How to Add More Fermented Foods to Your Diet

After you begin your research on fermented foods, you may be overwhelmed with the different types and methods that you can add them to your diet. The issue comes in for most people, with actually adding more foods overtime so they can achieve the full benefit of what fermented foods have to offer. If this sounds like the situation you are in, then take a moment to consider these methods of how to add more fermented foods to your diet routine.

Use the Foods in Different Ways

One of the easiest ways to add more fermented foods to your diet is to use the foods in different ways. For example, you can make yogurt yourself and you may know that you can eat it directly. What you may not consider is that you can use yogurt in many different ways. You can use it in cooking to replace certain condiments like mayo. You can also use it as a spread. Many fermented foods are like this and have multiple uses that can be used in multiple meals. 

Try Making Them Yourself

One of the ways you can discover methods to add more fermented foods to your diet is to try making them yourself. As you create your ow fermented foods, you will naturally start to expand on how you make them, the types of foods you use, and the methods you plan on using them. This method of adding more fermented foods to your diet may take longer than other options, but it will also benefit you by building your knowledge of the foods and how to use them in your diet, store them in your home, and give yourself a sustainable line to the foods you do like. 

Go to Tastings

When you are looking for ways to add more fermented foods to your diet, you may already know that trying new foods is a method. What you may be concerned about is how to try those new foods to determine if you want to add them and how. One way to do this is to go to food tastings. Once you start researching health food stores in your area, you will find many stores offer food tastings that feature fermented foods. You may also find these stores offering classes on fermented foods to educate people on what is available. Take advantage of these to learn what you like, new flavors, new methods, and how you want to add them. 

By taking on these methods, you can begin to add more fermented foods to your diet and even discover a few ways of making your own fermented foods. Over time you will discover what methods work best for you and what foods you may want to keep in your ongoing routine and which ones can be left out. 

