Tuesday, March 30, 2010


Rejuvelac

This is a drink made from grains...most typically wheat berries but you can also make it from millet, rye, oat, barley and more.
The benefits are a lot of enzymes, friendly bacteria or probiotics, filled with B- complex which is more and more difficult to get enough of in today's world, it has vitamin C and E. It also reduces the oxidation process when you use it with other fruits and vegetables so it's great to make smoothies with and will make them even healthier. Ann Wigmore is the mother of this drink.
So here are the directions.
I have a plastic measuring cup for 4 cups and fill it 1/4 and add filtered water to the top of this cup. Then I let it soak over night. For the next two days you put it back in the measuring cup with no water and rubberband a lid of cloth so it can breath. Set it on a 45 degree angle so it drains in the sink and rinse them off about 3 times a day...do this for 2 days. Then give it a final rinse and put it in a gallon jar with the wheat berries in it. Cover it with a cloth and rubberband. Let it ferment in anywhere from 68-80 degrees for 2 days. Then filter it with a cloth and save those wheat berries dry in a glass jar. Put it in the refrigerator as this will be 2 more batches. After that, feed it to the birds. Now you have the cloudy lemony juice. You can drink it room temperature but if it starts to smell bad...it's bad. I keep mine in the refrigerator. I do put this in my smoothies but for optimum digestion, drink it before or in between meals.

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