Fermented Veg & Fruits

Your Body will LOVE this Kimchi

As some of you know, our twin girls are Korean. They have been embracing their ‘asian-ness’ quite a bit in the last year, in different ways. One of our girls has embraced Korean food with gusto, which has surprised us since she’s always been our ‘mac & cheese’ girl. She tried kimchi for the first [...]

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Garlic Dill Pickle Recipe

As I’m writing this I’m taking a break with a glass of kombucha and celebrating that I am DONE putting up the pickles for this year. In typical Kim-fashion I bought a huge 25 pound bag of local pickling cucumbers at one of our area farm stores. I hid it from my husband in the [...]

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Bread and Butter Pickles

I love this pickle recipe! It is out of Sally Fallon Morell and Mary Enig’s ‘Eat Fat, Lose Fat‘ book, which is a great book to read in addition to Nourishing Traditions. It’s nice to have a sweeter version of the lacto-fermented pickle, and the honey and lemon juice in this recipe do the job [...]

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Pickled Ginger

I love all things sushi and this simple recipe for pickled ginger goes with everything. I went to the Asian market and bought ginger when it was on sale for 60 cents a pound (from Hawaii) and made this. You can also use the ginger fermenting ‘juice’ if you make ginger carrots (replacing the ginger [...]

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How to Make Pickled Beets the Old-Fashioned Way

If you’ve only had beets out of a can, you need to try this recipe! It’s easy and much tastier than the canned version.

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Sauerkraut, winter’s miracle vegetable salad

Sauerkraut does not have to be brown and mushy! Make some today and you will be surprised at how good it is.

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Follow the Whey to Ginger Carrot Land…

Ginger carrots are a great ‘first’ fermented vegetable to make and to eat. They are super easy and quick to make if you already have the whey. Try them and you will be surprised!

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