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Tasty Pastes: The Alternative to Bean Based Misos

Cheryl Paswater

Tasty Pastes are Miso Alternatives to bean based miso making. We’ll cover materials, prep, timing, and applications for using your Tasty Paste in other dishes or ferments.

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Roasted Corn Miso Recipe

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Cheryl Paswater
💖 Favorite Ferments: Fermented lemons, miso, sauerkraut, hot sauce.
💡 Fermentation Tip: Trust the microbes to do their job and follow your intuition, not fear, but always honor what you’re body tells you if you’re not sure about eating something.
🏝️ Desert Island Tools: Assuming I am not harvesting my own salt from the ocean, then salt. If I cannot successfully capture my own mold spore naturally then def mold spores for koji and tempeh, etc
Real talk…I shall need none of these things and I am going to just use good old mother natures provisions to hack my way to the magic!
Cheryl Paswater
Master Fermentationist, Functional Medicine Practitioner and Herbalist

Cheryl Paswater is the Chief Fermentationist of Contraband Ferments and a Functional Medicine Practitioner, educator, health coach, herbalist, and writer.

She co-organized the NYC Ferments Meetup and NYC Fermentation Festival and has contributed to publications including Edible Magazine, Miso, Tempeh, Natto, and Our Fermented Lives.

Currently at work on her first book, Cheryl teaches fermentation and health through workshops, online classes, and festivals across the U.S. and internationally.

She also hosts the Peeling the Onion podcast, where she explores the layers of health and healing. Splitting her time between Brooklyn, NY and Atlanta, GA, she lives with her partner, dog, cat Koji (named for “moldy rice”), and a lively collection of microbial cultures.

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