Caring for your Milk Kefir culture grains

Caring for your milk kefir culture

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Flavouring Kombucha

Kombucha flavours

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Symbiota Milk Kefir Cornbread

Love cornbread? Well why not try our milk kefir cornbread! YUM! Ingredients 4 TBS soft/slightly melted but cooled butter 1 1/2 cup milk kefir  2 eggs 4 TBS raw honey 1 1/4 cup fine ground cornmeal 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour 1/2 tsp fine sea salt or Himalayan salt 3 tbsp thyme Instructions In one bowel: mix butter, honey, eggs and...

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Yummy summer water kefir recipes!

Been loving your water kefir this summer? How about trialing some new flavours? If you haven’t already made water kefir, be sure to check out our water kefir kit or if you already in the “know how” and just needing a new water kefir culture, grab that here.   Once having...

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All about kefir

Fermentation is not just about turning your vegetable garden into something deliciously healthy to eat. You can also make your own fermented drinks and snacks, such as kefir. It’s a great source of probiotics and calcium, easy to make and a good alternative for those suffering from lactose intolerance or...

Symbiota Sauerkraut Recipe

Fermented Sauerkraut Benefits  Sauerkraut is generally made of fermented cabbage which has undergone a fermentation process whereby the carbohydrates and sugars are converted to and preserved by lactic acid. Like other fermented foods, sauerkraut has many beneficial probiotics, vitamins and minerals. Eating sauerkraut has shown to have many benefits including...

Fermented Lunchbox Treats

If you’ve started your fermentation journey, chances are you know the importance of feeding your bodyhealthy, nourishing food. It’s even more important when we consider our little ones. Whether your children goto daycare, kindergarten or school, providing them with food that fuels their body and mind likewise isessential to support...

Fermented foods. What's the point?

Fermentation is an ancient technique of preserving foods. Fermented foods include yogurts, kimchi, cheeses, sauerkraut, kombucha, kerfir, wines and many more. Fermented foods are rich in probiotics, vitamins, minerals and are associated with a variety of health benefits. After all, majority of our immune system resides in our gut, while...

Ginger Bug Recipe

Ginger Bug Our ginger bug has shown to be really popular and a must in our household. Since running fermentation classes, I have noticed the enthusiasm to make ginger bugs, so I thought I would include the recipe on the Symbiota Website for people to follow and make their own....

Fermentation Pots

Symbiota is really excited to introduce fresh and beautiful looking fermentation pots to the New Zealand market. Symbiota fermentation pots are easy to clean, with no deep grooves or hard to reach places. Additionally, included with each pot are glazed weights so you no longer have to worry about mould...

Symbiota Vegan and Gluten-Free Choc Brownies

Ingredients: WET INGREDIENTS1 medium size roasted sweet potato (peeled and mashed finely once roasted)1 small banana1 tsp vanilla extract1 cup peanut butter or other nut butter¼ cup maple syrup DRY INGREDIENTS¼ cup almond flour2 tablespoons desiccated coconut1 ½ tsp baking soda1/8 tsp salt½ cup chocolate chips (dark chocolate ones in...

Are your diet drinks making you fat?

Are your diet drinks making you fat? With the broadcasted negative information on sugar, drinks companies having increasingly supplied alternative options to sugar filled drinks, by using artificial sweeteners. Although some of the evidence is controversial, Harvard Medical School explains that people using artificial sweeteners may be replacing the lost...

Where do cows get their calcium from?

Haven’t we always been told that we need to drink milk for our calcium requirements? So, if humans need to drink milk for calcium, how do cows produce calcium? They don’t. They eat it. Calcium is a mineral that is found in soils and is absorbed by plants through their...