Ancestral Kitchen #96 - Cooking Ancestrally Through the Winter with Kathie Lapcevic
How do you eat ancestrally and seasonally even during winter, when the produce stands maybe are shut down and your garden may be covered over with snow for the season and your body needs a different kind of support than it does during the busy, active days of summer? In this episode Alison and Kathie, who is a longtime listener, supporter and friend of the podcast, got to talk about all of these topics and much more. Kathie is the creator of Homespun Seasonal Living, one of my favourite websites for pulling recipes, and Kathie is an expert and authority on all things food preservation, gardening and storage.
In this episode they covered some great winter vegetable and fruit options, storage of winter produce, and of course preservation methods including canning, freezing, dehydrating and fermenting, and of course the often debated topic of nutrient loss during preservation. They also discussed aspects of combatting winter food boredom by creating variety in the diet and ways to alleviate the heaviness of winter food. They also covered some interesting ideas for using spices and sauerkraut, different ways of using microgreens and sprouts, and Kathie created a wonderful Winter Eating Guide that listeners can download in the show notes. Kathie is also the creator of one of my very favourite mailing lists, and you can sign up for her mailing list in the show notes right now and get the Winter Eating Guide as well as some other benefits on top that if you like. I love the recipes I've gotten from her mailing list and she is so creative with her use of herbs and her different cosy beverages and things that she comes up with. I am looking forward to hearing how you enjoy this episode and what you and your family do to keep things cosy and local during the winter.
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What we cover:
- Salt-rising bread
- Eating seasonally
- Sourcing winter food
- Great winter vegetable
- Winter fruit options
- Storage of winter produce
- Preservation - canning, freezing, dehydration and fermentation
- Nutrition loss during preservation
- Combatting winter food boredom by creating variety
- Ways to alleviate the 'heaviness' of winter food
- Catering for all family members through winter
- Using spices
- Cooking sauerkraut
- Winter microgreens and sprouts
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