Variety in beverages also helps. As I mentioned before, one kind of drink I also enjoy on a juice fast is fermented beverages. Some kinds are rejuvelac, kombucha tea and a personal favorite of mine fermented cabbage juice.
Fermented cabbage juice gives you all the benefits of sauerkraut in a quick easy to make and ingest format. And it taste absolutely delicious! Mine comes out a little carbonated with a wonderful flavor. The problem with mine is that it's so good, it doesn't last long and I have to keep making it.
Here's my simple recipe. Once you understand the concept behind it you can try many different variations.
Items needed:
-1 head organic cabbage
-2 organic beets (optional but adds health benefits, flavor and a lovely burgundy color)
-Any glass jars with fitting lids. (For large batches I use the recycled gallon glass jars
that the apple juice comes in and for smaller batches I just use 2 or three mason jars.
Use what's in your kitchen.)
-Good quality water
This is the cabbage-beet mixture fermenting above my fridge.
1. Roughly chop the cabbage and beets.
2. Fill your blender about 1/2 full with equal quantities cabbage and beets.
3. Add water to fill. Then pulse the contents until the cabbage looks like it's shredded.
4. Pour mixture into the clean jars. (Boiling isn't necessary--they just need to be clean).
5. Set aside in your kitchen for 2-4 days and gently shake and open the jars every day for a few minutes to release the trapped gases. (Important or else you will have a volcanic explosion later!)
6. Cabbage mixture should smell fermented but not off. You will come to know and love this smell
and it will make you salivate when you smell it.
7. Strain out the pulp from the cabbage juice using a nutmilk bag.
8. Store in fridge in clean covered bottle and enjoy.
This is a great beverage for putting healthy bacteria in your intestines. It will help you if you have digestive and constipation issues.
Fermented Cabbage Juice (with beet). Delicious!
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