The health benefits of probiotics are no secret—doctors from both the Western and Eastern medicine camps sing the praises of probiotics for their positive effects on digestion, metabolism, and the immune system. Enthusiasts of kombucha—a bubbly probiotic drink now sold regularly in stores from Manhattan delis to Seattle food co-ops—point to its high levels of B vitamins and amino acids, improving mood, energy levels, joint function, ligament health, and skin health. Now you can learn to make kombucha, as well as numerous other probiotic drinks, at home! With clear step-by-step directions, beautiful photographs, and more than seventy-five recipes, this is the ultimate guide to homemade probiotic drinks. You’ll find numerous recipes for: Kombucha Jun Kefir Lacto-fermented lemonade Ginger beer Cultured vegetable juices And more! In addition, you’ll find recipes for making yogurt, smoothies, and kefir ice cream. Fermenting drinks may seem daunting, but Julia Mueller shows how it can be fun, much more cost-effective than buying ready-made drinks from the store, and delicious! Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

140 delicious probiotic smoothies and other drinks that cleanse and heal

Probiotic drinks have been a part of our lives going back to our most ancient of ancestors that depended upon primitive fermentation techniques for their food. While our bodies and lifestyles have evolved, our need for probiotics has remained constant. In fact, given our lifestyles and food choices, probiotics may be more important to our health than ever. You can gain the benefit of probiotics by introducing more of them into your diet and ensuring that you have a health population of good mirco-organisms in your digestive system. There are quite a few different ways that you can go about doing this, however none are quite as delicious as homemade probiotic drinks. Within this book you will find information about probiotics and how they work, along with some of the tastiest recipes available for homemade probiotics drinks. If you have had a bit of fear of making your own fermented beverages, leave that fear here because with this book you will see just how truly easy it can be to take charge of your health and regain a life that is healthy and vibrant with probiotic drinks.

Donna Schwenk’s world changed when she discovered cultured foods. After a difficult pregnancy and various health problems, she became determined to find answers to what ailed her. And in her quest, she came across the ancient art of home fermentation, a food preparation technique that supercharges everyday foods with beneficial bacteria to balance your digestive system, and vitamins and minerals to enhance your overall health. This simple, natural process has been used for thousands of years to create everything from drinks like kefir and kombucha to foods like kimchi and pickles. After incorporating fermented foods into her life, Donna began to experience a vitality that she had never known. And then she was hooked! She started a new life as a teacher and writer, blogging on her website culturedfoodlife.com, in an effort to bring the beautiful world of fermented foods to as many people as possible. She now works with thousands of people to open the door to a world of foods that can help improve an array of health problems including high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies, acne, hypertension, asthma, and irritable bowel syndrome. In Cultured Food for Life Donna brings this same information to you and shows you that preparing and eating cultured foods is easy, fun, and delicious! After speaking to the science behind the healing power of probiotic foods and telling the astonishing story of how she healed herself and her family, Schwenk walks you, step by step, through the basic preparation techniques for kefir, kombucha, cultured vegetables, and sprouted flour, plus more than 135 recipes that use these foods to create dishes to please any palate. With recipes like Herbed Omelet with Kefir Hollandaise Sauce, Sprouted Ginger Scones with Peaches and Kefir Cream, Kefir Veggie Sprouted Pizza, Apple Sauerkraut, and Brownie Cupcakes with Kefir Frosting, along with inspirational stories from Donna’s family and friends, you’ll learn everything you want to know about a diet that’s as tasty as it is healthy.

Fermented foods have taken the world by storm, largely due to their health and real food benefits. They help improve digestion, enable us to better assimilate vitamins and minerals, and strengthen the immune system. Of all fermented foods, drinks are some of the most versatile-and tasty! Think kombucha, kefir, and real ginger ale. Many of these items you can buy in the store, but making them at home is simple, economical, and even better for you. With just a few ingredients and materials, you can start brewing your own delicious beverages for your family. Ferment Your Drinks is packed with innovative drink recipes, from healthy homemade sodas to traditional kvass and cider, that you can make in your home kitchen and enjoy all year long! Everything you need to know about why the recipes work, why they are safe, what to do if they go wrong, and how to modify them to suit your taste.

Replace gut-damaging soda pop with delicious, Healing REFRESHING PROBIOTIC DRINKS! With do-it-yourself and convenience options, there are a variety of choices to share health and longevity with your family. Discover A Safer, Cheaper, & Easy Ways To Make Your Own Unique Flavored KOMBUCHA, KEFIR, KEFIR ICE CREAM, YOGURT, GINGER BEER, JUN, REJUVELAC, CULTURED VEGETABLE JUICES, SMOOTHIES and Other Naturally Fermented Drinks From Scratch! This book REFRESHING PROBIOTIC DRINKS is equipped with everything the beginners need to get acquainted with in an easy to understand and straightforward way. Also covered the topics in Refreshing Probiotic Drinks are: Essential information about home brewing delicious probiotic, fermented varieties of drinks, tips for safe & easy process, about choosing equipment, secondary fermentation, health benefits and much more along with 60 delicious recipes for this fizzy wonder drink that is packed full of enzymes, vitamins, minerals and probiotics.