Kefir!!!!!

I am experimenting with Kefir grains... water & milk.  If you have never seen a kefir grain... the photo above is of milk kefir grains..................

I hear that it is best to use raw milk.... if I were a bit richer I would use raw milk, it goes for $7 a gallon.  I use regular 2% milk since I am a poor gal lol  I make a batch of milk kefir daily.  I just now have started increasing the amount I am making to almost 2 cups a day.  I drink a cup in the morning.  I make a delicious smoothie in the mornings! MMMMMMMMMM!

Recipe is as follows:

1 cup milk kefir
1/2 frozen banana
3 T. frozen strawberry puree ( I have begun to make this weekly I puree up a bunch of fresh strawberries & freeze them in a popsicle tray)
1 tsp. ground flax seed
squirt of flax seed oil
*sometimes I add a scoop of protein shake)

This is soooo refreshing & tasty! Mmmmmm! yummy!  It kinda has a hint of lemony taste (from the kefir)

Back to the Kefir grains... they eat the sugar from the milk & it ferments the milk.. I know sounds yucky but it is actually quite good.  Speaking of good, it puts the good bacteria back in your gut.  It is a natural probiotic & helps with the immune system.  If you like buttermilk you will definitely like kefir milk.  I don't like buttermilk but I find myself craving kefir.  I started out buying it from the store & at $3.99 for oh I say about 1/2 a quart that gets expensive if you are drinking it twice a day!!  So that is when I decided that I would start making it myself!  I am saving money!! yay!