Summer milk kefir ice cream treat
Summer's here and what better time in a year to go for probiotic-based ice cream.. Indeed, it is possible to make your own ice cream (even without a machine) using probiotic cultures as a start. In the example above I used milk kefir (~250 mL), milk kefir cream...
Grain-free waffles
On Sunday mornings the rest of the family usually has crêpes, I have my usual fruit 'n nutty breakfast in whichever form it presents itself. in terms of replacements, I tried coconut flour-based pancakes, but don't like them so much. Today it was time to try...
Kombucha soap – tried ‘n true
As I was so excited about the post on Kombucha soap a couple of months ago, I decided to try the recipe.. well a "slightly" modified version of it, as I did not have the right oils lying around. The following ingredients found their way into the recipe: cocoa butter,...
Here comes our flyer for June’s workshop
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Teff experiment – Injera
I've been eating almost exclusively grain-free for the last two months and it has made a huge difference on my general well-being. Then, I discovered a non-grain flour teff, or eragrostis teff, a species within the grass family, native to Ethiopia and Erithrea, used...
Wishing you a happy, healthy and fermenty 2018!
Wooosh! and there it was 2107! We hope you had a really good time, filled to the brim with interesting 'fermented' ideas. We hope they did or, for those in progress, will turn out beautifully! From our side, 2017 wasn't as filled with workshops and events as we'd have...
Kombucha soap
Why not go all the way in your probiotic cultures and try this kombucha soap? Especially with Christmas coming up, you could end up with some really nice presents!
Koji spores in Europe
Want to start making your own miso, soy sauce or amazake in Europe? It's possible! Here comes a link for those European experimentalists thinking about it: http://www.fermentationculture.eu/ The shop is based in Austria and sells a variety of spores, all to different...
China: People’s republic of fermentation
Oh, I so have to share this.. I was on a long flight, and for the occasion I 'infused' my phone with some interesting video material for the instance that the onboard programme wasn't sufficiently satisfying. I went through the 8 episodes of the People's Republic of...
Commercial kombucha vs homebrew 0 – 1
I just bought one of the commercially available kombucha's, out of curiosity as I wanted to compare tastes.. I was totally surprised by the utter lack of it: something sugar-waterish with some light berry compound.. Is this the best that they can do? Common! This is...