I explain here why I love milk kefir (and even how I use it in place of culture packets for making cheese!) If you need a starter culture, this is a great one.
Cooking Ingredients
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All-purpose flour
This unbleached, organic, non-GMO flour is grown by American farmers and never has any preservatives. It’s one you can trust for consistent results, every time. Well, except for those times you forget about the biscuits in the oven and the smoke detector serves as the dinner bell. Yeah, King Arthur can’t help me with that one.
Organic Wheat Berries
If you’d like to grind your own flour for making bread, you want to go with hard white wheat berries like these great organic ones. I love that you can choose from a huge variety of sizes too. Start with a small order and if you like them go back for the great deal of the 50 lb. bag!
Sourdough Starter
While you can absolutely make your own sourdough starter, if you’d rather purchase one, I recommend this one. You’ll have a healthy jar of bacteria and yeast in no time that boosts the nutritional content of your bread, not to mention how it will add that incredible flavor!
Maple syrup
I love the warm flavor of maple syrup in baking. And this delicious syrup even comes in different varieties!
Vitacost
Vitacost is a great resource for hard-to-find items like spices, herbs, condiments, and pantry supplies that I love. And it’s a fantastic option if you are rural like me. Bonus, they have fantastic customer service. And while my family doesn’t need gluten-free food, I’m told Vitacost is a fantastic resource for that too.
Einkorn Flour
An ancient type of wheat that hasn’t been tampered with like our modern flours. It produces nutritious, golden baked goods with lots of flavor.
Beef & Chicken Broth
Homemade broth is always best, but if you can’t make it yourself for some reason, Kettle & Fire is a great one to purchase without all the junk of many brands.
Beef Tallow
I always recommend rendering your own tallow if possible, but if you don’t have access to beef fat, here is a source of pure, grassfed beef tallow.
Coconut Oil
I use coconut oil for DIY projects as well as baking. (And no it doesn’t actually taste like coconut in my baked goods. If a recipe calls for shortening, this is usually what I use.) So I’ll buy coconut oil by the bucket. Yes, I’m sure my UPS delivery man thinks I’m crazy. But you don’t have to buy a bucket full. Click on this link, and choose what size you’d like.
Thermophilic Culture
I use this culture when making high-temperature cheeses and dairy recipes.
Mesophilic Culture
I use this in many of my low-temperature cheese and dairy recipes.
