Help! Not sure where to start! - Heal Thyself!2024-03-28T11:59:42Zhttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/forum/topics/help-not-sure-where-to-start-1?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe water kefir was a success…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-01-14:2814160:Comment:165932011-01-14T18:55:11.000Zkatrina nixonhttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/katrinanixon
<p>The water kefir was a success. I put lemon in it for the older girls who thought it was lemonade and apple grape juice for the toddler who also loved it and asked for more!!</p>
<p>Yeah!<br></br><br></br><cite>Brandy Lance said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div>Thanks for posting the recipe! :) I'll have to take a look at it. I hope your kefir turned out well too. My friend told me to add some grape juice to our second fermentation and it tastes sooo yummy! She said to match the same amount of your…</div>
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<p>The water kefir was a success. I put lemon in it for the older girls who thought it was lemonade and apple grape juice for the toddler who also loved it and asked for more!!</p>
<p>Yeah!<br/><br/><cite>Brandy Lance said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div>Thanks for posting the recipe! :) I'll have to take a look at it. I hope your kefir turned out well too. My friend told me to add some grape juice to our second fermentation and it tastes sooo yummy! She said to match the same amount of your water kefir to grape juice if you like it kind of sweet. I didn't add that much and it was still yummy. <br/><br/><cite>katrina nixon said:</cite><br/><blockquote><div><p>Thanks brandy!</p>
<p>I'm trying out the water kefir today. Then onto some cultured salsa (they like regular salsa). I found the recipe here if you're interested <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/">http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/</a>. I tried kombucha in December and they liked it, but it was during a time when we all had really bad colds and we seemed to be extremely irritable. I'm not sure if the kombucha was the culprit, but will try it again some other time.</p>
<p>God bless your endeavors!<br/><br/><cite>Brandy Lance said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>Hi Katrina,</p>
<p>I'm new to the cultured food scene as well and haven't done a whole lot of it myself yet. We just started brewing kombucha in Nov and water kefir a couple of weeks ago. My 4 yo loves both and my 7 yo likes store bought kombucha (super fizzy and he likes the flavors) and is so so w/ the WK depending on the flavor. I am finding that if I trend to the sweeter side w/ the WK and kombucha then my 7 yo will drink it w/ less complaints. If it's stronger than he's a no go. So perhaps you could start there and then ever so slightly let it start to ferment longer and longer so that their palates adapt to the fermented flavors. I don't know if that will help for sure or not but that's *my* plan! ;) I'm hoping it works and if so, I have high hopes that they will become ok w/ more of the fermented foods. Oh and I am starting to incorporate more cooked cabbage into soups so that they become more familiar with it (my husband too bc he thinks he dislikes cabbage and sauerkraut) and then start adding a bit of sauerkraut with hot dogs and ketchup. I think that slowly adding bits of these foods will help them cross the bridge. :)</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p><br/><cite>katrina nixon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
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</blockquote> Thanks for posting the recipe…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-01-14:2814160:Comment:165562011-01-14T17:14:21.000ZBrandy Lancehttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/BrandyLance
Thanks for posting the recipe! :) I'll have to take a look at it. I hope your kefir turned out well too. My friend told me to add some grape juice to our second fermentation and it tastes sooo yummy! She said to match the same amount of your water kefir to grape juice if you like it kind of sweet. I didn't add that much and it was still yummy. <br></br>
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<cite>katrina nixon said:…</cite>
Thanks for posting the recipe! :) I'll have to take a look at it. I hope your kefir turned out well too. My friend told me to add some grape juice to our second fermentation and it tastes sooo yummy! She said to match the same amount of your water kefir to grape juice if you like it kind of sweet. I didn't add that much and it was still yummy. <br/>
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<cite>katrina nixon said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/forum/topics/help-not-sure-where-to-start-1?commentId=2814160%3AComment%3A16435&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2814160Comment16435"><div><p>Thanks brandy!</p>
<p>I'm trying out the water kefir today. Then onto some cultured salsa (they like regular salsa). I found the recipe here if you're interested <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/">http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/</a>. I tried kombucha in December and they liked it, but it was during a time when we all had really bad colds and we seemed to be extremely irritable. I'm not sure if the kombucha was the culprit, but will try it again some other time.</p>
<p>God bless your endeavors!<br/><br/><cite>Brandy Lance said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>Hi Katrina,</p>
<p>I'm new to the cultured food scene as well and haven't done a whole lot of it myself yet. We just started brewing kombucha in Nov and water kefir a couple of weeks ago. My 4 yo loves both and my 7 yo likes store bought kombucha (super fizzy and he likes the flavors) and is so so w/ the WK depending on the flavor. I am finding that if I trend to the sweeter side w/ the WK and kombucha then my 7 yo will drink it w/ less complaints. If it's stronger than he's a no go. So perhaps you could start there and then ever so slightly let it start to ferment longer and longer so that their palates adapt to the fermented flavors. I don't know if that will help for sure or not but that's *my* plan! ;) I'm hoping it works and if so, I have high hopes that they will become ok w/ more of the fermented foods. Oh and I am starting to incorporate more cooked cabbage into soups so that they become more familiar with it (my husband too bc he thinks he dislikes cabbage and sauerkraut) and then start adding a bit of sauerkraut with hot dogs and ketchup. I think that slowly adding bits of these foods will help them cross the bridge. :)</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p><br/><cite>katrina nixon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
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</blockquote> Thanks brandy!
I'm trying out…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-01-14:2814160:Comment:164352011-01-14T13:44:02.000Zkatrina nixonhttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/katrinanixon
<p>Thanks brandy!</p>
<p>I'm trying out the water kefir today. Then onto some cultured salsa (they like regular salsa). I found the recipe here if you're interested <a href="http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/">http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/</a>. I tried kombucha in December and they liked it, but it was during a time when we all had really bad colds and we seemed to be extremely irritable. I'm not sure if the kombucha was the culprit, but will try it again…</p>
<p>Thanks brandy!</p>
<p>I'm trying out the water kefir today. Then onto some cultured salsa (they like regular salsa). I found the recipe here if you're interested <a href="http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/">http://www.mommypotamus.com/cultured-salsa-recipe/</a>. I tried kombucha in December and they liked it, but it was during a time when we all had really bad colds and we seemed to be extremely irritable. I'm not sure if the kombucha was the culprit, but will try it again some other time.</p>
<p>God bless your endeavors!<br/><br/><cite>Brandy Lance said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>Hi Katrina,</p>
<p>I'm new to the cultured food scene as well and haven't done a whole lot of it myself yet. We just started brewing kombucha in Nov and water kefir a couple of weeks ago. My 4 yo loves both and my 7 yo likes store bought kombucha (super fizzy and he likes the flavors) and is so so w/ the WK depending on the flavor. I am finding that if I trend to the sweeter side w/ the WK and kombucha then my 7 yo will drink it w/ less complaints. If it's stronger than he's a no go. So perhaps you could start there and then ever so slightly let it start to ferment longer and longer so that their palates adapt to the fermented flavors. I don't know if that will help for sure or not but that's *my* plan! ;) I'm hoping it works and if so, I have high hopes that they will become ok w/ more of the fermented foods. Oh and I am starting to incorporate more cooked cabbage into soups so that they become more familiar with it (my husband too bc he thinks he dislikes cabbage and sauerkraut) and then start adding a bit of sauerkraut with hot dogs and ketchup. I think that slowly adding bits of these foods will help them cross the bridge. :)</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p><br/><cite>katrina nixon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div><p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
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</blockquote> Hi Katrina,
I'm new to the cu…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-01-14:2814160:Comment:164202011-01-14T03:39:53.000ZBrandy Lancehttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/BrandyLance
<p>Hi Katrina,</p>
<p>I'm new to the cultured food scene as well and haven't done a whole lot of it myself yet. We just started brewing kombucha in Nov and water kefir a couple of weeks ago. My 4 yo loves both and my 7 yo likes store bought kombucha (super fizzy and he likes the flavors) and is so so w/ the WK depending on the flavor. I am finding that if I trend to the sweeter side w/ the WK and kombucha then my 7 yo will drink it w/ less complaints. If it's stronger than he's a no go. So…</p>
<p>Hi Katrina,</p>
<p>I'm new to the cultured food scene as well and haven't done a whole lot of it myself yet. We just started brewing kombucha in Nov and water kefir a couple of weeks ago. My 4 yo loves both and my 7 yo likes store bought kombucha (super fizzy and he likes the flavors) and is so so w/ the WK depending on the flavor. I am finding that if I trend to the sweeter side w/ the WK and kombucha then my 7 yo will drink it w/ less complaints. If it's stronger than he's a no go. So perhaps you could start there and then ever so slightly let it start to ferment longer and longer so that their palates adapt to the fermented flavors. I don't know if that will help for sure or not but that's *my* plan! ;) I'm hoping it works and if so, I have high hopes that they will become ok w/ more of the fermented foods. Oh and I am starting to incorporate more cooked cabbage into soups so that they become more familiar with it (my husband too bc he thinks he dislikes cabbage and sauerkraut) and then start adding a bit of sauerkraut with hot dogs and ketchup. I think that slowly adding bits of these foods will help them cross the bridge. :)</p>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p><br/> <cite>katrina nixon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://heal-thyself.ning.com/forum/topics/help-not-sure-where-to-start-1?commentId=2814160%3AComment%3A16390&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2814160Comment16390"><div><p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
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</blockquote> I'm trying to get into the cu…tag:heal-thyself.ning.com,2011-01-14:2814160:Comment:163902011-01-14T00:13:58.000Zkatrina nixonhttp://heal-thyself.ning.com/profile/katrinanixon
<p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>I'm trying to get into the cultured foods thing, but my kids don't like any of it so far. The only thing i can get them to do is one bite of Bubbie's kraut at supper and a tiny bit of store bought coconut kefir. My first batch of water kefir will be ready tomorrow so maybe they'll like that. I'm also going to make cultured salsa. Any suggestions for getting them to like something cultured that they can have every day?</p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>