Cultured Apple Recipe ft. Ideal Immunity

By popular demand, I'm finally posting this recipe. People want cultured food besides yogurt--and here it is. It's tasty, it's non-dairy, and you can get apple and date goodness without the sugar.

After starting Ideal Immunity probiotics, my heart palpitations, which I've had since 2014, started improving. I can't remember the last time it happened. Another member at Dr. Davis's site said her atrial fibrillation improved on Sugar Shift (also made by Biotiquest), and now that she's taking Heart Centered (yet another formula they sell), she's better. I haven't tried fermenting those products, but they contain some of the same microbes as Ideal Immunity.

It should go without saying that you need to make sure everything is very clean. No need to boil anything (I never do--everything around here is hand-washed); just remember that all microbes in the jar are going to multiply exponentially.

Ingredients

2 apples, peeled and cored

2 carrots

4 dates, pitted

1/4 cup of walnuts or pecans

1 T cinnamon

1/2 T ground ginger

dash of nutmeg

dash of ground cloves

2 capsules Ideal Immunity (available from Biotiquest.com)

filtered water

Special Equipment

Insulated grocery bag or camper cooler

2 Clothes pins (if using insulated grocery bag)

Heating pad

Canning funnel

Quart canning jar (or two pint jars) and lid/ring or fermenting lid

Plastic bag (e.g., regular grocery bag)

Directions

Shred the apples and carrots and put them in a large mixing bowl. Chop the nuts and dates and add them to the bowl. Sprinkle with the spices and mix well with a spoon.

Place the canning funnel on the jar and spoon the apple mixture into the jar. Add both capsules of Ideal Immunity. Pour filtered water in the jar until it covers the apple mixture. Push the spoon into the jar to release any air pockets; add more water if needed.

Loosely place the ring and lid on the jar (or use a fermenting lid); do this to keep the contents free of contamination while allowing gases to escape. Put the jar in the plastic grocery bag.

Place the insulated grocery bag or camper cooler near a plug-in and put the heating pad inside on its edge so it will loosely wrap around the jar. Place the jar and plastic bag in the insulated grocery bag or cooler. Use the clothes pins to close the top of the insulated grocery bag, or close the lid if using a cooler. Plug in the heating pad and set it on medium.

Ferment for three days. Every day, check the contents of the jar. Scoop out and discard any mold; add filtered water if necessary.

Refrigerate when finished.

Comments

Lori Miller said…

I've never measured it, but the temperature feels different in different parts of the bag and I'm sure it varies with the temperature in my house.

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