Cabbage, Yam, Turnip & Rhubarb Lacto-Ferment - Made Apr 15/20

- approx. 3 cups of chopped frozen rhubarb

- 2 med. sweet potato (my parents called them yams), coarsely grated

- 1/2 a green cabbage (about 6" in diameter) finely chopped

- 2 small/medium onions diced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 small red beet coarsely grated

- 5 med. purple top turnips coarsely grated

- 1 1/2 Tbsp of Himalayan pink salt

I mixed everything together... It makes a very liquid, pretty, dark salmon colored mix which  filled 3 liter mason jars firmly packed to the shoulder.  I've left them in my "warm" cupboard (which isn't so warm these days) over my stove for a week, before I transferred them to the fridge...  Color is SO important to me... I love just looking at the colors of these mixes as much as I love eating them...  What a treat to be able to eat such beautiful colors!

Pea, Carrot & Celeriac Lacto-Ferment Made Apr 13/20

- 3/4 cup dried Speckled peas
- 3/4 cup dried Green peas
- 1/3 cup dried yellow split peas

- 1/3 cup  a mix of large green & french lentils
- 3 small pieces of kombu seaweed broken up

- 1 med. onion diced

- 1 clove of garlic minced

- 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp Himalayan pink salt

- 3 leaves of green cabbage chopped finely
- 2 1/2 med. carrots coarsely grated

- 1/2  celery root (celeriac) coarsely grated

- 8 slices of frozen cucumber

I  cooked the peas with the kombu for about 2 1/2 hours, until there was only a little water left and they were tender.  I added the lentils for the last 1/2 hour of cooking time, then mashed both together.  I then added  this pea mixture to the rest of the ingredients, adding the cabbage last when the mixture was just warm (NOT hot).  After mixing it well, I packed it into 3 liter mason jars filled to the shoulder .  I'll left them in my "warm" cupboard over my stove for only 2 days when I could see they were fermenting well, then moved them to the fridge to stabilize and be eaten...