Fermented Veggies discussion - was - sea veggies

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I always drink the water. Both when I am eating the veggies (I pour the juice

over the veggies in a bowl like a soup) and I drink down the last drop out of

the jar (which, by the way is where most of the powder ends up if I don't

remember to shake it up before pouring out my daily serving).

The water is full of probiotics - some people make " cultured cabbage juice " just

for the probiotics (and there isn't any mention of eating the cabbage)!

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=cultured+cabbage+juice & ie=UT\

F-8 & oe=UTF-8

My last batch of ginger carrots was rather dry (there wasn't much in the way of

carrot juice) and I was just thinking about adding fresh squeezed carrot juice

to my next batch of ginger carrots - I bet it will be divine! I'll enjoy EVERY

last drop of that juice!

My current veggie mix contains cabbage, red peppers, kale, ginger slices, some

kelp (whole, cut up into strips). some kelp powder, and some carrots. I meant

to include celery, but forgot :-)

I have some beets in the fridge that will soon become Beet Kvass:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=beet+kvass & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8

With Beet Kvass, you only drink the juice, and you don't eat the beets. I have

used finely chopped beets in one of my fermented veggie mixes (like the one

described above) and they didn't taste so bad as a part of the mix, but they

turned everything so red, that I have since left them out, and save beets to be

a ferment unto themselves :-)

I used to use just salt for my veggie ferments, but recently have tried a box of

each of these two veggie culture starters:

Vegetable Starter Culture by Caldwell's

Culture Starter by Body Ecology

(shameless plug warning) I found that the best prices for these was on

Amazon.com and if you go here: http://vitamixlady.com/green-smoothies/ and

click on the Green For Life book, then search for Vegetable Starter Culture by

Caldwell's or Culture Starter by Body Ecology, I get a SMALL referral award :-)

I did not find a significant difference between the two different culture

starters, and although it did seem like the veggies cultured quickly, it doesn't

seem significantly better than just using plain salt. When I run out of these

two boxes of cultured veggie starters, I might just go back to salt.

Blessings,

Lea Ann Savage

Satellite Beach, FL

(321) 773-7088 (home)

(321-961-9219 (cell)

www.VitamixLady.com

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On Mar 20, 2012, at 12:09 PM, hai quan wrote:

We ferment celery, ginger and carrots. Separately although have sometimes mixed

and sometimes added onions & /or garlic. If you add the powder to your water

how do you know you are getting it when you eat the veggies? minerals from kelp

soak into the veggies? We don't drink the water and all of the " floaties " in

it, just scoop out the veggies.

Thanks,

My Favorite Video for My Little One!

On Mar 20, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Lea Ann Savage wrote:

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> I put Kelp (and sometimes Kelp powder if I don't have any kelp on hand) in my

fermented veggie mix.

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> Blessings,

> Lea Ann Savage

> Satellite Beach, FL

> (321) 773-7088 (home)

> (321-961-9219 (cell)

> www.VitamixLady.com

> www..com

> <))><

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> On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Lea Ann Savage wrote:

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> Thanks for this information/tip. I added a link to this post here:

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> I take Kelp capsules daily for the iodine and mineral content. I try to use

Sea Veggies in recipes, but have never pre-soaked and I bet that I should have

been doing this all along. I just put some dried Kelp in some water to soak and

will see what it is like in the morning - THANKS again!

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> Blessings,

> Lea Ann Savage

> Satellite Beach, FL

> (321) 773-7088 (home)

> (321-961-9219 (cell)

> www.VitamixLady.com

> www..com

> <))><

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> On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:39 AM, hai quan wrote:

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> Following last weeks unsuccessful addition of dried kelp and dulse to my

morning smoothing I followed my husband's advice this time. I soaked some kelp

overnight in filtered water. This morning I tore off several large pieces (they

had really thickened and now felt a bit slimmy). The vitamix could now blended

if into little specks that now of us could feel as " texture " . Just tiny flecks

hardly noticeable and my son and I drank it fine. Without the soaking the

leather pieces just stayed rather large and tough. So I will soak first!

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> My Favorite Video for My Little One!

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> On Mar 16, 2012, at 1:22 PM, hai quan wrote:

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>> Add sea veggies to my morning smoothie for the first time. Dried kelp and

dulse (stronger flavor!). both made some wild noises in the vitamix and were

still in good size pieces. Everything else in the mornings smoothie disappeared

into a creamy blend including the frozen, raw liver, blueberries, half a

zucchini (not even chopped) and egg yolks all disappeared into a creamy, sweet

mix with the milk and sweetener but the sea veggies were still in pieces and not

good.

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>> My husband suggested that we soak them in water overnight before adding them

to a smoothie and that in the soften v. leathery state they would blend easier.

We have used these in stew, soups & broth. Any suggestions for including in

smoothies with the vitamix?

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>> Thanks,

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>> My Favorite Video for My Little One!

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