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…
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.)
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…
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 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 strawberry rhubarb soda. 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 Tomato Bombs
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
How have I been blogging this long and not written a post on one of the easiest and most popular vegetable ferments? 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,…
How to Make Fermented Ketchup
Ketchup is the classic condiment, but in modern times it has strayed wildly from what it once was. Did you know that it started out as a fermented fish sauce, often made with guts and entrails? Doesn’t sound too appetizing to me. It then somehow transformed into a mushroom sauce, with other variations made with…
How to Make Fermented Cranberries
The holiday season is here and it makes me so happy! I really do love this time of year, and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday (probably because it revolves around food, ha!). I was always the kid who was picky about food, but liked weird things like pickles, olives, and cranberry sauce. But, the cranberry…
