fermentation

Fermented Hot Sauce: Part 2

My fermented hot sauce was bubbling and brewing away in the corner for several days. It developed a little bit of white mold, which I promptly scraped off. I did notice mentions of mold in various blog posts so I didn’t worry overly much, it seems to relate to the fermentation process.

Once I felt that it was fermented enough (use your intuition) I slipped on a glove and picked through the mixture removing all of the green stems. I then dumped the mixture into a saucepan with about half a cup of white wine vinegar and let it boil for several minutes.

I put in a teaspoon of salt and then poured the whole saucepan into my blender and whizzed it up until I liked the consistency. The sauce then took another journey into the saucepan for another round of boiling while I sterilized a few little jars. I tasted it again as it boiled and decided to add a teaspoon of white sugar. This just seemed appropriate.

Fermented Hot Sauce: Part 1

Fermented Hot Sauce: Part 1

I never used to like hot sauce. That changed during my first camping trip. I was 19-years-old. Traveling to the site with a fellow newbie girlfriend, en route we picked up a lot of beer, a 12-pack of hot dogs and a sack of buns. That was it.  We had no tent, no sleeping bags, no nothing. Just ...

Grain-Free Recipe Cards for GAPS, SCD and Paleo Diets

Grain-Free Recipe Cards for GAPS, SCD and Paleo Diets

Click Here To Buy Hella Delicious Grain-Free Recipe Cards Beautiful collection of six unique grain-free, gluten-free and refined-sugar-free recipes from www.helladelicious.com. These simple recipes are suitable for the Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet, the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, the Pale ...

Tarragon Sauerkraut

Tarragon Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is easy to make and great for your digestion. The addition of tarragon (traditionally known as the 'king of herbs' in France) enhances the digestive assisting powers of kraut. Tarragon stimulates bile production among many other things (see below). 1 head of cabbage, shredded 1 ...

Fish Sauce, Ketchup and the Rewilding of Our Food

Fish Sauce, Ketchup and the Rewilding of Our Food

I am a big fan of fish sauce. I guess it comes from spending plenty of time in S.E.Asia. This article reminded me of my early days in culinary school as I used to spend heaps of time in the amazing library at the Culinary Institute of America, and remember being so surprised when I found out the ...

Coconut Water Kefir Tips and Benefits

Coconut Water Kefir Tips and Benefits

I have been experimenting with various ways to make coconut water kefir. My first step was to rehydrate some water kefir grains I had been given by a local fermentation fan last year and get them bubbling. I had previously made coconut kefir with dairy kefir grains which also works quite nicely, but ...

Intestinal Healing with the GAPS diet

Intestinal Healing with the GAPS diet

Although we've been on the GAPS diet for a year an a half now and are so much more healthier than we have been in years, I just realised I haven't posted a basic explanation of what the diet is, and what it is specifically used for. I recently discovered this article posted on Natural News written b ...

Grain Free Tuesday 14

Grain Free Tuesday 14

Welcome back to Grain-Free Tuesdays! We are very happy to see you again. This linky is a resource for folks on the GAPS/SCD or Paleo diets so please only post recipes and content that follows the guidelines for those diets. This means NO sugar of any kind, only honey and fruits. A grain-free diet ...

Grain-Free Tuesdays 13

Grain-Free Tuesdays 13

Welcome back to Grain-Free Tuesdays! We are very happy to see you again. This linky is a resource for folks on the GAPS/SCD or Paleo diets so please only post recipes and content that follows the guidelines for those diets. This means NO sugar of any kind, only honey and fruits. A grain-free diet ...

Grain-Free Tuesdays 12

Grain-Free Tuesdays 12

Welcome back to Grain-Free Tuesdays! We are very happy to see you again. This linky is a resource for folks on the GAPS/SCD or Paleo diets so please only post recipes and content that follows the guidelines for those diets. This means NO sugar of any kind, only honey and fruits. A grain-free diet ...