How to Make Your Own Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe

Nourishing Traditions

©2011 Shanna Ohmes

Making your own homemade mayonnaise is easy, fun and healthier than the store-bought commercial versions.  Commercial mayo is made with unhealthy canola or soybean oil, which causes numerous health problems.  And it’s loaded with dangerous chemicals, preservatives and MSG disguised as “natural flavorings or spices”.  Learn to make your own with . . . → Read More: How to Make Your Own Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe

Cheese Press for Making Hard Cheddar, Colby and White Cheeses

Cheese Press [320x200]

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at learning how to make hard cheeses like cheddar, Colby and hard white cheeses, then a Cheese Press is an essential tool for your homestead kitchen.  The best cheese press on the market today has been designed at The CheeseMaker with a heavy-duty . . . → Read More: Cheese Press for Making Hard Cheddar, Colby and White Cheeses

How to Make Lacto-Fermented Pickles

©2009 Shanna Ohmes

Lacto-fermented pickles are easy and fun to make.  They are delicious and go with sausages and hamburgers.  The taste is superb and you don’t get tired of it like you do with vinegar processed pickles.

Lacto-fermented pickles are healthier than commercially processed pickles.  The lactobacilli bacteria are essential to help with . . . → Read More: How to Make Lacto-Fermented Pickles

How To Make Lacto-Fermented Beets

 

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Beets have been a part of traditional diets in cultures for centuries.  Beets have long been known to regenerate the body and are heart healthy.  When beets are fermented, the availability of nutrients is increased and are much more nutritious than conventionally processed pickled beets.

 

 

 

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Healthy Refreshing Summer Drinks–Lacto-fermented Beverages

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Traditional cultures around the world drank naturally lacto-fermented drinks after laboring in the hot sun to replace needed mineral ions that were depleted during the day.  Today, we have largely replaced these traditional drinks with caffeine and sugar loaded drinks that further deplete our reserves and cause more dehydration, thus setting . . . → Read More: Healthy Refreshing Summer Drinks–Lacto-fermented Beverages

Homemade Salad Dressing Basics

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Salads are healthy, right?  We are advised to eat a salad everyday and then we smother it with toxic commercial dressings loaded with a slew of preservatives, additives, rancid oil, refined sweeteners, stabilizers and artificial colors.  And don’t forget, MSG can be hidden under the ingredient label of “natural flavors” or . . . → Read More: Homemade Salad Dressing Basics

6 Ancient Gluten-Free Grains to Include in Your Diet

Ancient Grains for Modern Meals

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Did you know there are other grains to include in your diet than just wheat, corn and oats?  Although these are also ancient grains, there are many others that are becoming more popular for those that cannot digest wheat. 

Gluten is one of many proteins in grains that are difficult to . . . → Read More: 6 Ancient Gluten-Free Grains to Include in Your Diet

Sauerkraut and Pickle Crocks

Sauerkraut and Pickling Crocks and Supplies

Cultures for Health

Cultures for Health