January 18th, 2012 | Cleaning Products, D.I.Y., How-to, Sustainable, chamomile, cleaning, conditioner, cosmetic, feature, hair, homemade, Kombucha, natural, shampoo, vinegar
About a year ago I started using apple cider vinegar to condition my hair. It worked so well that I started adding chamomile to the vinegar. In the past couple months I have gone one step further and started making kombucha vinegar (by simply allowing some kombucha to sour to vinegar) and then infusing it with chamomile flowers and using this for conditioner. It has worked remarkably well.
My original post, Baking Soda Shampoo, outlines the various things I used for shampoo, like eggs and marshmallow, and finally settled on simply using baking soda. That post also explains how I made my apple cider vinegar hair conditioner.
January 3rd, 2012
This Christmas, when I heard my nephew and niece were gonna join us for dinner I decided to get crazy with the kombucha and make a lovely punch. I have been using coconut water to make kefir lately and decided to try it with kombucha. This recipe isn't exact. Be sure to use your taste buds to decide ...
December 31st, 2011
I've had kombucha on the brain for a while now, but things have been so nutty I haven't been able to keep up with posting lately at all, please forgive me. I have had a rather kombucha-filled Christmas and the New Year looks to be full of kombucha cheer as well with Kombucha Kamp's annual Kombucha R ...
October 15th, 2011
One of my favorite bloggers has just done it again! The KombuchaMama has just written an article about her experience with her dog and how she got her off some serious antibiotics by feeding her kombucha! Full article here.
Have you ever considered what Kombucha might do for your pets?
Well, I ...
October 4th, 2011
Lately I have become a fan of marinating my meat in kombucha. In fact last night I made a delicious pulled pork recipe which I first marinated in a star-anise, ginger kombucha -- oh so tasty, but that is another recipe. This Kombucha chicken recipe is fantastic, simple and just look how the glazed s ...
March 25th, 2011
I'm really worried about the levels of radiation and the situation in Japan. The sad thing is there are already high levels of radiation in our world--higher than they were ten years ago at any rate. They come from increased use of cellphones, wireless networks, electrical equipment, medical equipme ...
January 31st, 2011
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The grassroots Real Milk movement was begun years ago, by Sally Fallon Morell in the US. Here in Canada, Michael Schmidt gave the movement an opportunity wh ...
January 3rd, 2011
But if I won a continuous brew system that would do too....
Not so long ago I stumbled across an amazing project -- clothing made from kombucha leather! What else but kombucha can be a delicious healing beverage and a jacket all at once? I guess how they do it is by fermenting the kombucha in lar ...
November 15th, 2010
This is a very simple technique that makes an extra tasty batch of kombucha. By adding fruit juice after the ten day fermentation period you get a fizzier drink, which means there is more alcohol. This drink is very much like a grape soda, but good for you!
I have been making kombucha lately with ...
September 20th, 2010
A special request from Jane Smile to post this recipe! I have started making kombucha with honey because we are currently on the GAPS/SCD diet, which doesn't use refined sugar at all. Basic black tea kombucha recipe here.
Makes about 3 quarts (litres)
3 litres (quarts) non-chlorinated water
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