Make Korean Kimchi from Any Garden Cabbage

Reader Contribution by Melissa Souza

My husband is part Korean, and kimchi was a big part of his life growing up. kimchi is a fermented blend of cabbage, chili peppers, garlic, onions, and other spices often eaten with every meal in Korea.  Kimchi is rich in vitamins A and C, and due to its fermentation process is also rich in beneficial gut-boosting lactobacilli bacteria.  Here in America our diet lacks fermented foods, and the beneficial microbes that are needed for a healthy digestive system.

We try to incorporate fermented foods into our diet, and kimchi is so tasty that it makes that task easy.  I promised to make him some from our garden, but all of the Asian cabbage that we planted went to seed due to a warm spell in spring. Our green cabbage thrived all spring, and we ended up with huge heads of regular old cabbage. 

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