Popular brown and white fruits and vegetables include cauliflower, dates, brown pears mushrooms, parsnips, onions, garlic, ginger and potatoes. Seeds and spices, including flax seed, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon also fall into this category. Like all colorful fruits, vegetables and seeds, brown/white options contain a variety of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. […]
Recipe
Drink Your Colors with Kefir – Yummy Yellow
This sweet treat of a recipe combines the spotlight on yellow – the color of sunshine, bananas, lemons, squash and corn. Yellow fruits and veggies are in the same family as orange fruits and veggies – they contain high concentrations of carotenoids and phytonutrients, including beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, flavonoids, lycopene, potassium, and vitamin C. These nutrients […]
Drink Your Colors with Kefir: Outrageous Oranges
Continuing down the rainbow in our Drink Your Colors with Kefir series, we’ve reached orange – the color of sunsets, basketballs, pumpkins, carrots and, well, oranges. It’s a bright color that you definitely can’t miss with your eyes, and one you don’t want to leave out of your diet! All fruits and vegetables (and even […]
Drink Your Colors with Kefir: Ruby Red Strawberries
At Lifeway, our favorite time of year is always spring – when the weather gets warmer, the days get longer and the rain starts pouring. You read that right, we love rain. Why? Well, like the old adage says, with April showers come May flowers. More precisely, May produce. We love spring because it means we […]
Strained Kefir French Onion Dip with Caramelized Onions
Ah, French onion dip. There’s something special about this ubiquitous dip. Whether you’re used to seeing it on a summer picnic table or served with chips while watching a game, few people haven’t had a taste of this not-so-traditional dip. Homemade, from a box or in a tub, everyone knows what French Onion Dip is. […]
Go Bananas for Lifeway Kefir Banana Bread
While February 23 is National Banana Bread Day, warm, delicious banana bread is – in our opinion – a great treat any time, especially on frigid winter days. Made with simple, wholesome ingredients, including eggs, bananas, and kefir, banana bread is an awesome last-minute dessert that can actually be good for you! Our recipes rely […]
The Power of Pomegranate
The week of love is once again upon us, and while Valentine’s Day isn’t here just yet, we’re already feeling a bit overwhelmed. From boxes of chocolates and bottles of wine to red rose bouquets and ribbon-tied teddy bears, we’re surrounded by messages prompting us to show our love by sharing a decadent gift. While […]
Game? What Big Game?
The “big game” is once again upon us and, like many of you, we’ve found ourselves more excited about the snacks and the commercials than the game itself. With a free afternoon (and traffic-less roads), the possibilities for new experiences are endless! While a few hours spent in front of the ‘tube with friends and family can […]
Probiotic Kefir Smoothie Bowl
For many, January is the beginning of resolution season, and resolution season means smoothie season. Green smoothies, purple smoothies, fruit smoothies, vegetable smoothies – smoothies of all kinds (with a base of kefir, of course). We surely love smoothies in the Lifeway kitchen, but sometimes we miss eating our breakfast/lunch with utensils. When we’re […]
Traditional Foods for a Healthy Wealthy New Year
Lifeway Kefir is a traditional Eastern European food that has been consumed for thousands of years. As the New Year approaches, we couldn’t resist staying true to our roots and getting a little superstitious and sharing some of our favorite New Year’s Day food traditions, along with their meanings. Whether you’re one to follow tradition […]