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Save Money by Culturing Foods with DIY Starters (and Cultures for Health Giveaway!)

May 16, 2011

Many of us know the health benefits of eating cultured and fermented foods, but buying pre-made yogurt, kefir, sourdough breads, kombucha and the like can cost a pretty penny.
Did you know that these health-boosting cultured foods can be easily and cheaply prepared at home using starter cultures?
I cringe when I go to buy a $3.99 [...]

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Traditional Beverage: Kombucha

April 19, 2011

Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer
A couple years ago when someone first told me about WAP (Weston A. Price), I joined an online group.  People there kept talking about kombucha.  It sounded weird!  I had no idea what it was, or why anyone would want to drink it.  They kept talking about it as this [...]

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Simple Ways to Improve your Digestion and Gut Health

March 25, 2010
making kefir

Image by David Niergarth
"We tend to take our gut for granted, and it costs us dearly. We continually eat wrong foods that are rarely digested properly. The by-products of incomplete digestion clog the gut with accumulated debris. This coating becomes a perfect breeding ground for dangerous forms of bacteria and other microorganisms." Jordan Rubin, The [...]

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Taking the Mystery Out of Creme Fraiche (What It Is and How to Make It)

February 15, 2010
buttermilk-for-creme-fraiche

I love to say it. Creme Fraiche (pronounced "crem fresh").
There's something so gourmet and cultured sounding about it (no pun intended!), and yet it is one of the simplest types of cultured dairy that you can make. Basically, creme fraiche is cultured cream. It's that simple.
For some reason I held off trying it out for [...]

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