Today is national Clean Your Refrigerator Day so I took the opportunity to sort out my kefir. I LOVE my little kefir grains.
Aren't they adorable?
Since my alpha-gal allergy to all things mammal I can't drink my beloved goats milk, so I kefir in rice milk and almond milk. It's a little tricky as the kefir grains do not feed on anything but the real deal-MILK. So, every two days I put them in goats milk to feed them, then I rinse them and put them in either rice milk or almond milk. As I understand it, the "faux" milk products do not have as many probiotics as it does in real milk, but I figure it's better than nothing.
I add a couple tablespoons of kefir to my morning smoothie.
I learned how to make non-milk kefir from this wonderful lady who shares her life stories and recipes
HERE. She has amazing stories of health restorations.
This is a pint of milk kefir...since I make it every day to keep my grains healthy I have a lot more than I and my husband can drink. So, naturally I share it with my dog, Cassie, my cats--all seven of them--and my chickens. They all just love it and it keeps their tummys working wonderfully.
PS I began drinking kefir about 2012. Since adding more fermented foods to my diet (2020-why did I wait so long!), MY FOOD ALLERGIES ARE GONE !!!!! So, I went back to raw cows and goats milk for making my kefir. BRAVO LITTLE GUYS IN FERMENTED FOOD!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
