If you are like most people, you`ve probably sworn off bread or sugar at least once in your lifetime. The trouble is though, that at the best of times willpower often cowers in the face of a true physiological or bacterial craving. The truth is, if you can`t stop yourself from bingeing on bread or [...]
Archive for the ‘Probiotic Foods’ Category
17 Sep
Do you feel sad about how much of your food gets wasted?
Do you ever wonder what to do with those “end of the fridge” fruits and vegetables before it is too late? You know, the ones that get away on you and end up going to waste. At the end of the day, not consuming the food we grow or buy becomes so much time, energy, [...]
30 Nov
Transforming Your Juice into a Probiotic Pop!
© Sherry Rothwell www.wholefoodsfamily.com Do you have a few little (or not so little!) juice addicts in your family and you wish you could get them to drink something else? Or, do you withhold juice and pop from your kids and wish that you had a healthy substitution so that they don’t have to feel [...]
21 Nov
Probiotic “Diet” Immersion Weekend Workshop!
A little video about what we do at the Probiotic “Diet” Immersion Weekend Workshop! Discover just some of the surprising nutritional and practical benefits of learning the skill of lactic acid fermentation! Find out why fermentation is not only more affordable, but also more sustainable than probiotic pills and how learning this skill has the potential to [...]
17 Nov
The Top 5 Reasons that I Love Making Ferments!
#1 Delicious, Healthy and Satisfying! Fermented foods are so freakin’ good for us!! Our microflora serve both as the frontline of our immune system AND they optimize our digestion….problems with our digestion and our immunity are at the root of many chronic conditions. Digestion is said to be the root of good health, while death is said to begin in the [...]
30 Sep
How to Make Kefir Water-Video Demo
Why: Kefir water is super potent and medicinal What: Kefir Grains that culture water and infuse it with the following beneficial bacteria: “Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus , Lactobacillus alactosus, Lactobacillus casei casei, Lactobacillus pseudoplantarum, Lactobacillus plantarum, Streptococcus lactis, Streptococcus cremeris, Leuconostoc mesenteroide, Saccharomyces florentinus, Saccharomyces pretoriensis, Kloeckera apiculata, Candida lambica, Candida valida.” http://www.weim.net/homeovet/Docs/water%20kefir.pdf How to [...]
11 Aug
Beet Kvass the Moontime Elixir
“With beets having the “blood signature” as indicated by their bright red colour, they are a fanstatic tonic for rebuilding the blood.”
21 Feb
Hello World!
This will officially be my first post on this new blog and I’d like to begin it by sharing my new found love! Water Kefir! I never would have imagined that one day I would be so enthusiastic about saying to my children, “do you want some pop”!? Can you imagine being able to give [...]


