by faithcanter | Mar 20, 2014 | Detoxing Mind, Body & Home, Fermented / Cultured / Probiotic, Nutrition
Sauerkraut Many people think Sauerkraut is from Germany, when in fact, although it’s been a major part of German cuisine for a long time that it actually came from China (where it was originally fermented with rice wine instead of salt & water) and then found its...
by faithcanter | Mar 2, 2014 | Detox the Body, Fermented / Cultured / Probiotic, Nutrition
So what is Kefir? Kefir is a fermented/cultured probiotic drink. It comes in both ‘milk kefir’ and ‘water kefir’ forms. As the name would suggest ‘milk kefir’ is made from milk, but not just dairy milk. Milk kefir is also made with coconut milk, almond milk, soya...
by faithcanter | Feb 27, 2014 | Nutrition
As some of you may know I often talk about how wonderfully good seaweed is for you. So when one of my lovely local health food stores, Real Foods asked me to write a review about kombu seaweed (of the kelp family of seaweeds) I pretty much jumped for joy! What a...
by faithcanter | Jan 25, 2014 | Nutrition
It seems almost everyone is juicing these days so I thought I’d share with you my personal do’s and dont’s of juicing: 1. Re-juice: Did you know you can re-juice the pulp from your juiced fruits and veggies? Put the collected juice pulp back through...