Make Your Own Kombucha Recipe

WHAT IS IT??

“Kombucha is a variety of fermented, lightly effervescent sweetened black or green tea drinks that are commonly intended as functional beverages for their supposed health benefits. Kombucha is produced by fermenting tea using a "symbiotic colony" of bacteria and yeast”

It also helps reduce candida yeast and overgrowth of bacteria that is harmful to your organs and mental health. Many people attest to it clearing up physical pain of the guts and digestive, to clearing brain fog and lethargy associated with mental health and auto-immune disorders.

The term Kombucha and SCOBY were both coined in the 90's by an amazing guy named Len Porzio - you can check out his site here, to gain some more useful information!

HOW DOES IT FERMENT AND GROW??

It uses a mushroom-like, flat disk of culture called a SCOBY.

S.C.O.B.Y.
Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast

S.C.O.B.Y.

WHY SHOULD I DRINK THIS STUFF??

One word: probiotic culture. You know that yogurt you eat? Ya, that's a probiotic culture too! But even better as it is dairy free.

The Lazy Mom Guide to School Lunches

Well it's that time again..... Back to school. It's here! Tomorrow is pumpkin spice everything and our tiny little miracles are back to the grind of school. THANK GOD! I swear this summer has been the longest summer of my life.

However, school lunches can be a pain in the butt. Here's my trick to get the kids food together by spending about 30 min once a month and maybe 15 minutes once a week to keep you sane!

The Mother of all BBQ

It's the end of summer. It's stupid hot out and that leads to one of 3 things in this house smoothies, salads or BBQ everything. Here is my fast take on grilling up some fabulous food.

Before you fire up the BBQ put a little olive oil on a paper towel and rub it all over your grill. It stops everything from sticking and puts perfect grill marks on your food. 

Now fire it up. Our grill has a thermometer at the base of the lid, on each grill, so it's a more accurate temperature reading on what the grill temperature actually is.  

Get your grill really hot. Turn down the temp once you put your food on the grill or you'll end up with raw in the middle burnt hockey pucks.

Meat- You're going to need something for meat. Steak wrapped in bacon, chicken wrapped in bacon. See the theme? Everything is better with a little bacon! Flip your meat

Veggies- Well now this opens a whole weird and crazy world of grilling awesomeness! Our current favourite is sweet potato medallions tossed in olive oil sprinkled with a little salt and pepper. We were at the end of our Kohut Corn we picked last fall so it was already shucked. 

You can grill pretty much everything. We have cut heads of romaine lettuce in half oiled it and slapped it on the grill and it was AMAZING. Seriously try it! 

I'm a sucker for fresh veggies so I usually have some raw, freshness to top off the meal. Tomatoes drizzled with olive oil sprinkled with a little salt and pepper is perfect. 

Tips: Keep your flavours simple. Always use condiments. Horseradish Aioli is amazing on steak and easy to make. Kick it up and try something new.