The Kombucha Slushie Is a Summer Drink for Everyone
Hard or alcohol-free, available in every flavor you can imagine, and all natural, kombucha slushies are making their way from trendy taprooms to your kitchen
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Why Fermented Foods Are So Great for Your Garden
You’re familiar with using fermented foods to increase beneficial bacteria in your gut – but have you tried putting them to work outdoors? Adding fermented food scraps to your compost can help plants grow healthier and faster.
4 Gross Foods That Are Incredibly Good for You
Don’t turn up your nose at these unappealing ingredients – put them on your plate instead. Each of these “gross” foods offers unique health and nutritional benefits.
Kefir Could Be Key to Combating Bad Bacteria
If you’re looking to increase your gut’s good bacteria and minimize the bad, you may want to grab a glass of kefir. This fermented drink offers promising potential against dangerous bacteria strains.
You Are What You Digest: 5 Supplements That Aid Digestion
Your health isn’t dictated only by what you eat, but also by the nutrients you digest. These five supplements can help keep your gut healthy and ensure your digestion is working optimally.
Buffalo Cauliflower with Tempeh Ranch Salad
When eating plant-based, you don’t have to give up meaty, satisfying buffalo wings. Just sub cauliflower for the chicken and pair with a roasted tempeh salad to get all those familiar flavors, but with a nutritious boost.
eBook: Good Health Starts In The Gut
Learn how to improve your gut through food, exercise, and prebiotics.
8 Steps to a Healthier Microbiome
Here are our recommendations for keeping your gut happy and healthy.
7 Foods to Heal Your Gut
Ease digestion, constipation and bloating with these 7 powerful foods.
Miso Chicken
As a fermented food, miso provides the gut with beneficial bacteria that help us to stay healthy, vibrant and happy. These miso chicken tenders are so savory and delicious, this dish will end up in your regular rotation.
The 6 Best Fermented Foods for Your Gut
We put a variety of store-bought fermented foods into the ring (technically, the lab) to see which one stacks up as the ultimate probiotic heavyweight.
5 Ways to Eat and Drink Your Probiotics
It's time to make friends with fermentation! From spicy dilly beans to a drinking vinegar, these probiotic-rich recipes are brimming with gut-boosting benefits.
Fiery Chile Paste
Add a lovely punch of heat to your favorite foods with this fermented chile paste. Using only three ingredients, this versatile condiment will keep for up to 2 years in the fridge. Add it to sauces, salsas or marinades, or use it to top burritos or burgers to give a little spice to your meal.
Ginger Lemon Switchel
Switchel is a refreshing fermented drink that starts with raw ginger and apple cider vinegar as its base. Here, we infuse the ferment with lemon and mint for a tasty beverage. It’s easy to make and easy to drink!
Vanilla Pear Shrub
Shrubs are fermented drink concentrates traditionally made with berries, sugar and fruit vinegars. This version uses ginger and apple cider vinegar – two powerful digestive aids – along with fall flavors of pear, honey and vanilla. Serve it hot or cold, and it also makes an excellent cocktail.
Dilly Green Beans
These spicy fermented beans are delightful chopped into a salad, served as a side dish or simply eaten straight from the jar.
A Complete Guide to Fermenting at Home
Dive in to the incredibly tasty world of fermenting at home with these easy recipes brimming with gut-friendly bacteria. Before getting started, here are 4 key things about fermenting that you'll want to know.
3 Bold Kimchi Recipes
These succulent kimchis push cabbage aside in favor of three bold-and-tangy fruit and vegetable options.
Beyond Kefir and Kombucha: More Fermented Drinks with a Probiotic Punch
Make your own fermented drinks with these recipes from the experts.
Kefir: The Fermented Milk Drink with Probiotic Prowess
Make your own nutrient-rich kefir at home for an immune-boosting, anytime snack.
How to Fix Your Gut Right Now
A doctor and a nutritionist give you their best advice on maintaining a healthy microbiome, based on the latest research and their expert dietary recommendations.
Meet the Fermentation Revivalist
If you haven’t heard of the self-described “Fermentation Revivalist” Sandor Katz, it’s time you did. As a well-known author and expert on the subject, his books have been referred to as fermenting bibles. Clean Eating’s Kathrin Brunner chatted with him to get his advice on leaping into the world of fermentation.
Apple & Cabbage Sauerkraut
Toss this kraut in a fall salad with dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds or enjoy as a garnish on soups and stews. It also makes for a tasty breakfast served alongside eggs.
Preserved Lemons
A staple in Moroccan cuisine, preserved lemons are an easy way to add intense citrusy flavor to everything from tagines to pastas to hearty grain salads. If you find them salty, you can give them a rinse before chopping and adding to your recipes. Check the lemons every couple of days as they’re fermenting to ensure they’re submerged in the brine – this is key for softening the peel.
Strawberry Ginger Beer
Soda that’s good for you? Yes, please! The key to making this gut-healthy drink is to start with a ginger bug.
The Benefits of Eating Fermented Foods
Fermented foods contain numerous, powerful health benefits. Learn how to incorporate them into your clean-eating lifestyle. (It's easy, and yummy!)
How to Make Lacto-Fermented Root Vegetables
Lacto-fermentation is an ancient form of food preservation that also enhances the health benefits of food. Here's how to make your own delicious, tangy lacto-fermented roots at home.
The Benefits of Eating Fermented Food
What are the benefits of eating fermented foods? Should you be including them in your clean-eating lifestyle? We asked our dietitians Tiffani Bachus and Erin Macdonald.