Fermenting & Culturing

Fermenting and culturing is a central part of a traditional foods kitchen. From our favorite saurkraut recipe, kombucha made with honey, sourdough pizza and, of course, sourdough english muffins, you'll find easy step by step recipes for all your favorite lacto-ferments, probiotic beverages and desserts, and sourdough recipes.

Category: Fermenting & Culturing

Stack of sourdough pancakes topped with butter, fresh berries, and maple syrup.

15+ Sourdough Discard Recipes

Fermented carrot sticks in a half-gallon glass jar with a metal band and lid. Chopped carrot sticks are on a cutting board next to the jar.

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82 Ways To Heal Your Gut

Sourdough black forest cake.

30+ Sourdough Dessert Recipes

Is raw dairy good for you? What about lactose intolerance or avoiding dairy for gut health? What about the "experts" who say to avoid dairy completely? Watch, listen, or read to find out my answers! | AskWardee.tv

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10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child's Lunch | Fermented foods pack a nutritional punch for any meal. But, what to pack and how to provide variety? Here's how to make the most of your child's school lunch with fermented foods -- without adding lots of prep time. | GNOWFGLINS.com

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch

My family are huge fans of my homemade salsa, bean dip, and pesto -- which are all lacto-fermented. As I put together this round-up of 50 amazingly healthy and colorful fermented salsas, dips, and spreads, my eyes were opened to all the ways I can add even more beneficial bacteria into our foods... and probably without anyone noticing. ;)

50 Fermented Salsas, Dips, and Spreads

You're supposed to avoid crucifers if you have thyroid disease, but does fermenting reduce goitrogens? Watch, listen, or read for my answers to this question -- and the real question: do fermented cruciferous vegetables hurt the thyroid? | AskWardee.tv

Do Fermented Cruciferous Vegetables Like Sauerkraut Hurt The Thyroid? #AskWardee 063

Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

cup and spoon of flour with a cup of spilled wheat berries

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What's the best way to get your Kombucha from the big fermenting vessel into swing-top bottles? Pouring straight from the jar is messy, and Kombucha spills everywhere! Watch, listen, or read to learn how to decant Kombucha into bottles using food grade tubing and an inexpensive auto bottling siphon.

How To Decant Kombucha Into Bottles… Fast & Easy! #AskWardee 104

decorative blue and white ceramic bowl of carrot sticks

Lacto-Fermented Carrot Sticks (gut-healing probiotic snack for kids!)

A chutney is the perfect way to get started with fermenting because it's easy to make and delicious. To help you dive in -- and use up the fruits you're likely bringing in by the boxload or bucketful -- we pulled together this collection of lacto-fermented fruit and chutney recipes. Enjoy!

25 Fermented Fruit & Chutney Recipes

Is Lacto-Fermentation Safe? | Over the years, I've received lots of questions about fermenting. Today's question in my Lacto-Fermentation 101 series is... is fermentation safe? The answer is yes IF... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com/LF101

Is Lacto-Fermentation Safe? {Video}

Close-up shot of fermented jalapenos.

Fermentation Troubleshooting & FAQs (KYF172)

Small glass jar of cultured butter.

How To Make Cultured Butter

Radishes pickling in quart-sized Mason jars along with other red onion slices.

How To Make Lacto-Fermented Radishes

These are NOT the vinegar pickles you find in the store! Once pickled, there's an explosion of vitamins, enzymes, probiotics, beneficial acids, and most importantly... a delicious crunch! And I make them in one of my favorite kitchen tools -- a fermenting crock from Ohio Stoneware!

Old-Fashioned, Crunchy, Fermented Garlic-Dill Pickles