Fermented Radishes
Fermented Radishes are a tasty way to get your probiotics! Enjoy them in a salad, on a crudités plate, or solo as a snack. They have a delightful peppery pickle-like flavor. Radishes are packed with nutritional benefits as well. They live up to the "food as medicine"...
10 Ways to Sneak Nutrients into your Diet Without Taking a Pill
These days, with things to contend with such as soil depletion, food traveling great distances before it reaches your table, and processed foods that are stripped of nutrients, it can be hard to get the nutrients that your body needs in your daily diet. Although there...
Sourdough Skillet Cornbread
This delicious sourdough skillet cornbread is so easy to make and it goes great with a hearty soup, stew, or chili, or your favorite summer barbecue dish! I like to top it with cultured honey butter. If you don't have a sourdough starter yet, see my post on obtaining...
Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing
What's in your salad dressing? Have you looked at the label lately? You might be surprised to see that it contains some appalling ingredients, even in the organic versions! Some common ingredients are inflammation promoting oils such as soy or canola and emulsifiers...
Cultured Maple Butter (or Honey Butter)
This cultured maple butter is a snap to make. It has the benefit of healthy fats and probiotics from the grass-fed cultured butter and trace minerals from the organic maple syrup (or probiotics, enzymes, vitamins, and minerals from the raw honey if you are making...
Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes/Waffles
These sourdough waffles/pancakes have been a favorite in our house for the past few years. They mix up almost as fast as one of those pancake mixes in a box do, taste way better, and are so much better for you! They have healthy fats from the butter and egg yolks, as...
Dandelion: A Super Food?
Oh, the lowly dandelion! This "weed" is actually anything but lowly, and now that it is spring, it is the perfect time to bring to mind their benefits before you start your war with them (if you do). Please allow me break down the benefits of consuming the different...
Sprouts: Detoxify, Fight Cancer, and Balance Hormones
Sprouts are one of my favorite ways to get extra nutrients into my diet! They are tasty, simple to make, and jam-packed with nutrients, many of which are cancer-fighting. I add them to salads, sandwiches, wraps, and even soups (such as Mung bean sprouts for Pho). Even...
Decoction of Marshmallow Root and Slippery Elm Bark to Heal and Seal your Gut
What is a Decoction? A decoction is simply a very strong tea made from the chopped, sturdier parts of herbs (roots, barks, etc). In this decoction, we use chopped Slippery Elm bark and chopped Marshmallow root. Both are demulcents. A demulcent relieves irritation and...
Fermented Jicama sticks with Grapefruit: Feed your Microbiome with Deliciousness
Let me tell you about my kids favorite ferment--Fermented Jicama Sticks with Grapefruit. First and foremost they are delicious! Second, jicama itself is packed with prebiotics. Prebiotics feed the good bacteria in your gut. They are just as important, if not more,...
