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Archives for April 2015

Month: April 2015

Down Home Chili Sauce | This is a chili sauce you can feel absolutely no guilt about when you ladle it on your French fries -- which I hope you fry in tallow and top with raw cheddar! This is a chili sauce you can cover your grass-fed hot dog with. This is a chili sauce that will take you back to the concession stand. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Down Home Chili Sauce

Cinco de Mayo Meal Plans for 5 Special Diets | In these Cinco de Mayo meal plans for five special diets (traditional, gluten-free, GAPS, Paleo, and Autoimmune Paleo), we've provided you with a good mix of both American and Pueblo cuisine. From appetizer all the way to dessert! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Cinco de Mayo Meal Plans for 5 Special Diets

Easy Jambalaya In The Crock Pot {dairy-free with grain-free option!} | Somehow, jambalaya hits the spot for me. What once had been a foreign cuisine altogether became soul food. Thus, every once in while, I crave jambalaya. This easy recipe is naturally dairy-free and has a grain-free option for Paleo or GAPS! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy Jambalaya In The Crock Pot {dairy-free w/ grain-free option!}

Help for Seasonal Allergies | Suffering from seasonal allergies? I can feel your pain. I have been a life-long allergy sufferer, some years bringing such suffering I couldn't function without medication. However, I am now allergy-free and have been for several years. In today's podcast, I'm going to share my story and how I healed my allergies, plus give you ideas for doing the same. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/110

Help for Seasonal Allergies (KYF110)

How Homesteading is a Leap of Faith | Three years ago we moved to the country with little, if any, experience in country living. While our country home was being built, we spent a significant amount of time reading up on necessary skills. Months later, when the moving van pulled into the gravel driveway, we thought we knew what lay ahead. We had no idea. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homesteading is a Leap of Faith

Sprouted flour coconut waffles stacked three high on a plate topped with blueberries.

Sprouted Flour Coconut Waffles

Seed School (KYF109)

Seed School (KYF109)

37 Ferments for Spring | I dare you. Scroll though these 37 beautiful ferments crafted from spring produce and tell me your mouth doesn't start watering even just a little bit. Beautiful color, a crunch you can practically feel, and I bet your lips are even puckering (with delight). As if that wasn't enough, fermentation causes an explosion of enzymes, beneficial acids, and probiotics -- all good for the gut and the immune system. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

37 Ferments for Spring

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa | Having lived in Texas all my life, I think it’s safe to say that I know a thing or two about really good Tex-Mex salsa. I’ve spent the last two decades perfecting my salsa recipe, and several years ago, I began lacto-fermenting it. It’s my most-requested recipe! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Fermented Tex-Mex Salsa

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space} | Herbal tea is easy and rewarding to grow yourself. Many tea herbs are easy-to-grow and do well in pots and small spaces, so you can enjoy delicious home-grown tea year-round. Although you can make tea out of almost any herb, here are five (plus one more) of my favorites for both large and small gardens! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space!}

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

Nourishing Breakfasts | Want to hit your day hard and well? Don't neglect these 4 things -- plus my best ideas for nourishing, healthy, energizing breakfasts. Plus, the tip of the week comes from Katrina and a listener question from Naomi! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/108

Nourishing Breakfasts (KYF108)

26 Sourdough Bread Recipes | I often get asked for a great sourdough bread recipe. There are some really great recipes out there! So we scoured the web for you, looking for the best and most nutritious sourdough bread recipes. Presenting... the 26 {nourishing} sourdough bread recipes that made the cut. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

26 Sourdough Bread Recipes

To Keep or Not to Keep... a Rooster | While doing our research on chickens, we heard a number of both good and bad things about roosters. In the end, the good outweighed the bad... and we decided to give a rooster a chance. After nearly a year now, with not just one, but three roosters, here is our take on keeping a male bird. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

To Keep or Not To Keep… a Rooster

Chicken and Spring Vegetable Soup | Amazing produce like green onions, asparagus, and snow peas are ready to enjoy in the spring. What better way to celebrate spring than with a light soup to highlight the first produce of the season? This savory chicken and spring vegetable soup brings the flavors of spring into your kitchen... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Chicken and Spring Vegetable Soup

14 Things You Can Do Today To Save Time In The Kitchen This Week | I’ve been there -- in the kitchen for 12 hours straight only to come out with a few quarts of yogurt, a loaf of bread, and dinner for that night. It’s not a fun place to be. I can help -- here are 14 simple things you can do TODAY to save yourself some time in the kitchen this week. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

14 Things You Can Do Today To Save Time In The Kitchen This Week

How to Start Your Day Great | We all have challenges we can't eliminate from our lives. However, the choices we make about how to care for ourselves can either help or sabotage our efforts to get through those obstacles triumphantly (in God's grace). In today's episode, I'm sharing the 5 steps I follow to start my day great. Plus, the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/107

How to Start Your Day GREAT (KYF107)

Easy Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses for Beautiful, Healthy, Hair | Drugstore shelves are full of products that promise to give us healthy, manageable, shiny, smooth, strong, and beautiful hair. The problem is, most of those bottles are filled with anything-but-healthy chemicals. Thankfully, we need look no further than our own kitchens, gardens, or local herb shops to find natural, organic care for truly healthy locks! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy, Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses {for Beautiful, Healthy Hair}