If you have ever wished that you could somehow have all of summertime’s vast range of tasty and colorful vegetables for your table year-round, you actually can! This is a beginner’s guide for countertop fermentation of vegetables of all types. Contrary to canning, which requires heating and cooking foods to preserve them for a long period of time, countertop fermentation keeps your garden fresh vegetables in and an enhanced raw state. Enhanced? Yes, fermentation enhances probiotic content, creating more gut- and immune-health benefits for you from your vegetables. In this book, you will learn: the health benefits from your countertop fermented vegetables what you need to easily start fermenting raw, garden-fresh vegetables today how to know when the fermentation process is complete a little bit about the science behind fermentation a few basic recipes for fermenting vegetables with herbs and spices to get you started