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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

Rennet is an essential ingredient in most cheesemaking. It is widely available online, although most of it is not sustainably sourced. Between GMOs and harmful preservatives, it takes a bit of sleuthing to find the best. Here are several factors to keep in mind when choosing rennet for your cheesemaking.

How to Choose Rennet for Cheesemaking

Basic Cheesemaking Cultures and Supplies

Basic Cheesemaking Cultures and Supplies

Cheese Press Reviews

Cheese Press Reviews

Cultured cream cheese on a small serving plate.

Cultured Cream Cheese (+5 flavor options!)

Over 100 people asked me to share my recipe for homemade Trim Healthy Mama-friendly cottage cheese! (Pssst! It's *not really* cottage cheese!) It's wayyyyy easier than traditional homemade cottage cheese and wayyyyy cheaper than the best cultured store-bought cottage cheese! Goes great with either S or E meals and snacks!

Trim Healthy Mama Fuel Pull Cottage Cheese {homemade}

tall glass container of milk next to two lemon halves on a blue cloth

How To Make Homemade Buttermilk + 5 Buttermilk Substitutes

Raw Cheese Benefits

Raw Cheese Benefits

4 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes | Are you interested in raw cheese-making? These are the 4 recipes I make over and over again. We eat these cheeses daily because they offer all the benefits of raw cultured milk. None of these cheeses go over 93 degrees Fahrenheit; they can still be called raw with the enzymes and bacteria intact. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

4 Easy Raw Cheese Recipes

Small jar of whey.

How To Make & Use Whey #AskWardee 032

decorative blue and white ceramic bowl of carrot sticks

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

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

How To Make Lacto-Fermented Radishes

Scooping up a bite of homemade sauerkraut out of a small dish.

Homemade Sauerkraut In A Stoneware Crock

large glass jars of fermented foods, including sauerkraut and cauliflower

Do Lacto-Ferments Contain Alcohol? #AskWardee 127

Can I Use No Salt or Less Salt for Fermentation? | Over the years, I've received lots of questions about fermenting. Today's question in my Lacto-Fermentation 101 series is... can you use no salt or less salt in fermentation? The answer is... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com/LF101

Can I Use No Salt Or Less Salt In Fermentation? {Video}

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}

Is it crazy for ketchup to bring me such a smile? Honestly! I didn’t know if I should name this delicacy “Oh My Lans Ketchup!”, “Mercy Sakes Ketchup!”, or “You Are Never Going to Believe It Ketchup!”. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Lacto-Fermented Homemade Ketchup

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

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)

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