Do you (or does anyone you know) struggle with sleep? If so, this post (and its sister post Improve Your Sleep Using Ancestral Food) is for you! Sleep is, and always has been, my Achilles heel. If you, like me, … Read More
What and when we eat can dramatically affect the quality of our sleep. These seven food habits, inspired by traditional wisdom, will help you naturally encourage better sleep patterns. Good sleep is so important – it affects how we show … Read More
Are crackling bubbles the height of deliciousness on roast pork belly?!
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I had to share this bubble with my 8-year old (at least I managed to get it to the table without him victoriously stabbing it with something!).
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Check my story today to see how I cook pork belly.
Early morning ale-making!
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The ale (bottom, in the glass container) which contains malted rye and oats, home-cultured yeast and water, is being strained through a colander before bottling for a short second ferment. The bowl on the left is of spent grain – this will be mixed with flour to make a bread.
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There are more pictures (including one of my hubby’s dressing gown – it really was morning!) in my story.
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And I finally got round to writing up my ancestral beer adventures so far. Read all about it via the ‘Medieval Ale in a Modern Kitchen’ link under the articles section of my profile.
These are the show notes for a podcast episode recorded especially for patrons of my main show (Ancestral Kitchen Podcast). These patrons pay a monthly subscription to be part of the podcast community and in return receive monthly exclusive recordings … Read More
Imagine buying bare land in Alaska and building your own farm from the ground up. Imagine raising cows and chickens there and growing virtually all your own food. Imagine doing this whilst also being a mum to three youngsters (two of whom are baby twins) and having a partner who works a job away from home. Today, Andrea talks to Amanda Callahan, the lady who is doing just that.… Read More
This is how my home-grown veg are going to be *really* good come autumn: Fermented food waste a.k.a bokashi.
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I’ve been fermenting kitchen scraps. After a few weeks sitting inside a simple fermenting container in my kitchen, it comes out here to my container garden.
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My obliging helpers (so good to do things together!) dig a big hole in my pot. We take the fermenting food (you can see from the picture that it’s still recognisable – that’s fine) and put it in the hole. Then we mix it well with the existing soil and cover.
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It’ll sit here for a few weeks now, then I’ll be able to plant into it. I°m planning beets, carrots, parsnips and…in a slightly crazy move some oats!
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I cannot tell you how good our veg are grown in bokashi. Nor how great it feels to be reusing our kitchen scraps whilst not buying new compost!
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Check my story today for video (saved to bokashi highlight afterwards) and know that if you want to give this a go, you can get a 10% discount on the container and fermenting medium via the links in my story.
If I say the word beer, what do you think of? For me, it’s that men drink it, and it tastes bitter. Because of these two things, for most of my life I’ve thought beer wasn’t for me. Beer’s a … Read More
This is a clip from my course Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering The Basics which explains the (massive) difference between baking with wheat and baking with rye If you’d like me to be your guide in bringing 100% wholegrain rye sourdough … Read More
How do I use ancient grains in sourdough bread?
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How do I get my sourdough to rise more?
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How do I freeze and store dough or finished bread?
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What flour is best for sourdough starters?
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We asked for your sourdough questions and, boy, you sent them to us! We spent a *long* time sorting and prepping for this episode – if you’re a sourdough baker, particularly one who loves ancestral food, you are in for a treat: it’s almost 90 minutes of Q&A plus *do* check the show notes…there are so many resources there!
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Let @farmandhearth and I know what you think! And if the explorations you dive into following the episode bring up *even more* questions, send us those and we’ll plan a round two!!
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You can listen to @ancestralkitchenpodcast in your podcast app or stream/download from my site: the link is in my profile.
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Happy baking 🙂
