Booch? So you’ve heard of it, but actually have no idea what it is, aside from a weird hippy drink? Kombucha is a fermented tea, made from a symbiotic culture of yeast and bacteria, which is called a Scoby. Kombucha, or booch is a light, slightly fizzy drink. The yeasts and bacteria are meant to…
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Sauerkraut for beginners
This is the easiest and most basic sauerkraut recipe, perfect for beginners! Super easy and cheap all you need is: 1 finely chopped cabbage and salt. To make: Put ingredients in a large and very clean, bowl finely dice 1 cabbage (If you have one on hand, I suggest you use a food processor, so…
Cucumber and Yoghurt Dip
Cucumber and Yoghurt Dip. This is such a simple recipe and is really popular with the kids. We have this as a dip for polenta fingers and felafel and use it as a dressing for salads. To make: In a bowl put: 1 cup plain unsweetened yoghurt 1/2 cucumber finely diced Squeeze of lemon juice…
Sourdough Starter using kombucha
To make the sourdough starter: In a bowl mix 1 cup of gluten free flour and 1 cup of active kombucha. I used a mixture of gf flours, combining rice flour, chickpea flour, tapioca flour and gf bread mix. When it got quite wet and runny I added pysilium husk. Nut and seed based flours…
Ruby Sauerkraut
I made sauerkraut today! Super easy and cheap all you need is 1 finely chopped cabbage (I used purple cabbage) , 10 juniper berries and salt. I also added 2 grated beetroot, 1 grated apple. To make: Put ingredients in a large and very clean, bowl finely dice 1 whole purple cabbage (If you have…