Even though I 'hate' Walmart ... and don't buy much other than a few produce items once in a while in a pinch .. they are now stocking Wheat Montana products .. and beat the health store prices. Hubby and I picked up two 25 pound sacks of wheat berries (Prairie Gold variety) for $12 each .. and their flour products are a good price as well. Attempting to stock our storage pantry is expensive .. so this discount was a good find.
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| kefir grains are added to cool water/sugar mixture |
I promised to fill you in on the water kefir experiment. I took half of my milk kefir grains (
a nice gift from Mr. & Mrs. H ..last year:) as they had greatly multiplied .. and designated them to make water kefir. It took a few days for the grains to get accustomed to their new environment .. but now they are producing a probiotic drink quite well.
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| kefir grains fermenting |
Here's what I noticed this past week: I do think the kefir has a detoxifying property as I noticed a slight headache for several days and a few blemishes on my normally clear facial skin ... after about three days of drinking the water kefir, these symptoms have gone away. I will leave you with a few links touting the health benefits of said drink .. read into them as you wish .. as they were taken from the internet. Also .. there are some links on how to make water kefir. This is a good drink .. especially for people that may not tolerate dairy .. or milk kefir.
Water Kefir Steps
- Boil some water
- Place 1/2 cup of boiling water in a super clean quart mason jar
- Add 1/4 cup raw sugar, or organic brown sugar, or white cane sugar
- Swirl until the sugar melts completely
- Add enough fresh cool water (chlorine free) leaving about 2 inches space at top of jar
- Make sure the water is no warmer than room temp and add (2-4 tablespoons of kefir grains)
- Place a paper coffee filter over the top of jar and fasten with a rubber band
- Set in a warm spot in your kitchen for 24-48 hours.
- When enough fermentation (to suite your taste) has taken place (much of the sugar will be 'eaten' by the kefir and some will turn into fructose) .. strain the grains .. I pour the fermented kefir into a clean capped bottle. The grains get rinsed and reprocessed with more water/sugar in another clean quart jar.
I am still a newby at this .. and am finding different ways each day to flavor the drink. My favorite is to use a few tablespoons of freshly squeezed organic orange juice .. or a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. Ginger slices may be added .. the possibilities are endless. Next step will be bottling it in a 'stopper' topped (airtight) bottle to get a little fizz in the drink.
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| finished water kefir before adding juice |
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