A really good starting point for DIY'ers.  Marie works through ingredient lists, equipment, and even provides some excellent guides and recipes.

I wish I had thought of taking a picture of the raw grass-fed kidney; but i think you can still tell how it sort of has a brain shape but with larger nodules.  Certainly was an unexpected shape when I opened the package, but it sizzled in the cast iron pan just as well as liver.

We had decided before Christmas that we wanted to install a water filter that would help reduce/eliminate the heavy chlorine that would often be in our water.  The thought process started with a simple shower-head chlorine filter; but it wasn't too hard to think of other water to filter... so the whole-house filter was the cheaper and biggest bang option.

I found a 4L Costco pickle jar I was saving (with no purpose in mind) and thought I would try using it to make a batch of sauerkraut.

When the recipe I was following mentioned that essential oils was optional, I mostly ignored that figuring "why wouldn't I want to add a scent?"  While the recipe mentioned Tea Tree oil as a good option for men, the first extract I grabbed from the cupboard was peppermint, and went with it.

The wait is finally over, and here are the first scoops of 2 week old ferments.