Hey guys it's been a while since I have blogged, been to busy getting out there moving and cooking my clean eats. A bunch of you have asked about probiotics and what we are taking and how to make your own. I have been taking probiotic supplements for years, not sure I ever noticed a difference, but I was also consuming large amounts of sugars, salts and alcohol that were probably taking over faster than the small amounts of good probiotics. So while making the change to clean eating I also decided to stop taking manufactured probiotics and start making my own. With ingredients that I controlled and choose.
We make homemade Kombucha and Kefir which we consume daily, and buy our fermented pickles and kraut from our local Farmers Market.
I use 1 cup of plain kefir milk in my morning shake, Chet likes to drink the kefir flavored with berries or Kefir-nog. I also make kefir cheese, which we make either kefir dip or kefir blue cheese dip (sooo YUMMY)!
We drink ~ 16-32 oz of Kombucha a day depending on my caloric values for the day. My favorites are raspberry/ginger and mango/pineapple/ginger (I also add fresh turmeric for the added anti-inflammation properties it contains). You may be raising your eyebrows, but try it, you can not taste the turmeric and it is filtered out during the bottling phase. I have yet to add garlic, but have been thinking about it. Click Here for my recipes for flavored Kombucha
Lastly we try and consume 1-2 tbs of fermented krauts a day. My favorite is beet kraut, but the Kimchi and Dill kraut is also very very good.
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