yoga & holistic nutrition

kefir soft cheese

From my blogging, it seems that I go through bursts of yoga, then bursts of fermenting. In reality (my regular life rather than my virtual online blogger life) I tend to do both simultaneously. Just for the time being I am finding it more interesting to share my fermenting efforts wit
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Some kombucha combos…………

Kombucha is made with various types of herbal tea. I love to switch it up and make different variations. However I always add at least 2 black/green tea bags as the scoby feeds off the caffeine as well as the sugar that has to be added.   Here are some of my favourite combinations (2
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double trouble – double fermentation with kefir

In my previous post on making kefir, I mentioned that I sometimes ‘double ferment‘ and flavour my kefir. Double fermentation involves letting the kefir sit out at room temperature for longer after straining out the kefir grains: Make your kefir as per the instructions on m
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saturday, sunday, monday……..sourdough.

Love and Time. The two main ingredients for sourdough. Oh and flour and water. Thats pretty much it. All four can create a yummy loaf of bread. However as I found out it’s very trial & error. I look forward to taking time to perfect my recipe. I started by using a recipe pro
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fermentation frolics. how to make kefir.

My obsession with probiotic bacteria is slowly but steadily growing. In the past couple of months I have discovered the joy of kefir. A huge thanks goes to Andrea Potter & Cedana Bourne of Rooted Nutrition for their wonderful workshop on Fermenting Dairy. I managed to get some kef
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