Since summer time, aka grilling season, is right around the corner we've been recipe developing to create a gut-heathy & grillable veggie burger. I know I'm not the only one whose veggie burgers usually fall apart on the grill... Sandwich like foods are notorious for being ugly in photographs, so in order for these blog pictures to be colorful and beautiful, we added shredded beets! These turned out to be the best veggie burgers we've ever made! Scotty even want's tore-make a bunch of them for quick lunches. Obviously we used our Fermented Dill Pickles as a topping, adding billions of gut healthy probiotic bacteria!  

Homemade Sauerkraut... definitely the best place to start when learning how to ferment at home. Sauerkraut is particularly easy for a first fermentation project because cabbage ferments extremely well. The water content along with the microbial species richness of cabbage make it optimal for wild fermentation! With this recipe you'll learn how to make the best, most probiotic homemade sauerkraut in a mason jar. If you're a visual learner there is also a picture guide below the recipe!

We've really been enjoying rephotographing our blogs since we redesigned our website. I particularly enjoyed redoing this Thai Curry Soup Recipe, because I wasn't feeling very well (period problems). I take this approach of listening to my body, and I knew I needed something warm and nourishing with anti-inflammatory turmeric and our Fermented Kimchi. After all, food is medicine. Scott was of course on board because soup is his favorite food!

The health benefits of oats is based around their ability to help lower bad cholesterol and the fiber they add to meals. Lower cholesterol + beta glucan fiber = SUPER heart healthy. Plus all that beta glucan from oats is perfect to feed the gut microbiome, keeping your microbes thriving and at their fullest protection potential. You microbiome helps to protect you from disease and helps you to derive the most nutrients from your food, so you always want to make sure it's nourished and ready to do work by supplying many prebiotic foods... like oats. 

I think it's the tradition and culture of kimchi that deserves to be talked about here. What kimchi means to Korea is one of the most beautiful stories of food I've ever had the pleasure of learning.

If you enjoy our kimchi, we want you to appreciate its history, respect the culture in which it was inspired by, and most importantly respect and admire the people of Korea who hold kimchi near and dear to their hearts.

Sometimes you just need a snack. Am I right, or am I right? Obviously it's best if snacks are healthy and shareable, which brings us this vegan snack board aka vegan cheese board aka vegan charcuterie board. 

I used to exclusively grow succulents. I'm good at it, and succulent gardening is my comfort zone. About 6 months ago though, I learned quite a lot about the amazing health benefits of houseplants and the kind of houseplants that help to purify the air. So I gave some of these houseplants a try, and I'm so glad I did!

This vegan and gut healthy potato salad recipe is what I would consider an inspired-by version of German potato salad. I came up with this potato salad recipe while trying to find something creative to do with our probiotic, fermented pickles! Potatoes are a staple in our house, and are they super nutritious and great for gut microbiome health. So combining them with our Fermented Dill Pickles makes quite a healthy dish. 

Brussels sprouts… most people either love them or hate them. They’re definitely a food worth loving though, because Brussels sprouts are one of the most nutrient dense vegetables you can eat!  They’re an amazing prebiotic foods, with significant health benefits. There are tons of fun Brussels sprouts recipes out there that you can try too, including an amazing one in this blog post!

Ma Po tofu is traditionally a dish from the Chinese province of Sichuan containing chili oils, fermented broad bean paste, a type of chili paste, fermented black beans and ground pork. There are many variations of Ma Po Tofu with flavors adapted to suit local flare or dietary restrictions. We left out the pork making our recipe vegan, used what ingredients we could find, and added Cultured Guru Kimchi for flavor and nutrients! 

Vegan Summer rolls are our favorite way to get a heaping dose of many prebiotic foods.  You can really load up summer rolls with a lot of fibrous , nutritious veggies....Then, when you add kimchi too, the health benefits sky rocket. You can also use sauerkraut instead of kimchi if you aren't a fan of spicy food!

How much salt to use when fermenting foods is a very important question, that we are here to answer... with science! Thanks to microbiology, we know what is safe when fermenting vegetables, the best salt to use for fermentation, how much salt to use when fermenting vegetables, and how long you should ferment foods for!

I've been working on this blog for a bit, jotting down words I feel need to be defined on our website and blog. I wanted to write a long story-style blog as in intro to gut health, but then I felt like this was a better approach.