Fruits & Vegetables

Category: Fruits & Vegetables

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

How To Make A Pepper Juice Tincture | Pepper juice is the cringe-worthy yet beloved name of my go-to tincture for all things sick-related. As my kids know, it's the answer to everything. Sore throat? Sniffles? Cold and flu season preventative? Pepper juice! Here's how to make a pepper juice tincture! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Pepper Juice: An Immune-Boosting Miracle Tincture

stack of beautiful pink and white homemade berry popsicles in blue molds

3-Ingredient Mixed Berry Kefir Popsicles (probiotic & kid-friendly!)

continuous brew Kombucha and a jar of sauerkraut on a counter top with flip top bottles and a pot wrapped in a towel

How To Keep Ferments Warm #AskWardee 144

KYF #164: "The Cave" Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber | Karen and her family are home fermenters living in a modern world where houses don't have cellars or cheese caves. And now they are bringing us The Cave: a chamber that can heat, cool, humidify, and circulate air for making cheeses, dry curing meats, and fermenting almost anything. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/164

The Cave” Homemade Cheese Cave & Fermenting Chamber (KYF164)

Homemade hot sauce in a small jar surrounded by garlic, hot peppers, onion, and tomatoes.

Raw Fermented Hot Pepper Sauce

As January begins, people far and wide vow to clean up their diets and be healthier...For many, this means depriving themselves of good food! Except... you can indulge and eat healthfully! This Healthy Probiotic Pomegranate Mousse is a nourishing, clean-eating way to enjoy pomegranates in season while also reaping the benefits of probiotics and gelatin!

Healthy Probiotic Pomegranate Mousse

Can you eat ice cream anywhere, anytime? Make your guts happy with this homemade, no-churn, probiotic kefir ice cream with fermented blueberry sauce! No ice cream maker required -- the kids can do all the "churning" for you!

Off-Grid Lime Kefir Ice Cream With Fermented Blueberry Syrup

sauerkraut in dark bowl on wooden table

Can You Flavor Ferments With Essential Oils? #AskWardee 109

quart sized Mason jar full of sauerkraut secured with a metal band lid, set on top of a gray kitchen towel

Can I Use Reverse Osmosis Water For Fermenting, Culturing, & Sourdough? #AskWardee 138

Did you know that the function of your immune system, the state of your mental health, the pain or lack thereof in your joints, and even whether or not you have seasonal allergies can all be determined by one thing? Do you know what it is? And did you know you can heal it yourself?

82 Ways To Heal Your Gut

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

Mason jars of canned tomatoes

What’s The Best Food Preservation Method… Canning, Freezing, Dehydrating, or Fermenting? #AskWardee 147

7 Fermenting Mistakes You Might Be Making | Had trouble fermenting? It can be a challenge to feel like you've got the hang of it. If you're having trouble, the fix is usually something very simple you can tweak or change. Are you making any of these 7 common fermenting mistakes? If so, take a step back, then start again using these simple suggestions. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/156

7 Fermenting Mistakes You Might Be Making (KYF156)

overhead shot of a glass jar of fermented cranberry relish

Can I Use Alternative Sweeteners In Ferments? #AskWardee 143

photo of how to make pickled okra recipe, with pint-sized Mason jar of already fermented okra, pickled okra on a plate, fresh okra, and sea salt

Garlic-Dill Pickled Okra (crunchy, not slimy probiotic snack!)

close-up shot of fermenting raw apple cider vinegar in a glass jar, involving apple chunks submerged in a sugar water solution

Homemade Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Recipe

We've eaten hotel breakfasts in all of our past moves. Those fluffy hotel waffles are so tempting! But when we eat them, my littles complain of belly aches, and I feel frumpy and sluggish. We solved our waffle cravings by making them at home with nourishing ingredients. Fermented berries and yogurt cheese top fluffy, slightly crisp sourdough waffles –- a scrumptious breakfast for any morning!

Sourdough Waffles With Fermented Strawberries & Yogurt Cheese