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So far, we are very happy with the L. reuteri “yogurt” I’ve made. In this blog post, I talked about it. The recipe/technique I’m using is from Dr. Davis. In the linked post, there’s a video as well as written instructions. The video will lead you to other videos where he discusses the health benefits...

Another day, another adventure!

My poor kombucha scoby has been neglected for months. I left it sitting in a batch of fermenting tea and I think once I added fresh tea. Look how thick it grew to be. Monday I made fresh tea, pulled off a good size piece of the scoby and have it brewing up some fresh...

There are affiliate (Amazon) links in this post. This means if you click on the link AND order, I am paid a small commission. I do own these, I purchased them and have used them for years! Yesterday I shredded 5 pounds of cabbage and got it salted. I use just a tad bit less...

After watching a video about making sour cream and reading several posts about it, I had to try it. We had extra cream on hand so yesterday morning I poured a quart jar about 3/4 full, added two heaping tablespoons of yogurt, stirred it all, stuck it in the Instant Pot, added water about 3/4...

For years I made kombucha. Vince liked it but then he stopped drinking it and making it just for me seemed like a waste and then when we knew we were moving, I stopped making it. From time to time, I’ve thought about making it again and hadn’t so last week, I ordered a new...

This past week, apparently I didn’t make enough buttermilk or maybe I drank too much because I had to skip having buttermilk Thursday morning and this morning. The milkman comes on Friday morning so the first thing I do, after pouring it from his half gallon jars into my quart jars, and washing his jars,...

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Yesterday I thought finding full fat buttermilk was difficult; today I’ve decided it’s impossible. I’ve checked all the Walmart stores in the Joplin area (and I think there are seven!) and they only have low fat buttermilk, IF they have any buttermilk. This morning Vince had to drop a box off at UPS so we...

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Last week when I started the sauerkraut, I told someone I’d do a post “tomorrow” and that’s been over a week ago. Sorry for my tardiness! I had two heads of cabbage and intended to use them both. I can actually put three heads in this fermenting box. But, I do not have my kraut...

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As I was unpacking those kitchen boxes that I had dreaded unpacking, I did find several things I was happy to find. This little plastic fermenting box is so nice for making sauerkraut and I was happy to find it. Vince isn’t crazy about sauerkraut so making the big crock full of it doesn’t make...

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With all the pears I was peeling, I didn’t want to toss the peelings and cores. Not so long ago, the chickens would have gotten the scraps but . . no chickens and I just couldn’t throw all those good scraps out. In MO, I didn’t have a container big enough so I weighed it...

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For those of us who grow peaches or have access to fresh peaches, while reading through recipes for making fermented mustard, I came across this recipe for Peach Hot Sauce. It looks amazing .. at least to me it looks like something we would love. I wanted to share the link since this is the...

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We are never without homemade thick Greek yogurt in this house. I really can’t remember the last time we had none in the house. Since I have an Instant Pot in MO (like it matters since I haven’t been in forever!) and a yogurt strainer and probably the first thing I do when I walk...

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When I made the wasabi mustard, I wrote about it in this blog post. You may recall that when I decided I wanted to make a fermented mustard, the recipe called for 3 cups of mustard seeds and I didn’t think I had that many mustard seeds because I usually buy a small container in...

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A little over a month ago, I was reading about fermented mustard and I thought . . I’d like to try that. But, you know that I want to try everything. The recipe I found called for three cups of mustard seeds. Three cups? Who has three cups of mustard seeds? This was just a...

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My kitchen is looking more like a chemistry lab. The Curtido is on the left, cranberries in the middle and milk kefir on the right. We keep the milk kefir going since we drink that daily. This recipe does require a starter, which can be whey from yogurt or liquid from kraut. I prefer the...

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Curtido is a dish common to El Salvador. I always thought it was Mexican but googled it before writing this and it seems to have originated in El Salvador but I’m just repeating what I found on the internet. I have no real knowledge of where it started but I know I love it. If...

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There are many ways and methods of making sauerkraut. I am not an expert at anything, especially kraut making but I know what works for us. For anyone wanting to get started making kraut, and it can be hard to start some new project like this, and even harder when it’s something you’re going to...

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