Sicilian Green Olives
Last autumn, I got to pick some fresh olives from a friend’s trees! (I think they were Mission and maybe Arbequina varietals.) Some were green, some were black, and others …
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Kefir Sour Cream
It’s quite simple to make your own sour cream, with just two ingredients: heavy cream and milk kefir. I first made this as a way to enjoy cultured ice cream, …
✌ No-Nukes ☮ 3 Pepper Cukes
Using three chile peppers in various forms, these no nukes cukes hold some heat, while simultaneously being balanced by the inherent coolness of the cucumber. Want it hotter? Leave the …
Curtido
Curtido (sometimes spelled cortido) is a Salvadoreña (from El Salvador in Central America) version of sauerkraut. The word encurtido means pickle in El Salvadorean Spanish. In its native country, the …
Pickled Green Strawberries
When you think of preserving sweet fruits like strawberries, The most obvious is, well, preserves. Since that does not involve fermentation, that was a non-starter. WINE! I once watched Sandor …
Beet Kvass
Beet kvass is a fermented vegetable tonic, made with beets and other veg which are “steeped” in a brine for a few weeks. This recipe includes onion and cabbage for …
Master Tonic aka Fire Cider
Fire cider is a powerful tonic used to ward off illness. It’s made from plants containing many natural antiviral, antifungal and antimicrobial compounds. Combined and steeped in vinegar for a …
Kefir Pumpkin Pie
Here’s a probiotic addition to a classic autumn/winter dessert recipe. It’s a from-scratch pumpkin pie with a graham cracker or gingersnap cookie crust and pumpkin custard made with dairy kefir. …
Homemade Kimchi Powder (Gochugaru)
If you grow your own chile peppers, dehydrating them is a great way to preserve them and use them for future batches of kimchi! A few summers ago, I planted …
Kohlrabi Kimchi
Kohlrabi literally means cabbage turnip in German. It’s a member of the cole family along with broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale and others. There are several varieties of kohlrabi, manifesting as …
