Below are some recipe samples for you to see how to put a one together and get your mind moving.
If you're looking for ingredient inspiration, head to your local Farmer's Market.

Recipe Submission Sample: Food

  • Dish Name: Pico De Gallo
  • Servings: 4-10
  • Preparation Time: 15 minutes, then refrigerate 1 hour
  • Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Kitchen Tools:
  • Cutting board
  • knife
  • medium sized bowl
  • large spoon

Ingredients:
  • 3 large tomatoes, diced
  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 1/3 C chopped fresh cilantro
  • 3 T lemon juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 small jalapeno, diced (optional)

Directions: Combine all prepared ingredients in a large bowl, refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve with chips and enjoy!

Recipe Submission Sample: Drink

  • Name: Kombucha Elixer
  • Servings: 4 liters worth of Kombucha Tea
  • Preparation Time: 1 hour initial prep; 5-10 days brewing time
  • Meal: Beverage or herbal supplement

Kitchen tools/Ingredients:
  • A suitable glass container, about 1 gallon
  • A clean kitchen towel or some other piece of clean porous material
  • A large elastic band to hold the material on the container.
  • 4 litres of filtered water (or use ½ water and ½ any pure juice blend)
  • 6 tsp loose or 6 tea bags (organic black or green)
  • 320g organic white sugar. (Try agave nectar after you get good with sugar)
  • A healthy Kombucha culture from a friend.
  • 400ml of ready brewed organic Kombucha tea or 4 tablespoons distilled vinegar (white, apple, cider or white wine vinegar).
  • A few glass bottles for drinking

Directions:
  • To make the nutrient, take approx. 1 liter of filtered water. Bring the water to a boil, then add the sugar and organic tea. Stir it till the sugar dissolves, then turn off the heat to infuse for about 15 minutes.
  • Put the other 3 liters into your brewing container.
  • When the 15 minutes are up, remove the tea or bags; then add the sweet tea to the rest of the water in the brewing container. Just make sure that it's not too hot, otherwise you could kill your new organic Kombucha tea culture very quickly.
  • Adding the Live Culture:
  • Once at the right temperature, add the culture to the liquid. It may float or sink, it doesn't matter.
  • Then add the 400ml of finished Kombucha or 60ml of distilled vinegar if you don't have any organic Kombucha tea.
  • Brew:
  • Cover the top of the container with muslin or kitchen towel and use the elastic band to hold it in place.
  • Leave the container undisturbed for about a week, preferably in a dark, place with ventilation...

5 Days Later…
  • By now, you should have a new “baby” culture forming on top of your brew and the tea might be nearly be ready. Should smell strongly, like pure vinegar.
  • Taste it… what you are looking for is a slightly sharp (acidic), not sweet taste. Should brew between 5 days to 2 weeks
  • Bottling
  • With clean hands, take the two cultures and place them on a clean plate.
  • Pour some of your organic Kombucha tea into a kitchen jug and then, using the jug, pour it into the waiting bottles - right to the brim, no air gaps. Pour a little on your resting cultures whilst you do this - it helps keep them free from airborne nasties.
  • Continue with the rest of the tea. Remember to save some tea for your next batch - about 10%. You want to keep these bottles at room temperature for at least 5 days. The reason for this is twofold: (1) It allows a build up of CO2 (gas) that makes the drink fizzy, and (2) It allows the tea to mature and develop a more mellow taste.