GRAPE WATER KIFER SODA

Grape Juice Water Kifer Soda

Last night about midnight before I went to bed,  I put my water kifer grains  to soak with ...
3 tbsp. Water kifer grains
1 cup of Grape Juice (more or less, depends on your taste)
3 cups of water
1 tbsp sugar (I used brown)
1 quart size jar
12-18 hours.

Note that this is just the first stage.  Had I decided to go for more bubbles I would cap this in a bottle, tightly so that the air bubbles don't escape.  This works great if you like that wine taste.  I don't, so I stop at 12 hours and I will drink this as is.  It is now that I will see if it is too dry, or not sweet enough, then I will add, water, juice, or sweetener. Or you can leave it as is.  Your choice  Hey, I like taste
too:)

Fermented grape juice water kifer

It's still naturally carbonated, but not as much.  However it's still a healthy probiotic drink.  It's not as sweet as it was before the ferment, which makes it a great drink for diabetics who usually have to leave the fruit juices alone because of the natural sugars already there.  Therefore they don't get all the antioxidants and phytonutrients that are in the juices.  It is these healthy chemicals along with the probiotic kifers that are going to help control the diabetes, like it did mine.

Note 2:  Never throw your ferment away, because it over ferments.  This will make a great base for a delicious grape vinaigrette.  Don't you agree?  Yummy!  I can just imagine.

See how easy it is?  So natural, healthy, and cheap.  What a way to go. Now you try it:)  Let me know how it comes out.  Enjoy and...
Many blessings.
Mary Helen

Grape Juice Water Kifer on the rocks

COCONUT MINT KIFER ICE CREAM

Today I was in the mood for ice cream. However, I still don't want to waste my money on something that is  going to be harmful with a lot of sugars, fats, and chemicals I can hardly pronounce.  I  make my own desserts and, ice cream is one I enjoy making.  It is so fast and easy. Again, I take control of how I want to live here.  Do I want to feel energetic, or do I want to take a nap after a few scoops of store bought ice cream.   Yes you heard right.  I said scoops, and  since it's mostly ice you can have more than one scoop. I have so much to do on my to do, and bucket list, I don't have time to take a nap.  I did enough napping when I was sick.  haha.  I will go for the homemade probiotic ice cream.  So i'm sharing my recipe. Ingredients are easy as I ferment milk kifer daily.  You will need...

• 2 cups ice 
• 1/2 cup fermented milk kifer
• 2 tbsp sweetener (I used brown sugar, and agave.  Any kind will do)  
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 2 tbsp dried coconut or powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 bag mint tea opened (fresh will work better)

I must say you will need a high speed blender that can handle the ice, like a Vita Mix, or a Ninja.  Add the milk kifer, vanilla, sweetener, mint tea, and coconut shreds and oil.  Blend till pulverized.  Add ice, blend on high and voila!!

Coconut Mint Milk Kifer Ice Cream.  Yummy.

I know that mint and chocolate is a good combination too.  But my Gheredelli's chocolate syrup just slid off the top. I know it's Gheredelli's but i'm not perfect.  But it's still oh so good.  Not too sweet either.  It made about 3 cups ice cream.  Note that this melts quite rapidly.  So you want to serve and eat right away.  Any leftovers can be put in a covered jar.  Before you use unused portion, you  shake in the jar and pour.  Now you have a mint chocolate kifer smoothie.  It's all probiotic, homemade and good.  So much cheaper and healtheir too.  

Get busy and try it for yourself.  Experiment in the kitchen with your milk kifer.  Have you tried green tea kifer ice cream?  It's so good and healthy, but so is blueberry.  Oh my goodness.  I could go on.  But another time.

Enjoy and many blessings:) 

Maryhelen

MILK KIFER FETA CHEESE

Milk Kifer can be dried as still keep it's probiotic nutrients as long as it is not heated in high temperatures. Milk Kifer Cheese has more active healthy bacteria than milk kifer, because of the longer time spent to ferment it.  REAL KIFER CONTINUES TO FERMENT UNLESS THE BACTERIA HAS BEEN KILLED BY HEAT OR CHEMICALS.  Folks drink kifer, yogurt, and kombucha for the healthy probiotics it has.  However, why is the shelved store bought product still sweet and holds the same flavor?  Why?  Because most of the bacteria has been pasteurized or heated to maintain its color, and flavor.  Sad because those people think they are doing their body good. I too can heat mine to stop the fermentation and not let it continue to sour.  However, probiotics does a body good. I choose to work with the tart flavor, hence feta cheese.  lol.  See, homemade is always, better, and a lot cheaper too.

I let my kifer milk ferment till the curds and whey separate. I have strained the milk kifer, and have separated the curds, whey and milk kifer grains. I left the curds out to lose it's whey for a few hours in a strainer.   Make sure you have something to catch the whey.(Ha ha, it lost it's whey:))  Very little milk solids is left in the strainer.  This will be your cheese. Salt lightly,  put this in a tofu press, (another strainer will work fine) and put this in the refrigerator for 24 hours to continue to expel its whey.

Curds

After a total of 48 hours. it is now like tart cheese, similar to Feta.  At this point the kifer cheese is still soft, but I was able to cube it so it could air dry better. It had grown  a slight fungus on the outside, which I was able to cut off before I cubed it.  The inside showed a nice white clean cheese.

curds, whey, and milk kifer grain

Curds in tofu press.  I see a few grains of Kifer.

Curds after straining in refrigerator for 24 hours.

I put the cheese  wrapped in parchmont paper with clean paper towels over a heating mat  for 12 hours more or less, while I was sleeping. I am still changing towels to keep the cheese dry at least twice.  Now my cheese is crumbly, and pretty hard.  Had I not cut it for it to dry faster, I probably could have grated it. I rolled my cheese in crushed herbs for flavor.  

Herbed Milk Kifer Feta Cheese

See how easy it was?  Yes, it took a few days, but it's not like you were standing over a hot stove.  Home made kifer is loaded with probiotics, and you have total control as too what you want to put in it.  Yes I love to choose what I want to put in my body.  Don't you?  It's probiotic and cheap.  Looks like cheese.  Tastes like cheese, but unlike dead cheese.  This one is still very much alive.

Enjoy and many blessings.
Mary Helen