Coconut Kefir
I still periodically do some home fermentation; I have my trusty old kombucha SCOBY going, and was given some milk kefir grains a year or two ago as well. When we had our raw milk…
Tag Archives: fermentation
Thanksgiving Recap 2013
An account of our gluten-free and nearly grain-free Thanksgiving dinner in 2013.
The Coconut Milk Project
An initial foray into casein-free milk alternatives, focusing on coconut milk tonic and related calcium supplementation.
Give’m Blood ‘n’ Vinegar, Wot Wot!
It’s one of those things I can’t unthink—now that I know I can make chicken stock from picked carcasses, I simply cannot resist doing so, even when I can barely squeeze another quart into the…
Cultured Butter, Ricotta Salata and Mysost
An extra gallon of raw milk in the fridge prompts a spate of frenzied cheese-making! My very first attempts at homemade ricotta salata, mysost, and cultured butter.
Dregs
The last grape post of the season---canning syrup and pie filling, baking pies, and straining homemade vinegar!
Tomato Bisque
Roasted tomato bisque with potato latke melts and pickled peppers, a warming autumn meal.
Casomorphin Power Ranger
An in-depth post relating the findings of Nolan's medical testing---including nutritional deficits and digestive concerns---and how we hope to help him both physically and socially through dietary intervention.
Weedeater
Purslane, a widely available wild succulent, may change your outlook on weeds!
Opening Sallies
Pickles, fritters, and a summery pasta dish that highlights zucchini in two ways: sauteed with red onion, and ground raw into an herby pistou that clings to the pasta with a splash of cream.
Poblano Chicken
Chicken in a creamy sauce of onions, poblano chiles and sour cream---an easy and very flavorful Mexican dish, albeit not the most photogenic thing I've made lately.
Cootie-catchers
A mini citrus-fest at our house: preserved Meyer lemons and dehydrated zest.
No-Labor Day
All sorts of homemade fixings to pair up with hamburgers, from fries to coleslaw to onion rings, and even microwave potato chips!
Every Part of the Buffalo
An experiment in using every part of a pile of tomatoes: tomato paste and lacto-fermented ketchup from the pulp, tomato powder from the skins, and seeds harvested for next year's garden.
Dilly Dally
My first batch of cucumber pickles, lacto-fermented with fresh garlic and dill.
Vegetable Alchemy
My very first attempt to lacto-ferment cabbage into sauerkraut, as part of the Preserve the Bounty challenge.