Ancestral Kitchen

Are you stressed about over-indulging during the holidays? Are you wondering how to eat a nourishing ancestral diet while away from home? What about the children - are people stuffing them full of sugar plums when you wish they were eating something else? Alison and Andrea tackle all these questions and more in this episode centered around surviving the holidays , and walking into the New Year fee...

So you are really passionate about regenerative, sustainable agriculture and food, right? And how many times have you heard, " Yes, that's all very nice but you couldn't feed the world that way; it wouldn't work at scale! " In this episode I talk to Sir Patrick Holden , the man who's building the roadmap to show us that it could. You'll hear us talk about his latest research into how the UK could...

I think the whole world should be doing this! - Alison It just makes everything more pleasant with your food waste - there is no rotting, no flies. - Tjasa You know that Alison is always fermenting weird and strange things but when she told me she was fermenting her trash - it was a new level. I had to know more. A little over a year ago, Alison off-hand mentioned something she called bokashi, and...

"For 18 years my husband and I both worked day jobs off the farm...so we had to have systems in place to still be able to farm and to raise as much of our food as we possibly could" Melissa K Norris is a 5th generation homesteader, a mother, an author, a podcaster and an incredible wealth of experience and information on how to thrive living close to the land. Listen in to our interview with her t...

I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was about fourteen... My periods were heavy and irregular... The doctor put me on the Pill at fourteen... I was about 27 when I stopped taking the Pill. - Alison Fertility is an indication of peak health - a healthy human should be fertile for as long as possible. This indicates optimal endocrine, metabolic and nervous system functioning, as well as adequate-to-opt...

"Find a supplier of as locally sourced grains as possible...find a mill; a coop and support them!" If you're a bread-maker, this episode's for you. We welcome back the fabulous Elly from Elly's Everyday to the podcast to talk about the heart of bread, its raw material: grains and flour. During this episode you'll hear Elly's wisdom on: Sourcing grains and flour for bread Grinding grains into flour...

Why am I so obsessed with rye? It's because I love it... Rye is just so special. - Alison Where to begin with sourdough rye bread? This is a topic that both Alison and Andrea have received so many questions about. Alison is a rye sourdough bread expert - she has made hundreds of loaves over the span of years, and she has honed-in on a lot of the specific nuances and details of working with this am...

"Last year we served 26,000 meals to kids and that's not including snacks...next year 44,000 meals." Today we talk with an amazing woman . Hilary Boynton is not only a mother feeding 6 kids, she's not only the author of the GAPS cookbook Heal Your Gut, but as you just heard she's a powerhouse who went into her kid's school and when offered the keys to the kitchen, said yes and transformed the menu...

It never occurred to me that I was part of the problem, and that I could be part of the solution. - Lindsay Lindsay Miles is an author, creator and all-around inspirational educator on the subject of zero-waste living, less-waste living and sustainable living! In this episode, Alison asks Lindsay some questions about Lindsay's experience with getting out of the supermarkets and learning to shop in...

From our kitchens, through what we do every single day, we can make a huge difference in the impact we have on the world. - Alison Try to find what the land around you can provide and use that in your kitchen. That is the absolutely central thing to making your kitchen sustainable. - Alison The idea of a sustainable kitchen is simultaneously alluring, and intimidating; not the least of which becau...

As well as recording two podcasts a month, Alison & Andrea also sit down together once a month to catch up on what's been happening in their own food worlds. These chats are recorded these chats especially for the patrons of the Ancestral Kitchen Podcast. As the podcasts this month are all about bringing you closer, what better than to share one of these intimate chats with you?! So coming up...

“’OK,’ you say, “Well, there’s organic food in the supermarket.” It’s unaffordable, it is so expensive. Whereas if you buy from the people who you actually meet and you know, cut out all the middlemen, suddenly this good food becomes affordable.” As a podcast listener you have already enjoyed Rob's original music in the intro, as well as the benefits of his careful mixing and editing - now he gets...

"For every complex problem there's an answer that is clear simple and wrong" Are you confused or disheartened by the mainstream medias portrayal of beef? Would you like to understand how well managed cattle can be a huge step in solving our climate and health problems? Do you long for more nuance in the discussion on how to create sustainable food for our future? Today on the podcast we welcome Ni...

It’s finding a balance, making sure you’re feeding your creativity in the things that inspire you, and trying to make the things that you’re not so hot on as quick and easy as possible ... We live in a society that is very time-poor, and it is easy to lose that time and not have the time you need in the kitchen . Alison Even though this seems to be a podcast all about doing things the challenging,...

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"We love this book so much!" The ancestral cook's bible: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon-Morell We love this book and we've cooked so much from it. In this episode you'll hear which six recipes from the hundreds filling its pages are our absolute favourites . We'll share why we love them, give you tips about the ingredients and processes, and talk about how we've used them to feed our famili...

I don’t use butter that often – but sometimes I’m really in a buttery mood and I’ll fry my pancake in ghee. – Alison For several decades, fats were vilified as the source of many health problems and were avoided by many, including Alison - she avoided all fats, completely, for ten years. The distinction that was lost in this macro witch-hunt was WHICH fats were a problem for our health - because s...

A tiny kitchen. No oven. A miniscule fridge. No electric power. A small two-burner hob. Prep space the size of a chopping board. Lots of us think we have small kitchens, but imagine cooking nutrient-dense food in these circumstances. That is exactly what our guest, Charlie Burton did - for her, her husband and their two young children...for two years! And all whilst travelling around Europe in a v...

"Between the ages of 20 and 21, I lost 10 stone (140 pounds, 65 kilos), which at the time was half my body weight." Alison has an incredible story of growing up carrying excess weight, suffering from bullying and self-censoring, and then in a significant life change losing half her body weight through a remarkable story of self-determination. Regaining full health took longer, however - she was af...

"A whole chicken is one of the most economical things you can bring into your kitchen" Jamie Waldron, Butcher The chicken, the whole chicken, and nothing but the chicken! Pasture-raised, ethical meat is a popular catch-phrase nowadays, but can it really be affordable? In this episode we will show you that it is, and how becoming fluent in "whole chicken" will make your meals more nutritious, delic...

"Traditions are always things that are selected and dusted off from the past and embellished and sort of made into a collage of who we are and what represents us. What I wanted to capture with this book was the difference between that collage and the very important idea of tradition, with what people were actually eating." Karima Moyer-Nocchi, speaker, historian, professoressa and author of Chewin...

Raising a large family is the work of a lifetime and the more support you have, the more fulfilling and smooth it'll be . Listen into today's episode to hear Andrea share what she's learnt through growing up in a large family and now creating her own farm-centered family. We cover budget , space , land , support networks , kitchen organisation and much more. Love what we're doing? Our podcast is s...

How do you eat ancestrally on a budget? What about burnout and decision fatigue? Alison and Andrea sit down with Christine and Corey from the Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast with a stack of your questions, and all share resources and ideas to tackle each one! This will definitely go down in the books as one of our favorite episodes ever, as the four of us seriously enjoyed talking together and work...

"Stock will bring you so many more benefits than muscle meat on its own and for about a tenth of the price" Take the left-over bones from an animal, combine them with water and some gentle heat and then wait. You'll be gifted with one of the most revered food stuffs worldwide: Stock . It's nourishing, comforting, tasty and the base of so much good food. Listen in to hear us wax lyrical over this s...

I have hope because I feel that enough of us know that there is a way out. - Hilda Hilda Labrada Gore is one of the most well-known voices in the ancestral health space. As the presenter of the hugely popular Wise Traditions podcast, she has spoken with health, agriculture and wellness leaders from all corners of the globe! Today, instead, she gets to take the guest seat and be the subject of a po...