And no it is NOT mold! :) All I can say is I am very excited about all the new things I have been learning! And growing!! While working nights, there are a few opportunities when things slow down that I can read my GAPS book or google stuff about the diet. I am finding some good recipes and ideas. I wanted to be ready to start yesterday but my biokult probiotics have not even shipped yet! :( Plus I have so much more to prepare! Tomorrow is a big shopping day! I have a ton more things to purchase, cut up, ferment, simmer, and freeze! I plan to be super prepared! From what I am reading about the first few weeks of intro, I am learning that you cannot possibly over prepare for this diet! With working full time I cannot imagine dealing with brain fog and fatigue AND try to cook and prepare foods! Of course I will as I go along, but for those bad days, I plan to have something I can pull right from the freezer and heat up! Today I did just that! I have the beginnings of a cold coming on. I went and defrosted and warmed up some of my chicken vegetable soup. After drinking a pint, I actually feel much better - I now have broth defrosting in the fridge for tomorrow so I can hopefully get this to pass soon!
So here is what I have brewing:
Here is my yogurt prep - LOVE my new thermos!
And here is my yogurt dripping - will use the whey for my fermented veggies
Speaking of which - here they are! Cabbage, carrots, garlic, beets (hence all the pink and red), and cauliflower! The kids were not too happy to know this is on the menu in a few weeks!
Forever making stock!
Here is the saurkraut fermenting!
This is the above bowl under the "covers"...read that the saurkraut needed to be kept in the dark!
And here is the finished saurkraut! It has carrots in it and some green cabbage.
