Best of 2025

The Magic of Labneh: Yogurt or Kefir Cheese From My Fridge to Yours

By Donna Schwenk / October 11, 2025

Ferments for Life – Stay Healthy Sometimes I wish you could visit my kitchen – and mostly, my fridge. It’s filled with homemade fermented dairy: kefir, cottage cheese, all manner of yogurts like Skyr, Greek, and Lactobacillus reuteri superfood yogurt … and yes, even labneh. I love labneh because it’s truly a yogurt (or kefir)…

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Which Is the Best Yogurt for You?

By Donna Schwenk / September 6, 2025

Yogurts for You and Your Gut When it comes to yogurt, the choices can feel overwhelming. Greek, Skyr, L. reuteri, l. Gasseri and Yogurt Plus are specialty yogurts with unique probiotic strains, making it hard to know which one is right for you. Over the years, I’ve made and enjoyed many different kinds of yogurt,…

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Sauerkraut and Your Gut Barrier – Nature’s Fermented Defense

By Donna Schwenk / August 23, 2025

The Kraut Connection There’s something magical that happens when you take a humble head of cabbage, some salt, and a little time. It bubbles and transforms into a probiotic-rich food that’s been healing and nourishing people for centuries. But now-thanks to some remarkable new research-we’re learning just how powerful this fermented food can be in…

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Bulgarian Yogurt: The Ancient Culture That Changed Everything

By Donna Schwenk / August 2, 2025

The Bulgarian Yogurts There’s something magical about Bulgarian yogurt. It’s creamy, tangy, and alive with beneficial bacteria that have been passed down through generations. When I first discovered this incredible cultured food, I was amazed by its deep history and its unique strains of probiotics-especially Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. These microbes work together to…

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Benefits of Each Cultured Food

By Donna Schwenk / July 5, 2025

 The many things cultures Can Do Nothing has influenced and changed my body and life more than cultured foods. I’ve done many studies on myself and my family and, hands down, fermented foods are here to stay in my life. They create such wellness for me and mine that there is no way I’m going…

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The Magic Of Kefir

By Donna Schwenk / June 14, 2025

✨ The Magic of Kefir – A Fermented Elixir That Transforms Health Kefir isn’t just a food-it’s a living, breathing ecosystem of health-supporting microbes. Revered for centuries in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus mountains, this tangy, effervescent drink has found its way into modern wellness circles for one simple reason: it works. 🌿 A Personal…

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Greek and Skyr Yogurt Made in an Insulated Mug

By Donna Schwenk / May 10, 2025

  Yogurts you can Make in a Mug! I have been eating Skyr and Greek yogurts for many years. I love the creaminess and high protein of these yogurts. The high protein content is also the reason I eat and use Greek yogurt a lot in recipes. Skyr yogurt tastes more like cheese and has…

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Kefir Soda – Bubbly Probiotics That Heal Your Gut

By Donna Schwenk / April 26, 2025

What Is Kefir Soda? 🍹 I’m so happy to have my Kefir Soda Starter back in stock! It was unavailable for a while as we waited on one of the special bacteria strains-and I missed it so much. Now that it’s here, my fridge is filled with so many bottles of kefir soda, all bubbling…

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Probiotic Foods for Different Ailments

By Donna Schwenk / March 8, 2025

Probiotics have become an exciting frontier in health and wellness. Most people only think about probiotic supplements in a bottle, but today we’re talking about foods that have probiotics in them. These probiotic foods have billions more probiotics than supplements. . .

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Natural Remedies That Work: Kefir Whey, Cultured Veggies, Baobab, and Ginger

By Donna Schwenk / February 23, 2025

Our bodies are designed with an incredible ability to heal and restore balance – especially when we give them the right tools. Over the years, I’ve discovered that fermented foods, along with a few natural remedies, can be powerful allies in this process. From using kefir whey to ease pink eye, to calming an upset…

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The Amazing Benefits of Baobab: Nature’s Superfood

By Donna Schwenk / February 1, 2025

The Prebiotic Baobab I want to introduce you to a beautiful gift from nature that has been nourishing people for centuries: Baobab ! If you haven’t heard of this ancient tree’s superfruit, get ready to be amazed. Just like cultured foods bring health to your gut and vitality to your whole body, baobab offers a…

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L. Reuteri Yogurt Recipes

By Donna Schwenk / January 11, 2025

L. reuteri – The Bacteria You’re Missing These days, it seems like true wellness is no longer the norm but an exception. My greatest hope-and why I share all I know about cultured foods-is to help you reclaim that wellness for the rest of your life. I had to learn how to do it myself,…

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