Have you ever heard of Rejuvelac? I believe it was first promoted by Ann Wigmore, and it is a drink made from fermented grains that is supposed to be a good digestive aid and a detoxifier. Since it is supposed to be so good for you, I've always wanted to try it. However, I haven't had success yet with sprouting, because I'm an idiot and can't seem to remember to rinse my grains...or even remember I have grains that I'm trying to sprout!Picture from sproutpeople.com's rejuvelac recipe page.
Yesterday at a raw food restaurant, I decided to be daring. I've tried a different kind of fermented drink before and hated it. Do I dare spend $3.75 for a glass of potentially nasty Rejuvelac stuff? Uhhhh....(shudder)...okay, I'll do it!
The results? Actually, it wasn't that bad. It mostly tasted like lemon water. There was no fizz in it, like many recipes say it will have. All I noticed was a slightly fermented aftertaste. I'm not saying I loved it, but it really wasn't bad. Maybe if I added a little sweet juice to it, , or some agave, it would actually be pretty good.
So that's my review. Rejuvelac: It's Not Too Bad. LOL. I may even try to make some myself....if I ever remember to grow sprouts properly.
In the meantime, cool linkage:
Sproutpeople's Rejuvelac-a Rye recipe
Rawfood.com's Rejuvelac -the Ann Wigmore recipe
GrowYouthful.com's Rejuvelac-they give a little more info
5 comments:
I just made my first batch a week ago, and I'm beginning to really enjoy the taste. I made mine from wheat berries, and it does have a fizz. The first glass I had of the stuff I had to gag down, but, like most thing, it's easy to acquire a taste for.
I made my first batch last week, and just finished my second. I didn't feel the fizz in my first batch , but I feel it in this one. So glad I landed on this site because I thought something was wrong. I put a lot of dried mangos in mine, nothing take away the lemon taste. I don't even taste the mango. For some strange reason my body seems to crave this stuff.
Where are you mommaroo2???? Are you o.k??? You have not posted in a while. Pray you are well!
trustHim: Thank you for asking. I'm doing well! I haven't posted on either of my old blogs in a long time because things have been so crazy this last year. I actually can't even sign in to my account, because I can't remember my old information! But I have two new blogs, www.simplynaturalhomestead.blogspot.com
www.therawcarnival.blogspot.com
I'll be posting there more frequently. I'm going back on raw, because I feel so much better on it, and it's great for weight loss. So I'll be doing a lot of posts on that, and on gardening and other natural living topics.
There will be a lot of really helpful posts, as well as some links to relevant products that I like (or that I really, really hope to afford someday, lol).
Oops, I forgot to mention that even though I'll have some affiliate links on the site, I will try to keep it more personal and helpful, and not too commercial. I hate it when I find a blog I like, then it goes all slick and commercial. So annoying! I'm basically just hoping to make a little money on the side to help feed my family a little healthier, because right now with our reduced income, it's a huge burden trying to buy organic raw food. So when the links become active, I'd love some support if anyone feels like trying those products, but even if you don't I'm just happy if you read my posts and leave comments. :-)
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