A few weeks ago, I drove into the mountains and spent the day with Dr. John Hicks and his wife, Betsy Hicks, in their home, learning about fermentation! It was amazing! I'm pretty new to fermentation, but was so fascinating! We started with a snack buffet filled with yummy foods, all prepared without dairy and tons of fermented goodess. Next we learned how to make flavoured kefir sodas, beet kvass (and our new favorite: beet kvass mixed with pomegranate kefir! yum!!). After the bubbly drinks, we snacked on fermented veggies... carrots, pickles, radishes, green beans, asparagus, etc. After snacking all morning, we had a wonderful lunch of beef brisket, quinoa salad, and curried chick peas. During lunch, Dr. Hicks did a kim chi demo. Everything was so delicious. A dessert was a dairy & sugar free pot-de-creme... heck, I'm just going to call it chocolate pudding with strawberries, because pot-de-creme sounds too fancy :)

I love this article Betsy wrote about fermentation, "The Cultured Life."

The last picture is my first attempt at fermented veggies! Please share any tips, tricks, or websites if you've done this before!

OH! And they have a healing foods workshop coming up in April. Call them today if you're interested, it's almost sold-out :) My step-dad and I are going and hope to see you there.