Leave it to the geniuses behind the delicious Kombucha brand, Health-Ade, to whip up an incredible meal that actually includes their Kombucha within the recipe! Believe it or not, Daina, Vanessa, & Justin (the founders) let me in on a little Kombucha secret: you can use it in nearly every recipe in replacement of apple cider vinegar or any other vinegars the recipe calls for. So swap that acidic flavor (I know, I know but it’s so good for you…) for a deliciously sweet & might I add, also healthy, Health-Ade Kombucha & boom you’ll have an even better, more flavorful meal.

Backin’ up a bit, before Kombucha was readily available, let alone used in recipes, these three began their business selling Kombucha at Brentwood farmers market (my personal favorite, BTW!) & doing home deliveries (which if you know LA traffic, you know that can be quite a trek). They made the kombucha in their apartment, fermenting it in glass bottles to make the highest quality product. Since then, not much as changed in their process aside from their few jars in their tiny apartment are now over 300,000 jars in their Health-Ade warehouse. Talk about a success story.

Daina, Vanessa, & Justin still stay true to their farmers market roots by purchasing nearly all their groceries from farmers markets in the Los Angeles area. They swear by shopping locally or by visiting stores such as the Santa Monica Co-op & A Cut Above Butcher Shop when the farmers markets don’t have all the ingredients they need. As for those home deliveries, as you can imagine from their 300k+ jars of kombucha brewing, they don’t really have time for that (although Justin Timberlake, if you’re reading this, Daina will do a home delivery of Health-Ade for you…). Luckily, their kombucha is now stocked in hundreds of retailers such as Whole Foods so you can easily grab some anytime