Nourish Your Inner Rainforest with Lacto Fermented Lemons 🍋

Nutrition
Written By Leanne de Groot
 

Nourishing Your Inner Rainforest with Lacto Fermented Lemons

đź’« They help protect the mucus lining;

đź’« They work to regulate the immune system in the gut;

đź’« They fight against oxidative stress with antioxidant properties

Lemons are rich in polyphenols and fermenting them adds a new dimension and a delicious way to add gut-supporting nutrition and zing to your edible creations. 

Ingredients:

5-6 organic lemons

1/4 cup sea salt

1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 Tbsp. Kombucha (this an optional addition)

Spices, herbs of your choice (another optional addition)

How to:

Wash lemons in warm water and remove any stems on the ends.

Cut your lemons into quarters, being careful not to cut through the bottom. They should remain attached at the bottom but open with 4 sections.

Combine lemon juice and kombucha (if using) in a non-mental cup.

Generously sprinkle the inside of each lemon with sea salt. One at a time, place lemons in a clean sterilised Mason jar, then using the back of a wooden spoon mash each lemon to squeeze out the salty juice.

Keep going, adding and somewhat squishing lemons to release their juice, until the jar is full.

Add lemon juice (and kombucha, if using), add spices & herbs (if using) to cover lemons.  All the lemons need to be submerged under liquid. 

Screw the lid on your jar and let it sit and ferment at room temperature out of direct sunlight for 7 to 10 days.  Once you open your creation, store in the refrigerator.  I only keep my facto-fermented lemons in my fridge for four weeks.  I’m sure they would last for longer but no once I know they are in there. 

The rind is the bomb but I also throw the pulp into recipes to liven them up. 

Play. Explore. Experiment…and have some fun enjoying the process ♡

 
Leanne de Groot

My contribution is a union of nutrition, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork & movement intertwined with behaviour change and how it impacts a life worth living.

As a health and fitness professional, I want to shift the paradigm toward one of self-love and self-care instead of an aesthetic insecurity-based industry. Let’s move away from the trail of being overweight, body shape dissatisfaction, the daily dose of pharmaceutical and social drugs, persistent envy, unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and a life full of pressure to keep up, skip steps, and rush.

Living without awareness and intention creates pressures that we are not doing, we are not moving fast enough, as bosses, workers, weekend warriors, friends, lovers, parents, siblings, or grandparents. We have to be able and willing to step outside the pull of unhealthy and unhealthful cultural norms and make the critical space to do our meaningful thinking.

The first thing I need people to take in is if they are going to work with me or read my work because for me this re-frames the core of moving through all obstacles we have around stress, rush, health, weight, etc … The very blantant truth is that living under the guise of society’s expectations - is not living.

We have been fed a narrative that stepping outside or away from norms is the wrong way to exist and this narrative furthers unhappiness, unhealthiness, pressure, and a life that is too fast to enjoy.

Wherever we are, this is life—it’s happening right now, and I’ve decided that I am not going to rush through it and I invite you to join me today …

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