This past weekend, I had the good fortune of participating in our city’s first Fermentation Festival. What a brilliant way to spend a weekend day, hanging out with fellow Gut Geeks to talk nerdy about the microbiome. It really felt like a celebration of all things I love - culture, community and the power of good food.
This blog post delves into ways to customize your own Beet Kvass Brew and targeting specific organs or health concerns you may have on the go. Click on the image for the full run down of ideas and inspiration.
Read moreYou have kale coming out your ears, whether from the garden patch of your CSA box. Or maybe you just want to try your hand at a new way to preserve the bounty of this time of year. What to do, what to do…
Might I recommend making a batch of kale chips?
Read moreEasy recipe for a pesto template. A brilliant way to support your liver, and provide your body with a cornucopia of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients!
Read moreNew recipe on the blog, meant to take in the flavours of the season. Fermented Gazpacho, with flavour spikes from fused olive oil from Blue Door in Calgary, and flavoured vinegar from my wee garden patch. A nourishing probiotic-rich cold soup for the dog days of summer!
Read moreI love greens. We all know we should eat them. Some may like them, others may have a hard time choking them down. I have a little one who won't eat a salad, say, but she'll devour this easy side every time I make it. In fact, she requests it on a regular basis. Making a nourishing side like this makes me feel like EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK. She had some greens. (And so did I, in the process.)
Recipe for an easy side (or veggie loving main!) – Palak
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