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…
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 Tomato Bombs. 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 Jalapeño Hot Sauce
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Fermenting is one of the best ways to naturally preserve foods, and is a great way to use up a bumper crop of veggies from your garden. If you’ve never had fermented jalapeño hot sauce before, you’re in for a treat! It is a little spicy without…
How to Make Kimchi: Simple Fermented Recipe
{This post is sponsored by Ball® Fresh Preserving} Kimchi is a spicy Korean side dish that is traditionally fermented, similar to sauerkraut. It is usually made with napa cabbage along with other vegetables like carrots, onions, ginger, and garlic. Korean chili flakes give it a spicy kick! Kimchi is surprisingly easy to make and so…
12 Best Books on Fermenting and Homebrewing
Fermenting is a great way to preserve foods and drinks in a delicious and fun way. Fermented vegetables are full of healthy probiotics, kombucha is all the rage, and homebrewing your own mead, wine, or beer brings a little cheer into your life! For beginners, fermentation might seem a little daunting, however. It’s definitely a…
Gift Guide for Fermenters and Homebrewers
I recently gave you some gift ideas for foragers and wildcrafters and for backyard gardeners, and now here’s a gift guide for fermenters and homebrewers! Fermenting is a huge passion of mine, and I love showing people how easy it is. This is going to be a long one because I have many recommendations, and…
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…
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 apple ginger beer. I have heard and read that the same thing can be done with turmeric root, and it is something that…
Fermented Pepperoncini Hot Sauce
For some reason this year, most of our pepper plants didn’t do very well. We only got one or two bell peppers total, and a few hot peppers here and there. Then we have this one pepperoncini plant which has produced so many peppers that I don’t even know what to do with all of…
Fermented Cherry Tomatoes
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 delicious, but it’s becoming hard for us to consume them all! What makes it even more difficult is that cherry tomatoes aren’t usually preserved in the same manner as larger…
Fermented Cucumber Pickles
I absolutely love fermented cucumber pickles, they were probably what originally got me into fermenting to begin with. I’ve been a pickle lover ever since I was a kid, and love all varieties, including the canned vinegar kind and refrigerator pickles. My mom makes awesome sweet bread and butter pickles, and her dill pickles are…
