How To Ferment. Fast, Easy & Safe
How to ferment vegetables and create your own probiotic powerhouse right in your kitchen!
How TO Ferment Vegetables
What To Learn About Lacto-Fermentation?
Learning how to ferment vegetables begins with learning how to the process works. It’s a very simple process and it can be done rather quickly within a few days.
The benefits of learning to ferment vegetables can be fantastic with improved gut health along with the creation of increased vitamin, enzymes, and minerals absorption by the body.
Fermenting vegetables can be intimidating at first but we will give you the indicators to look for to make sure you’re successful every time with your home ferments.
What is Lacto-Fermentation?
First off, the word “lacto” in this case doesn’t refer to milk. It’s referring to “lactic acid” that is created when you throw in Vegetables + Water + Salt and add in 72 hours worth of time. Lacto-Fermentation is the process of fermenting vegetables in a salt water brine solution in order to enhance the health benefits of said vegetables. Basically, you’re creating as probiotic powerhouse. Sauerkraut, Pickles, and Kimchi are all foods made using Lacto Fermentation.
How does Fermentation work?
During Fermentation, the salt water brine allows Lactic Acid Bacteria to synthesize vitamins and minerals in the vegetables. This helpful and naturally appearing bacteria also produces peptides and enzymes such as proteinase and peptidase which are biologically active and are extremely helpful when it comes to improving your health. Lactic Acid Bacteria also works to remove non nutrients during the fermentation process.
What are some of the health benefits of Fermentation?
For starters, fermented vegetables are rich in live Lactic Acid Bacteria that actively improve overall gut health, but again, a healthy stomach is just the beginning. Fermented foods have the ability to improve anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-atherosclerotic activity. These foods also contain large amounts of probiotics, much more probiotics in fact than many of the pill bottles contain that are sold in stores.
So Walk Me Through The Process Of Vegetable Fermentation
Sure, See Below
This Is How Easy Fermentation Can Be
Lets start with a basic but FLAVORFUL Sauerkraut. We have cabbage, carots, onion and garlic. We are going to put these 4 ingredients in a large bowl and add two even tablespoons of a natural salt like sea salt. Toss. Let sit for 10 minutes and toss again. Pack into a 1 quart jar almost to the top and pack it down. Top it off with a bit of filtered water and make sure there aren’t any air pockets in your jar. Insert the Perfect Pickler® brine catch cup and the water level will reach almost to the top. Seal it off with the Perfect Pickler® lid and bubbler air lock and let it sit for 3 days on your kitchen counter.
THAT’S IT! Open it in 3 days and place in the fridge. Eat a little everyday for gut healthy probiotics. Be sure to visit our recipe pages for more info.
- Vegetables
- Natural Salt or Sea Salt
- Filtered Water
- 3 Days or 72 Hours
What is Lacto-Fermentation?
What are some of the health benefits of Fermentation?
For starters, fermented vegetables are rich in live Lactic Acid Bacteria that actively improve overall gut health, but again, a healthy stomach is just the beginning. Fermented foods have the ability to improve anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-atherosclerotic activity. These foods also contain large amounts of probiotics, much more probiotics in fact than many of the pill bottles contain that are sold in stores.
Can anyone ferment vegetables via Lacto-Fermentation?
Absolutely! Lacto-Fermentation is an extremely easy and simple process. This process is made even more simple by our Perfect Pickler Vegetable Fermentation Kits. We have many free recipes on our website for you to try! So why don’t you begin Lacto-Fermentation today? Free Lacto-Fermentation Recipes
