In my previous post on the Gut Biome- What it is and why it matters I explained the importance of having a diverse and abundant amount of good bacteria in your gut. I will offer a short review of that information below, and then I will talk about fermented foods. The good bacteria in your […]
Recipes
Make Your Own Sour Cream
Making your own sour cream is easy. Sour cream is used as a garnish in Tex-Mex dishes as well as an ingredient in baking. It is “soured” cream, which counts as a fermented food for those of you trying to add ferments to your diet. Making your own sour cream allows you to have control […]
Late Summer Harvest
It’s August, and too hot in central Texas to grow much of anything in the vegetable garden. Most vegetables have burned up, dried up or given up. Except black-eyed peas! I planted black-eyed peas after the tomatoes and zucchinis were done for the season. Actually, my peas are called Mississippi Pink Eye Peas. And they […]
I Made Cottage Cheese!
I believe there is some value in making your own healthy food, whether that means growing your own vegetables in the garden or raising your own chickens for eggs or baking a pie from scratch. These were skills our ancestors had and that we have often forgotten. So, when I saw the recipe for cottage […]
How to make a healthier pizza
Here is Dave’s Gourmet Roasted Garlic sauce. Here are some higher sodium sauces.