Light, sour, briny, and full of delicious onion flavor. You’re going to love this green onion kimchi inspired fermented relish. Use it anywhere you would use kimchi. Green Onion Kimchi Kimchi is usually a spicy mix of fermented cabbage and other ingredients. What kimchi is made of depends on who is making it and where you are trying it! In Korea, families use local and seasonal ingredients in their kimchi recipes, so there are over 200 types of kimchi, each unique. One type of kimchi is green onion kimchi, also called Pa-Kimchi. It is made similarly to cabbage-based kimchi, but with green onio ..read more

These are the most delicious lamb tacos made with fresh sourdough tortillas, marinated lamb, and fermented lemon chermoula. This affordable recipe is made with tender and juicy yogurt-marinated lamb stew meat. Lamb Tacos This is one of my all-time favorite taco recipes in the summer. The lamb and the chermoula flavor is a nice change from regular tacos. I love that you get a lot of savory, rich flavors from the marinated lamb. But there are also a lot of refreshing, bright, and hydrating elements from the lettuce, cucumber, and chermoula. I suggest making these tacos in the spring for Easter a ..read more

These are the absolute best chocolate strawberry cheesecake cookies. Delicious strawberry white chocolate chip cookies made with fresh berries, white chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, and cream cheese bits for the most fantastic texture and flavor. Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies When I decided to develop a recipe for sourdough strawberry cheesecake cookies, I didn’t want to stuff them with cream cheese. Essentially, I wanted them to be white chocolate chip cookies with strawberry cheesecake flavor. Well, that’s exactly what I created here, and I LOVE them. I incorporated frozen ..read more

Soft yet sturdy, these sourdough tortillas are the perfect base for any taco. You only need five ingredients, a rolling pin, and a cast iron skillet to make these delicious flour tortillas. Sourdough Tortillas From Scratch Sourdough tortillas are one of the easiest sourdough things you can make. If you are a beginner sourdough baker, this is a fantastic recipe to start with. I love that you don’t need to heat your oven to make tortillas. You just need a hot skillet on the stovetop! You can avoid heating up your house with a long oven baking process. So this recipe is perfect for summer tacos ..read more

This hard strawberry cider recipe makes a delicious home-brewed fruit cider, perfect for spring and summer. You can bottle strawberry hard cider with honey for a refreshing sparkling cider. Homemade Strawberry Cider Or is it apple strawberry wine? In our blood orange cider recipe blog, I mentioned that cider must be 35% apple juice to be considered “cider.” Well, this recipe is mostly apple juice with some fresh strawberry syrup incorporated. Another thing I’ve learned about cider is that the only difference between apple cider and apple wine is the alcohol content. If you brew some apple cide ..read more

Made with fresh arugula, cucumbers, blackberries, blueberries, goat cheese, pistachios, and honey mustard dressing, this sauerkraut arugula salad is the most delicious and refreshing meal for any warm day. Sauerkraut Arugula Salad I know; it sounds like an intense and strange flavor combination. But I swear it’s one of the best salads ever. It’s also fantastic for gut health! The ingredients in sauerkraut arugula salad are hydrating, full of fiber, and packed with probiotics. Arugula, the main ingredient, contains many B vitamins and more vitamin C than an orange. The best sauerkraut to use in ..read more

This is the best lemon blueberry cookie recipe! These lemon blueberry cookies are made with fresh blueberries, fermented lemon, and sourdough starter for the most fantastic texture and flavor. I like to call these blueberry muffin cookies because they taste just like the top of a blueberry muffin! Lemon Blueberry Cookies When I decided to develop a recipe for sourdough lemon blueberry cookies, I wanted to make sure the lemon flavor was prominent. So, I used fermented lemon rind in my cookies instead of lemon zest. If you’ve never baked with fermented lemon and have some in your fridge, you hav ..read more

Tired of soggy fermented pickles? This fermented cucumbers recipe makes it easy to ferment crunchy and crisp pickles. Learn the best techniques for fermenting sliced cucumbers ready to eat in just two weeks! Choosing Quality Cucumbers for Fermentation I suggest using one of three types of cucumbers to ferment your pickles. First, English cucumbers, the long cucumbers normally sold tightly wrapped in plastic, work well. The second is pickling the shorter, bumpy, lighter green cucumbers. Third is the Persian cucumber (my favorite), also known as teeny tiny or cocktail cucumbers. Do not use slici ..read more

Perfect for spring, this smoked salmon carpaccio makes for an impressive appetizer or a light meal on a hot day. The miso dressing and crispy fermented lemon create an unforgettable flavor you’ll love! What is Carpaccio? Carpaccio (pronounced “car-PAH-chee-oh”) is an Italian appetizer made of thinly sliced raw meat and drizzled with a lemon olive oil dressing. While traditional Italian carpaccio is made with raw beef, modern recipes can include various thinly cut raw proteins. Fish carpaccio is quite common, usually made with salmon or tuna. Smoked Salmon Carpaccio I chose to go with smoked sa ..read more

Light, sour, briny, and full of flavor. You’re going to love this fermented celery with shallots and black pepper. Use it anywhere you would use sauerkraut or pickles. Fermenting celery only takes a few ingredients and a couple of weeks. Fermented Celery I’ve wanted to share this one for a long time! Fermented celery is so delicious and easy to ferment. It’s quite similar to sauerkraut. So if you like kraut, you’re going to love this recipe. Make sure you start with fresh crisp celery, and I recommend organic if you have access to it. Here are all the ingredients you need to get started: cele ..read more