This gift guide for fermenters and homebrewers will give you all kinds of ideas for the holiday and Christmas season. Find ideas for fermenting kits and jars, kefir and kombucha starters, brewing supplies, books, and more. You’ll find the perfect holiday gift for the fermenter or home brewer in your life. Fermenting is a huge…
Fermented Vegetable Recipes
Looking for a healthier choice to preserve fresh seasonal produce? Try some of these delicious fermented vegetable recipes. Fermented vegetables are full of healthy probiotics and because they don't go through the heating process of canning, retain more nutrients.
Explore our recipes and discover your new favorite Cucumber Pickles or Fermented Cherry Tomatoes. You'll also find a healthier version of condiments such as Fermented Ketchup, even Hot Sauce!
Or you can learn to make a Ginger Bug and naturally brew many fruits to make natural homemade sodas.
Fermented Dilly Beans
Dilly beans are a new treat to me, and they’re so delicious. The sourness, the dill and garlic flavor, and the beans’ crunch are awesome! So, of course, I had to make fermented dilly beans! Fermenting Green Beans I love all kinds of pickles and always have, and was one of those kids who would…
Fermented Garlic
Making fermented garlic is a super easy way to preserve and prolong the life of garlic cloves. This simple lacto fermentation recipe creates a uniquely delicious garlic flavor and adds probiotics to your diet too. For the Love of Garlic I don’t know about you, but I just don’t feel like the world would turn…
How to Preserve Cucumbers: Ferment, Can, Freeze and More!
Knowing how to preserve cucumbers is an important skill set if you’ve got an abundant cucumber plant. Pickles, of course, are a top choice for preserving cucumbers. But there are many ways from freezing cucumbers to infusing to dehydrating that will add delicious variety to your pantry! When it’s cucumber season, sometimes you’re knee-deep in…
15+ Ways to Preserve Peppers: Freeze, Can, Dry, Ferment & More!
Preserving peppers is an end-of-summer task that might have you wondering which method is best. When faced with a bumper crop of peppers in the garden, it’s not practical to try to eat them all within their ripeness window. I’ve gathered up 15+ of the very best ways to store peppers including how to can,…
Homemade Fermented Cucumber Dill Pickles
Fermented pickles are a treat loaded with probiotics and a delicious sour pickle taste. These are the original, old-school, traditional, deli-style pickles that are nostalgic for many people. Fermented pickles are the real deal, are easy to make, and are rooted in lacto-fermented history! What’s the Difference Between Fermented Pickles and Regular Pickles? I absolutely…
How to Make a Fermented Turmeric Bug
This fermented turmeric bug is simple to make and the perfect thing for making naturally fermented sodas. A turmeric bug is similar to a ginger bug but made with fresh turmeric root instead. With a gentle warming and subtly spicy flavor making for a lovely ferment, a turmeric bug is easy to make and perfect…
How to Make a Ginger Bug for Wild Fermented Sodas
Learn how to make a homemade ginger bug using a wild ferment. It’s a very easy beginner fermentation recipe, can be a base for all kinds of naturally fermented soda drinks, including traditional ginger beer. Here is everything you need to know about this traditionally fermented ginger starter for homemade natural sodas! Fermenting Ginger as…
How to Make Sauerkraut: Traditionally Fermented Cabbage
Traditionally made from cabbage and a saltwater brine, sauerkraut is fermented for several weeks. Homemade sauerkraut is amazing and doesn’t resemble store bought at all, plus it’s easy and cheap to make and filled with probiotics. Let’s make homemade fermented sauerkraut! What is Sauerkraut? I don’t know about you, but I hated sauerkraut when I…
15+ Ways to Preserve Zucchini: Freeze, Can, Ferment, and Dehydrate
Some summers are zucchini summers, and we are in the midst of one right now! Preserving zucchini to last through the winter is actually easy to do. There are four main methods for how to preserve zucchini: freezing, canning, fermenting, and dehydrating or drying. How to Preserve Zucchini Zucchini can sometimes grow a little bit…
