{This post is sponsored by Mountain Rose Herbs} I wasn’t allowed to drink much soda pop growing up (thanks Mom!), but I did have the occasional root beer when we went out to eat. It was always my favorite with its distinctive flavor that was so different than the regular boring colas. Little did I…
Fermented Soda
Fermented Elderberry Soda with Ginger and Honey (Made with Wild Yeast)
Elderberry season is always an exciting time. I love watching the local elderberry trees come into flower in the summer, then slowly start producing berries as fall approaches. Fall is by far my favorite season, so this is the beginning of wonderful things to come in my mind! Elderberries are amazing for the immune system,…
Fermented Sweet Potato Kvass
Fermenting foods is one of my favorite pastimes, and I’ve been especially fond of naturally fermented sodas recently. This fermented turmeric soda I made recently really got me hooked! They are so easy to make and can be flavored any way you like, plus they are actually good for you. I had heard of sweet…
Naturally Fermented Turmeric Soda
You might remember a couple of weeks ago I made a turmeric bug, which is basically a “starter” for making fermented sodas. The turmeric bug started bubbling away very quickly, within only a few days, which was really exciting. That means it’s time to make a naturally fermented turmeric soda! This is similar to how…
How to Make a Turmeric Bug
One of my favorite things to ferment is to make a ginger bug. It’s always worked well for me, and I love the ginger sodas I can make from it, like my strawberry rhubarb soda. I have heard and read that the same thing can be done with turmeric root, and it is something that…
How to Make a Wild Yeast Starter
With all the mead and hard cider brewing that I’ve done, up until now I’ve never tried cultivating my own yeast. With the effort that’s involved and the cost of high quality honey, I never wanted to risk tainting my brew with who knows what kind of random yeast that might be floating by. It…
Winter Herb Kvass Recipe
Winter is coming. So they say, anyways! It’s technically not officially here for several more days, but it sure feels like it is for a lot of us. It’s cold and rainy (or snowy, depending on where you live), and oftentimes the only greenery left in the garden is perennial herbs. This may be why…
How to Make Herbal Water Kefir Soda
I’m really excited to share this post with you because of how wonderful, and surprisingly easy this is to make! You may or may not have heard of water kefir, but let me tell you, it has changed my world. It is similar to kombucha, but easier to make, in my opinion, as well as…
Homemade Strawberry Rhubarb Soda (Fermented)
So, you’ve made a ginger bug. Now what the heck do you do with it? The main end goal of making a ginger bug is to make homemade sodas, ginger ale or otherwise. You can really use any flavoring that you want. I recently came into a big bunch of rhubarb, and strawberries are in…
How to Make a Ginger Bug
The coolest thing to me about fermenting is that it is one of the oldest methods of food preservation, along with salting and drying. In a world that has increasingly become germ and bacteria phobic, I love the thought of humans discovering the fermentation process many hundreds of years ago, and love the revival it…
