Hints and tips:
...In my fridge you’ll always find organic fruits and vegetables, kefir, 85 per cent dark chocolate and fruit juice. For my 78th-birthday party, I listened to my 78rpm records....
...I have Parmigiano Reggiano and manchego cheese, kefir, arugula, my mother-in-law’s kumquat jam and currently a bottle of Kongsgaard, a lovely Chardonnay....
...To earn pocket money, I tell my goddaughter, I carried empty milk, kefir and beer bottles to a local recycling depot for a refund....
...The health-conscious have found their half-kilo tubs of kefir cut to 420g....
...The rice dish of spinach and langoustines and the strawberry, cucumber and kefir dessert with black pepper were for me the standouts of her springtime repertoire....
...Faced with a problem of wastage at Nettlebed – an award-winning farmhouse producer of artisan cheese, milk, kefir and ice cream – Grimond had the idea of using their offcuts of cheese between slices of bread...
...The main is nudli, Lusya’s signature dish: pork ribs stewed until soft alongside homegrown, freshly dug-up wedged potatoes topped with puffy kefir-dough dumplings....
...Tubs of sour cream sit next to bottles of foamy kefir, flagons of fermented kumis (mildly alcoholic mare’s milk) and pyramids of nubbly tvorog (dry, sweetish cottage cheese)....
...(We love cold, old-fashioned milk with this, but yoghurt and kefir will also work a treat, as will all milk alternatives.)...
...In a mixing bowl, whisk the kefir with the egg and flour and 250ml of the strained cooking liquid....
...The one thing I am less keen on is the pint of salty kefir that has been served alongside the meal — though Firtash, who doesn’t drink alcohol, seems to heartily enjoy his....
...Muri’s answer to champagne, Passing Clouds, is a sparkling blend of fermented white currants, quince kefir and jasmine tea, finished with geranium and woodruff kvass....
...“In Belarus, we get a separate plate with egg, beetroot, cucumber, dill and potatoes, and another one with kefir, and we mix it all up.”...
...Have you been known to dollop kefir on your morning granola? If so, you’re likely already au fait with the benefits of fermentation and probiotics....
...Pomegranate and maple water kefir This refreshing drink is a great companion on a summer afternoon. Water kefir crystals, or tibicos, can easily be found from suppliers online....
...A diverse gut microbiome is also key, so add in fermented foods – “fertiliser for the gut” – such as kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, yoghurt and tempeh....
...Spector’s current diet involves breakfast only on alternate days, including kefir and a “good black coffee”....
...In my fridge you’ll always find water and kefir. I don’t drink alcohol. I don’t generally like to keep food there. Cheese, vegetables, fruit – they lose a lot of taste if you keep them in the fridge....
...Or they might arrest them when they leave to buy groceries and kefir milk. Who knows what might happen then?...
...Slowly, the piece of marmalade toast was edged out by yoghurt or kefir and berries. I also found myself urging the children away from jam and towards butter or nut butter....
...In my fridge you’ll always find kefir, caviar, smetana, fresh double cream and ingredients for pesto: pecorino, pine nuts, cashews, olive oil, basil, garlic, lemon. Everything is better with pesto....
...In the UK, a spokesperson for the home-delivery service Ocado tells me that searches for kombucha on its website more than doubled in 2018, and searches for kefir (a fermented milk drink with probiotic properties...
...His eight-course tasting menu (€195) ranges from a dish of eel and chamomile to ravioli with wild spinach and kefir, and pigeon cooked on a woodfired grill....
...You never know — he may be sitting on a kefir gold mine by then....
...Yoghurt, kefir and kimchi are all advocated, for being beneficial to the microbiome, or bacteria in your gut, as is intermittent fasting. But key elements of the advice are more surprising....
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