Homebrewing your own hard cider is fun, legal, and safe (that is, if you don’t imbibe too much). However, it is often the case that one will come across recipes for other kinds of homemade alcoholic drinks during the researching period. When I was looking into all the different ways to make hard cider, I…
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!
How to Save Tomato Seeds by Fermenting
In many instances, saving seeds is pretty easy. Cut open a butternut squash, scoop out the seeds, put a few on a paper towel to dry, and there you go. With some veggies, like zucchini and cucumbers, you need to let a few get pretty big – bigger than you’d want to eat, so that…
Fermented Pepperoncini Hot Sauce
This fermented pepperoncini hot sauce is an easy and delicious summer fermented food recipe. It’s perfect for preserving the summer harvest, packed with tons of flavor, and not quite as spicy as traditional hot sauce. Pepperoncini Peppers for Hot Sauce For some reason this year, most of our pepper plants didn’t do very well. We…
Fermented Cherry Tomatoes
Fermented cherry tomatoes are an excellent way to preserve an abundance of cherry tomatoes. The finished fermented tomatoes have a slight effervescence and amazing flavor! Preserving Cherry Tomatoes with Fermentation We have so many cherry tomatoes in the garden this year, it’s ridiculous. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as they are super sweet and…
How to Make Hard Cider With Wild Yeast
When it’s apple season fresh pressed cider is easy to find. Learn how to make your own homemade hard cider with wild yeast using fresh apple juice! Wild Yeast on Apples We recently had a whole lot of fresh pressed apple cider on our hands after building a simple DIY apple press and pressing a…
Mugwort Lemon Beer Recipe
Brew a primitive mugwort lemon beer with foraged ingredients. This home brew is easy to make and so delicious! Mugwort is easy to forage for, smells delicious, and is a great herb to use in a homemade beer recipe Homemade Herbal Brewing You may remember several weeks ago that I made a starter from wild…
Elderflower Sparkling Mead
Go foraging for elderflowers, and then make this sparkling mead recipe! This easy homemade sparkling elderflower mead recipe is low alcohol, delicately flavored, and the perfect foraged drink for a hot summer day! Simple Mead Making Ebook Want to learn more about making mead? I have a Simple Mead Making for Beginners eBook just for…
Dandelion and Fennel Kombucha
Hello there! This is a post I recently wrote for the Herbal Academy, and thought my readers would like it, too! This dandelion and fennel kombucha turned out so tasty, I definitely recommend giving it a try. The link at the bottom of this post will take you to the recipe. Also, be sure to…
How to Make a Wild Yeast Starter
Learn how to make a wild yeast starter for home brewing and natural sodas. This wild yeast starter is made using foraged juniper berries, and is very easy to make! Cultivating Wild Yeast for Brewing With all the mead and hard cider brewing that I’ve done, up until now I’ve never tried cultivating my own…
Homemade Reuben Sandwich (100% Home Fermented)
Yes, I did it! I made a completely homemade Reuben sandwich, where every single ingredient was made from scratch and home fermented. I have to admit it was a bit difficult to do, mainly because of the logistics involved in making sure that every ingredient was ready at the right time. But, in the end…