Most of us in the fermenting world know all about kombucha, whether we’ve made it ourselves or just purchase it at our local health food store. What I’ve only recently learned is that kombucha is also great for the skin and makes a wonderful soap! It’s also the perfect way to use up any extra…
Ferment
Fermenting is a traditional way of preserving foods that creates a delicious and gut healthy end product. Making lacto-fermented veggies (like fermented asparagus) is a great way to use up excess veggies from your garden. Fermented honey garlic can help keep you healthy!
I’m also big on making fermented drinks such as kombucha, water kefir, and natural sodas. And of course there’s mead (honey wine) and other homebrews, like apple ginger beer, that bring us happiness and joy!
Blackberry Mead: One Gallon Recipe
Hot summer days mean one thing to me: blackberries are ripening! It’s usually sometime in August that we start foraging for blackberries, and I always make sure to reserve some for making a gallon (or two or three) of blackberry mead. Of course blackberry cobbler and crisp will also be made, and they are delicious,…
How to Preserve Zucchini: Ferment, Dehydrate, Freeze, and Can
Some summers are zucchini summers, and we are in the midst of one right now! While last year most of our summer squash plants got eaten by squash bugs, this year we have so many zucchini that we don’t know what to do with all of them. We’ve given them away, fed them to the…
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…
Fermented Asparagus with Garlic
Asparagus is one of my very favorite spring vegetables. I love when I start seeing them at the farmers market, as that’s a sure sign that warm weather is near! Plus it’s just a tasty vegetable that can make any meal feel fancy. Making fermented asparagus with garlic is one of the best ways to…
Maple Mead with Orange and Spices (Acerglyn)
Traditional mead is made with honey as the sweetener, but I’ve always wondered about using maple syrup instead. As it turns out, this is actually a thing that people do, and the technical term for “maple mead” is acerglyn (just as a mead made with fruit is called a melomel). For it to be mead,…
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…
Mulled Hard Cider
Well, the holidays are upon us, so who wants a drink? Seriously though, there’s really not anything better than a hot, spiced drink on a chilly and festive day, alcoholic or otherwise. I’ve been a big fan of mulled wine for a long time, but this year we have quite a bit of wild hard…
Fermented Honey Cranberries
When I started my fermented honey garlic a few weeks ago, it got me thinking about what else I could ferment in honey. I have seen recipes for berries in honey, and being that we’re coming up on the holiday season, fermenting cranberries in honey seemed like the natural thing to do. I’m so glad…
