Kefir, anyone?

Folks... I think I'm turning into a hippie. I'm making my own Kefir on my kitchen counter!!!

I'd never even HEARD the word kefir before my midwife mentioned it. "Ke-WHAT???" It took me forever to find it on the internet because I kept spelling it wrong. I started out picking up a bottle here and there from Henry's or Winco. Tasty enough. Basically like a more liquid consistency yogurt. I'd use it in my smoothies each morning. It didn't take long before I was HOOKED. About a week. My insides feel good! Things run smoothly. No pregnancy digestion woes. AT ALL. Managed to make it through the last two bouts of sickness that ran through our house completely unscathed. (I've now added kefir to my daughter's diet to boost her immune system a bit.)

Now this is where it gets crazy. Within the few short months after my discovery of kefir I am hearing about it EVERYWHERE! I just saw it on a recent AOL Health article on "super foods", read a blurb about kefir in a magazine, and found out that this chick in our ward and her mother (also in our ward) make their OWN kefir. Am I the LAST person on the face of the planet to find out about kefir?!?!?!??!

So now, not only am I addicted to kefir and it's effects, but it's supposedly a "super food" that I shouldn't do without and EVERYONE else knows about it!!!!!

The only catch? Kefir was doing a number on my budget. The fix? Get in touch with the kefir ladies in my ward and acquire some fresh, live kefir grains so I can make my OWN kefir!!!!!!

So I did. And I am. Making my own kefir.

On my kitchen counter.

P.S. It was free, due to the generosity of my kefir loving sisters and their over-abundance of kefir grains. Mine are already growing. If anyone close by needs some, let me know. I will share the wealth.