Little Kefir babies!

The GAPS lecture I attended inspired me to finally seek out Kefir.

I recieved our new "babies" from Dom the Kefir guru yesterday and tonight we drank our first batch of Kefir goodness. I like it, I like it a lot, and I'm going to drink it every day; it made me feel good.

Kefir grains look like little cauliflowerettes and consist of billions of bacteria, yeasts and a unique polysaccharide, kefiran, living all gummed up together in a little cluster referred to as a grain. You take the grains and add them to milk and they culture the milk, kind of like yoghurt, but different. The beverage produced is extremely beneficial - the best broad-spectrum probiotic possible.

Over time the grains multiply like how a daffodil bulb does - growing mini grains off the main mass of each established grain, which then split and grow larger. You end up with lots of grains to share with friends, or to eat on their own.

I could yak on about these amazing grains for ages, but it's best if you see Dom's Kefir In-Site for more information, as he is the master of these little wonders.