Homemade Mastery

Easy Homemade Recipes, Gardening Tips & Tricks

  • Recipes
  • Gardening
  • DIY
  • Privacy Policy

Canning DIY Gardening Preserving Food Recipes Salad Side Dish Snack

Easy Fermented Vegetables

Learn how to make your own fermented cauliflower and carrots with this easy fermented vegetables recipe. Use whatever vegetables you like for a delicious gut-healthy snack full of probiotics and flavor!

How to make fermented vegetables! Learn how to ferment vegetables with this easy recipe for fermented cauliflower, carrots and Jerusalem artichokes. Easy and delicious probiotic foods to heal your gut and improve your immune system!


Easy Fermented Vegetables

Fermented vegetables like sauerkraut or the ones I’m going to share here are easy to make, healthy and super tasty addition to your dinner table. I always make my fermented vegetables when it starts getting colder. This is perfect for two reasons – 1) the room temperature is perfect for the fermentation process and 2) we need a well-functioning immune system during the colder months and consuming more probiotic foods can be beneficial.

As I mentioned you can use whatever vegetables you desire to make this recipe. For my jars, I used cauliflower, carrots and a few Jerusalem artichokes that I grow in my backyard. Perfect side dish or snack!


The Many Health Benefits Of Probiotics

Adding more fermented foods to your diet will help increase your probiotics intake naturally. Here are a few of the benefits of eating more probiotic foods according to research:

  • improve your immune system
  • prevent bowel diseases
  • promote microbial balance in your gut
  • help lower cholesterol and have antihypertensive effects
  • alleviate postmenopausal disorders
  • could help with skin health e.g. to improve atopic eczema and wound and scar healing
  • probiotics have also been suggested to help with anxiety and depression 


What You Will Need

  • vegetables – I used carrots, cauliflower and Jerusalem artichokes
  • sea salt
  • filtered water to cover
  • spices & herbs (this is optional, but you can add peppercorn, mustard seeds, parsley, basil…)
  • clean jars and lids (I used some of my recycled jars).

In general for fermenting vegetables, I use the rule: 30-35g of salt per liter of water or about 2-2.5 tbsp salt per quart of water.


How To Make Fermented Vegetables At Home

How to make fermented vegetables! Learn how to ferment vegetables with this easy recipe for fermented cauliflower, carrots and Jerusalem artichokes. Easy and delicious probiotic foods to heal your gut and improve your immune system!

Step 1: Wash and cut your vegetables (bite-sized pieces will allow you to fit more in, I did mine a bit larger).

Step 2: Dissolve sea salt in the water. To fully dissolve, you can also boil the water with the salt. Make sure to let it cool off if you use this method before adding to the vegetables.

How to make fermented vegetables! Learn how to ferment vegetables with this easy recipe for fermented cauliflower, carrots and Jerusalem artichokes. Easy and delicious probiotic foods to heal your gut and improve your immune system!

Step 3: Arrange the vegetables, herbs and spices, in layers in the jar, make sure to pack them tightly to prevent large gaps. Fill the jars to about 4-5 cm (1.5-2″) below the rim of the jar.

Step 4: Pour the brine over the vegetables to cover everything, about 2cm (1/2″) below the rim. Tap on the jar to get any bubbles out.

How to make fermented vegetables! Learn how to ferment vegetables with this easy recipe for fermented cauliflower, carrots and Jerusalem artichokes. Easy and delicious probiotic foods to heal your gut and improve your immune system!

Step 5: Close the lid and let ferment at room temperature for 4-5 days at 18-21°C (65-70°F). The brine will start looking milky after a 2-3 days which means the fermentation is in progress.

Have a taste and if the vegetables are sour enough for your liking, move the jar to the fridge – this will stop the fermentation.

I hope you learned something new and useful and I really hope you enjoy the vegetables!


You Might Also Like:

  • How To Dry Mint For Tea and Cooking
  • Growing Parsley From Seeds
  • How To Grow Garlic From Cloves

Related


Previous Post: « 10-Minute Healthy Pesto Eggs
Next Post: No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies »

Primary Sidebar

Hi, Nice To Meet You!

I’m George – a grandpa, teacher and now apparently blogger! Welcome to my little place on the internet where I share delicious homemade recipes, gardening tips, canning tips and soon more!

Popular

3-ingredient healthy ice cream recipe that you can make without a machine! This homemade ice cream will become your favorite summer dessert!

3-Ingredient Healthy Ice Cream (No Machine)

May 27, 2021

10-minute Banana French Toast recipe! This easy French toast recipe is kinda different and very tasty! You get to eat a delicious quick breakfast and to use up an old banana! This recipe doesn’t make a lot, so if you’re feeding more than 1-2 people, double it!

10-Minute Banana French Toast Recipe

June 1, 2020

This easy asparagus recipe is the perfect vegetable side dish when asparagus is in season! You only need one pan, 5 simple ingredients and 10 minutes to make this recipe for sauteed asparagus.

10-Minute Sauteed Asparagus | Easy Asparagus Recipe

May 10, 2022

Footer

Privacy Policy

You can find our Privacy Policy here.

AMAZON ASSOCIATES DISCLOSURE

HomemadeMastery.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

Copyright © 2023 · HomeMade Mastery

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT