Fermented Dairy

Homemade fermented butter is rich, silky, creamy, with a slightly tangy twist. Cultured butter has similar uses as standard butter, just with more character. Cultured butter contains lots of good bacteria. Fermented cream I sometimes order raw cream from a trusted farmer and by the time I receive the cream it has already started to…

Do you enjoy a creamy yogurt or a smooth, creamy cheese that makes your mouth water. Who doesn’t? A common complaint is that healthy food is boring and tasteless. Not true. Fermented milk products prepared on full-fat milk or cream are delicious. Below are a few examples of good choices you can try. Fermented milk products This…

You can prepare cultured buttermilk both from animal and nut milk. Traditionally, buttermilk is what is left when making butter. I’ve prepared butter many times using fermented cream. When the cream is already fermented the buttermilk is also fermented and ready. However, most buttermilk in grocery stores is created in an industrial process. Then there’s…

I’ve used the Body Ecology Kefir Starter many times and have always been happy with the result. The starter is simple to use and produce a good kefir. Donna Gates, the creator of Body Ecology, has spent some 30+ years developing fermentation starters and is an authority on fermented foods. Why use Body Ecology Kefir…