Easy Lacto-Fermented Pickles Recipe
With our vegetable garden in full production mode and weekly CSA veggie shares from the Roots and Shoots farm we are getting quite a few perfect pickling cucumbers every week. So I thought I would share a recipe for Polish dill pickles in brine or in Polish – ogórki kiszone (oh-GOORR-kee kee-SHOH-neh). Those are not… read more
Water Kefir Recipe – How To Make Water Kefir
Today I’d like to share with you a water kefir recipe. It’s a delicious lacto-fermented drink that I discovered just two months ago and have been making ever since. If you follow this blog you may know that our family loves kombucha and we’ve been brewing it for several years. Well, it’s hard to believe but… read more
What I Love – Quick and Easy Ciabatta Bread Recipe – Sauk Prairie, WI Photographer
Both of my kids just LOVE ciabatta bread. It’s a delicious type of Italian bread made from wheat flour and yeast, probably not the healthiest choice of bread but tastes sooo good. It is especially good with soups or as a sandwich. I used to buy pre-baked frozen ciabatta in a store and just put… read more
What I Love – Lacto-Fermented Vegetables
Fall in Wisconsin always brings an abundance of colorful, fresh, healthy produce. We are members of a wonderful organic and local CSA farm (Roots and Shoots in North Freedom WI) and every Tuesday throughout summer and fall we receive a huge bag of beautiful vegetables. Right now these shares are quite big and even though… read more
What I Love – Beet Kvass Recipe – Nourishing Drink From Eastern Europe
You might already know that I just LOVE lacto-fermented foods and drinks. Sauerkraut and pickles in salt brine is what I grew up with in Poland and now I’m just expanding my fermented repertoire. I am a regular reader of Dr. Mercola’s newsletter and yesterday he shared a very interesting article about how our gut… read more
What I Love – My Kombucha Recipe – Prairie du Sac, WI Photographer
Today I would like to share with you my kombucha recipe. This is not really a photography related topic, but one very close to my heart, as I used to teach workshops how to make this special drink. And of course I will include some images as well 🙂 We’ve been drinking kombucha regularly for… read more
What I Love – Borscht Recipe – Prairie du Sac, WI Photographer
First snow is here! Seems so sudden and unexpected. I don’t feel ready for winter yet… I believe though that everything happens when it’s supposed to so it’s probably a good thing. After a very busy fall season it’s time to slow down, refocus, think, plan for the next year and… cook more 🙂 You… read more
