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Condiments, Dips, & Spreads

Category: Condiments, Dips, & Spreads

Jar of creamy coconut butter with a wooden spoon scooping some out.

Homemade Coconut Butter (+3 flavor options!)

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

Your family just. doesn't. like. them. Like what? Fermented foods. I know... shocking. ;) Yet, actually, this is very common! So I'm bound and determined to help you succeed! Let's continue on our ever-important quest to add more beneficial bacteria to our guts, this time with 43 probiotic-filled, fermented condiments! Because, for real, who doesn't like ketchup?

43 Fermented & Probiotic-Filled Condiments

photo collage of making Instant Pot jam, with text overlay: "Instant Pot Mixed Berry Chia Seed Jam (sugar-free option!)"

Instant Pot Mixed Berry Chia Seed Jam (sugar-free option!)

overhead shot of a small butter knife scooping out blended seed butter from a small glass jar

Soaked Pumpkin Seed Butter (nutty, creamy, enzyme-rich!)

Compound Butter {butter gets dressed up!} | If you’ve ever had honey butter, you’ve had compound butter. Compound butters are easy to make and they freeze well so they're handy whenever you need a quick flavor boost, an easy sauce, or a way to dress up simple food for company. Here are a myriad of flavor combinations and ideas for using them. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Compound Butter {Butter Gets Dressed Up!}

30 Maca Recipes - how to take and how to eat this amazing superfood! Maca has an amazing energizing effect and the positive effects on fertility, hormone balancing and more are really catching wind. Consider this adaptogenic superfood as a healthy addition to your lifestyle -- one that might be the missing link if you experience low energy levels, depression, compromised immunity, or hormonal imbalances. #macapowder #smoothie #organic #coffee #uses #recipe

30 Maca Recipes {so you can get your superfood on!}

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

Raw Fermented Hot Pepper Sauce

Its finally time to move the cooking outside, play yard games, and enjoy the heat! We've gotcha covered with these nourishing grill and barbecue dishes, drinks, and desserts! Traditional Cooking School

92 Nourishing Grill & Barbecue Dishes, Drinks, & Desserts

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

Real Food Fondue | Fondue is commonly served as dessert, such as strawberries dipped in melted chocolate; but it is lots of fun to make an entire meal of fondue! It's so much fun to gather around a table and enjoy amazing finger food. Your hands and a skewer are all you need! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Real Food Fondue

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa | Having lived in Texas all my life, I think it’s safe to say that I know a thing or two about really good Tex-Mex salsa. I’ve spent the last two decades perfecting my salsa recipe, and several years ago, I began lacto-fermenting it. It’s my most-requested recipe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa

three small jars of homemade mustard

3 Lacto-Fermented Mustard Recipes (zippy, zingy flavor!)

Fermented Nut-Free Pesto (+3 recipes) | Ahhhh, pesto. It's so simple, yet adds such complexity to hot or cold dishes. It has so few ingredients and takes so little time to make. In the case of this pesto, it's nut-free and also packs a powerful probiotic punch. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fermented Nut-Free Pesto (+ 3 recipes!)

Summertime is for reveling in the heavenly flavors of ripe summer fruit, is it not? Based on the traditional French method of making apricot preserves and apricot butter, I look forward to making this recipe each summer. I hope you enjoy it as thoroughly and delightedly as I do.

Heavenly Traditional French-Style Apricot Preserves

wooden bowl of zesty low-carb jalapeno cabbage coleslaw

50 Cold Main Dishes & Cold Side Dishes for Hot Summer Days

mini pizza on a plate topped with pesto, melted mozzarella, fresh tomato and basil

Sourdough Pesto Pizza (sourdough discard recipe!)

spoon scooped into a creamy white herbed salad dressing

Creamy Herbed Salad Dressing (THM:S, Egg-Free, No Mayo!)

Is it really possible to "eat what you want to eat" like bread and butter, cinnamon rolls and cookies, meat and potatoes...

Bible-based cooking program...

..yet it's GOOD for you?