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Coconut water kefir or kombucha: which is better for you?
Not everyone has a big kitchen and a pantry that’s spacious enough to make room for cultured foods of all kinds to grow happily. You also shouldn’t mix too many cultures in one space – they can contaminate each other, and depending on what you are growing, one culture may kill off the other. If mass microbial warfare isn’t [...]
5 Asian Fermented Foods to Know
ou probably know that tofu, soy sauce, kefir, miso, tempeh, kombucha and yogurt are fermented, but let’s take a closer look at some of Asia's other fermented and cultured foods. Although other countries have adapted many of these healthy dishes for their own palates, the original recipes and traditions are still alive and well in Asian countries.Fish Sauce Though this [...]
Why and How to Home Ferment Your Vegetables with a Starter Culture
When you decide to make fermented vegetables at home, the process can be intimidating at first. Getting the culture right, making sure you’ve added the right ingredients, heck – knowing what to add, choosing what to ferment... it can be a rough road.Fermented Vegetables, Probiotics, Health, and a Little History fore we get busy fermenting our veggies, let’s talk [...]
7 Reasons to Cook With Lard, Tallow, and Ghee
If you’ve been following our blog, chances are that you read Edna’s piece on healthy fats a while back. We’re huge fans of animal fats – and not just for their health benefits. I’ll come out in the open with it and admit that I can’t and don’t eat pork leaf lard (some allergies [...]
10 Fermented Foods You Didn’t Know You Were Eating
Look in your pantry, cupboards, and fridge. If you’re new to fermented foods, you may not realize how many you already have in your home. And that’s a good thing. Fermentation is a process that humans mastered millennia ago – most likely, Grok and his family stored some veggies or fruits a little longer than usual, and poof. The [...]
Beyond the Kale: Top food trends
Healthy eating seems to be on the forefront of everyone’s mind. But it’s more than that. It’s also about experimenting with old standards like kimchi and cauliflower and bringing them to the forefront of the American lifestyle, where taste and flavor integrate beautifully with health . Cauliflower One of the biggest surprises may be cauliflower. It’s low in starch, high in nutrients, and crunchy [...]
10 Best Homegrown Cultures to Get Kids Interested in SCOBY and Fermented Foods
If you know the benefits of fermented foods, want your children to chow down on them, and can’t get their little taste buds interested, help has arrived. Earlier this year, we posted an article on 26 fermented foods kids adore, but sometimes it takes more than somewhat familiar treats to get kids to open their mouths. Heck, I know [...]
How To Eat Salmon Roe
You’ve heard that it’s packed with omega-3s, and is a heart-healthy, filling, superfood. But HOW do you eat salmon roe (and what is it)? To be honest, until I started spending considerable time with Russian and Ukrainian immigrants, I was clueless. Caviar, roe, fish eggs - they were worlds away from what was normally served on our family's [...]
7 Raw Cheeses that Gourmands Love
Looking for the perfect raw cheese to serve this holiday season? Sometimes the simple answers are the best. You’ll recognize the names on this list – they may even be hiding in your pantry. They’re more than just household names, however. These cheeses are among the world’s most popular, and with good reason…Monterey Jack Part of this cheeses’ name came [...]
The True Cost of Processed Foods
Eating healthy is more expensive. At least, that’s the story we’ve been told numerous times by the press. After all, when you tally grocery receipts, it sure looks that way…but there’s more to what you eat and its cost than what you pay in the store. Recent research has confirmed the influence of a healthy [...]
