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How to Make Milk Kefir Recipe

Kayla Ruetten
Learn how to make milk kefir at home! Simple, probiotic-rich, gut-friendly, and perfect for GAPS, Paleo, or healthy fermented drinks.
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Equipment

  • glass mason jar
  • coffee filter
  • rubber band
  • non-metal strainer

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Add milk kefir grains to a clean glass mason jar.
  • Cover the grains with 4 cups of fresh milk. It is best to use raw, grass-fed, organic milk if possible. If you do not have access to a healthy source of raw milk, use the best organic option available from your local store.
  • Cover the jar with a coffee filter and rubber band.
  • Allow the milk to ferment for 12-24 hours. When it "turns", or looks like a thick cream, it is ready to use! Our favorite way to consume kefir is in our homemade fruit smoothie recipe (picky children love it this way!)
  • Separate the milk kefir from the grains by pouring the kefir through a non-metal strainer (like this one). I find it easiest to just pour it directly into a new mason jar.
  • Add the kefir grains into a new mason jar. Then, add new milk, and enjoy making continuous batches of yummy and highly nutritious kefir.
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