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Going on Vacation? How to Care for Kefir Grains and Travel with Cultured Foods

By Donna Schwenk / July 11, 2026

This last month my husband and I had our 30th wedding anniversary. Ron and I and our three kids are a tribe and we’ve always done everything together. This was the first vacation we have had alone since our honeymoon which we spent on a houseboat in Lake Powell, Utah. […]

The Tale of the Disappearing Kefir Grains

By Donna Schwenk / March 30, 2024

We make a lot of kefir. We drink it every day along with making kefir cheese and kefir sodas, so we make it daily. As usual, my husband and kids were helping me make kefir on April 1st, 2014. As I poured out the jugs into the strainer, no kefir grains appeared. . .

Don’t Rinse Your Kefir Grains and More!

By Donna Schwenk / August 13, 2022

Kefir Grains Never Rinse Them in Water I get so many emails from people who, in an attempt to help their kefir grains, will rinse them in cool water. You should NEVER, EVER, EVER do this. It damages them and rinses off the protective bacteria that make them thrive. So many times they will either…

7 Ways to Use Your Extra Kefir Grains

By Donna Schwenk / July 24, 2021

I love my kefir grains and they love me. It’s true! We’ve been in a long relationship for over twenty years and they never cease to amaze me with everything they can do. […]

Goat’s Milk Kefir Using Live Kefir Grains

By Donna Schwenk / February 3, 2017

Donna’s Live MILK Kefir Grains

By Chris Johnston / December 31, 2015

Description These are Live Milk Kefir grains that have been cared for by me and are ready to come live with you! I love these grains and I hope you will love them, too. They will make gallons upon gallons of delicious kefir from the moment you receive them. Take care of them, and they…

Kefir (Using Live Kefir Grains)

By Donna Schwenk / August 19, 2014