups Einkorn All Purpose Flour (Jovial) + more for dusting Cheese for Quesadilla Directions for Sourdough Tortillas: 24 hours before: Melt lard slightly in a saucepan. Transfer lard to a large bowl. Add in …
Barbecue sauce is a true American food tradition. Different regions prefer different flavors and variations. Here is a basic, more traditionally made barbeque sauce. After you have gotten the hang of this barbecue sauce, I encourage you to try to replicate your current commercial favorites or make a new one entirely! If you’re used to …
Most of what I’ve learned about ketchup is from Sally Fallon in Nourishing Traditions. As she points out, ketchup has historically been a term for a fish sauce added to foods for flavor. Various cultures added available ingredients to it to make sauces with unique flavor profiles. Tomato ketchup was created by Americans by adding …
My brother absolutely loves ranch dressing! I have fond memories of it as well but I mostly remember how much he loved it. Making your own ranch dressing is fairly simple and allows you to avoid the undesirable additives like MSG that are commonly found in commercially made condiments. Ranch dressing is typically used as …
Ingredients for Fermented Almond Butter 3 cups Almonds ½ cup Whey Filtered Water Salt Directions for Fermented Almond Butter Place your almonds in filtered water with whey. Allow to soak for 24 hours. Drain the almonds in a colander and rinse with filtered water. Place almonds into a food processor. Pulse them consistently until you …
