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Pansies, with their vibrant colors and mild flavor, can be a unique addition to your homemade probiotic drinks. Here’s a simple recipe to get you started: Fermented Pansy Soda Recipe Ingredients: Fresh pansy petals (about 1 cup) 1/2 cup raw honey (look for unpasteurized or raw honey with natural yeast and bacteria) Filtered water A… Continue reading Fermented Pansy Soda Recipe
Blueberry vinegar first began as a failed attempt at blueberry wine, but is now an annual tradition and the primary vinegar we use for everything. Making vinegar is a perfect use for old, blemished, and forgotten fruit. This recipe is for a sweet blueberry vinegar that is excellent as a finishing vinegar or to dress… Continue reading Homemade Blueberry Vinegar
I am a fan of Rain Country on Youtube. A few days ago my feed on Youtube came up with one of her older videos on making Calendula Soda. I have many Calendulas growing this year 🙂 So I watched the video, then excitedly went to my garden and picked a couple handfuls of Calendula,… Continue reading I Made Calendula Viola Soda!
Because I don't have a lot of freezer space and I don't really like the hassle of canning, I have been learning about fermenting as a way to preserve my excess produce. There's actually more reasons to this and that is that I love the taste of fermented food and fermented food has probiotics which… Continue reading Fermenting is my Favorite Way to Preserve Food, Here’s Why
Ideas and Advice for How To Live a Joyful and Empowered Life. 