Dragon Fruit Kombucha
While brewing Kombucha initially seemed scary and overwhelming. I had an awesome friend take the scary parts out and set me up with a brew kit and directions. I've been brewing a few batches of Dragonfruit Kombucha every time we run out. My entire family enjoys it and it's the only Booch my hubby has ever enjoyed drinking. Sweet and smooth, this brew is sure to please your family and friends.
Ingredients
- 3 Mint Tea, Tea Bags
- 3 Green Tea, Tea Bags
- 2 Black Tea, Tea Bags
- 2 Dragon Fruits
- 1 C. Organic Cane Sugar
- 12-13 C. Purified Water unchlorinated and Flouride Free
- 1 Scoby
- 2 C Starter Tea I use Komucha from the previous batch
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil and add sugar, stir until dissolved
- Turn off heat and add all the tea bags to the sugar water and let the water come to room temperature.
- Rinse your brewing jar (a spouted jar is ideal for pouring it our into jars later) in Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)
- Remove the tea bags once the tea is cooled. (I like to give them a good squeeze before pitching them)
- Add starter tea to the mixture
- Peel and dice the dragonfruit, add it gently to the tea mixture
- Add some room temperature clean water into the rest of the brewing jar until the jar is filled up *Optional and can vary on the jar you use. This will mute the flavors a bit, but my husband likes a smoother brew
- Rinse your hands in ACV and place the scoby very gently into the tea brew
- Cover the jar with a paper towel and rubber band or lid. (I find the paper towel method prevents smell and contamination).
- Let the brew ferment for 2 weeks and then pour into desired containers and enjoy.
Notes
Check out the Kombucha Jello for a great treat and childhood favorite!
It was really cool talking to everyone about the things God has done in our lives. Being able to share that helped us to analyze a lot of the different ways that God has touched our lives these past few months. After service, I had several people approach us and ask about our eating and recent healthy lifestyle changes.
Brandon and I learned today that we really enjoy sharing healthy eating habits and healthier lifestyles with people. It is feels great to be able to give back and help people.
I have been really interested in learning the health benefits through the foods people eat. Inflammation, aches and pains, back pains, Parkinson’s, infections, degenerative disease, auto-immune disorders, cancers, thyroid diseases, etc all linked to food? Crazy how what we eat effects us that much. I’ve been researching the science behind what to eat and why. Today I listened to two interviews on health and wellness through Sean Croxton‘s Pod-casts. One was by Diane Sanfilippo and the other by Mark Sisson.
I will be blogging about some of the things I learned later this week! Very cool stuff.
After a nice walk and all of this new knowledge, I sure was hungry- tonight I made breakfast for dinner. Brandon’s choice!
Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
Ingredients
4 eggs
1 cup milk (raw milk or coconut)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Honey
3 cup Apple Sauce
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| Should be thick and fluffy |
Process:
Beat eggs in a bowl until well blended
Add in Vanilla and Milk, mix well
Add in the rest of the ingredients, mix until no lumps are left.
Grease a skillet with butter and pour pancakes in (these flip well). Cook on medium-low heat until
browned. These are good and with the butter there is a nice crisp around the edges. Allow them to
cook until you start to see some bubbles in the batter.
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| Drizzle with some Maple Syrup! |
My Results
| Preventive Measure | Date Measured | Your Value | Your Goal | How You’re Doing |
| Body mass index | 1/30/2012 | 25 | < 25 |  |
| Blood pressure | 1/30/2012 | 130/70 | < 140/90 |  |
| LDL (bad) cholesterol | 1/31/2012 | 107 | < 160 | |
| HDL (good) cholesterol | 1/31/2012 | 60 | >= 40 | |
| Blood sugar | 1/31/2012 | 85 | < 126 | |
These are the results of Brandon’s recent blood work. His HDL 45, LDL 129, BMI went from being Obese to being only needing to lose 5 Lbs (he also got weighed with all of his clothes and boots on- so this could be skewed) to be Normal weight. His blood sugar was a little high before but now it is at a perfect level.
Brandon’s Results
| Preventive Measure | Date Measured | Your Value | Your Goal | How You’re Doing |
| Body mass index | 1/26/2012 | 26 | < 25 | |
| Blood pressure | 1/26/2012 | 120/82 | < 140/90 | |
| LDL (bad) cholesterol | 1/27/2012 | 93 | < 160 | |
| HDL (good) cholesterol | 1/27/2012 | 39 | >= 40 | |
| Blood sugar | 1/27/2012 | 88 | < 126 | |
My doctor is great because they give us all these records through an online data tracker. The results show what it should be at to be normal and what ours are and what unhealthy results would be. Green checks for good, yellow checks for marginal and red exclamation marks for bad (We didn’t get any of them!).
What does this mean?
This means Brandon and I are fully in love with our new lifestyle change. The energy we both have and the way we feel, the weight we lost- I think we will continue with the way we are eating now. We feel fantastic and in just 3 months, it is obvious that it works for us.