If you’ve opened up your podcast player this week and searched for Ancestral Kitchen, you may have been surprised and delighted to see our new thumbnail image! Would you like to hear a bit about the story behind this image? Spoiler alert – AI didn’t get a look in! We talked about what image we…
The end of the year is as good a time as any to review our statistics and see what episodes have proven to be major hits! We’ve compiled some fun podcast facts – are you surprised by these top episodes, or did you see this coming? Did you lead the charge by listening to these…
Download the notes PDF: https://ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/5-Meals-Under-5-Show-Notes-PDF.pdf Read the notes here: Andrea’s Notes for Episode 124 – Five Ancestral Family Meals Around Five Dollars Each: budget-friendly peasant food Some basic principles for carving down a food budget can include: Happy Meals! Here are 5 Meals Around $5 – each of these priced for a family of 5…
To support our December 2025 episode #122 Why We Eat Local & Farm-Friendly Food – here are the countries where we have Ancestral Kitchen listeners! Where are you listening from? As of today we have listeners in 68 countries! Countries: US is number 1 at 77%, UK #2 at 5%. Then Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain,…
Join us in January for another podcast read-along, as we go through Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth together. To see our past read-along, go here: https://ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/2025/02/nourishing-traditions-read-along/ Find a copy of the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/86014/9780593850633 Currently, there is no set reading schedule for Against the Machine and it is read-at-your-own-pace, and if one is created,…
The long-lost file from one of Andrea’s Young Living classes – this file includes ideas for using Young Living products as well as instructions for making bayberry candles, Andrea’s recipe for Creamy Maple Eggnog, a soothing Maca Mocha and so much more. Download the PDF
We compiled a long document of notes before recording this episode, and realized it may be a useful resource for you to have on hand! This document isn’t glamorous, you are seeing our notes as we read them – but it is an excellent list of reminders and ideas! If you have additional ideas, please…
We each contributed two of our often-repeated, easiest meals to this booklet; like all our recipes, they can both be easily adapted to a variety of kitchens and regions and favorite flavors. While ancestral food doesn’t always sound “easy” or fast, these recipes can be both very easy, and quick (as well as made-ahead if…
This download accompanies episode 111, Prep and Pack Travel Meals: How to Vacation Like a Peasant. Andrea’s dad, Bob Jordan, owns a Puroclean franchise which does mold, fire and water damage restoration projects in both private and commercial locations; as he very often visits homes which suffered severe damage while the homeowner was away, he…
This PDF is the menu from our spring 2025 trip. It was one week, we have 6 family members, we drove, and we packed almost every meal we ate. We ate out at two special occasions, and we STILL had leftovers to bring home. Andrea’s Trip Menu
Thank you for supporting our podcast! Without you, we wouldn’t have any way to get this out to the wide world. Thank you for sharing about the podcast! So many times, someone tells us the way they discovered Ancestral Kitchen Podcast was by someone telling them about an episode – that means the world to…
Thank you for your continued support of the podcast! Seriously, without you, we couldn’t put this show on the air, so we hope you feel some ownership and pride in it! As an extra gift of gratitude, we offer this small e-book with two main dairy recipes and several spin-off recipes, as well as all…
Download Andrea’s notes with a list of the breakfasts as well as all the links from Resources!
If you’ve joined our read-along for Nourishing Traditions (and even if you aren’t reading along!), I made us some handy bookmarks. I also had made a few John William Waterhouse bookmarks for myself, so I am sharing those here as well, because why not!? For my personal use, I printed these on cardstock (1 per…
Download Andrea’s notes to compare prices on preparing Nourishing Traditions recipes from scratch with a focus on local, organic and bulk ingredients; versus sourcing cheap factory-versions of food from a Washington State Walmart.
We are reading Nourishing Traditions as a group over the next year+! You can read any order you like or grab the reading schedule linked below and read along with us on the same chapters each month. Nourishing Traditions Read-Along Printable PDF For a read-along schedule WITHOUT dates to go at your own pace, click…
Andrea’s Schedule and Kitchen Rotations for Kids + Chores Menu and School Day The only hesitation I have with sharing my schedule is that someone will think either a) I stick to it every day with no deviation or interruptions, or b) they have to do this or something similar. I absolutely do not stick…
Our 2024 Christmas gift for you is this hamper, bigger, better and stuffed with even more holiday cheer. We’ve added another ten pages to this ever-growing bundle! Favorite holiday recipes, handmade gift ideas from podcast supporters, a miniature Ancestral Kitchen gift catalog, Christmas poems and more – it’s all inside. Download and enjoy – happy…
Enjoy this mini eBook with a collection of detailed notes, Christmas puddings in literature and song, and several pudding recipes: a gluten-free, a no-suet, and an egg-free recipe. Christmas Pudding eBook To listen to the corresponding episode, click here.
This recipe comparison – which breaks down 12 Christmas Pudding recipes – will help you see the components of a pudding and how they can be mixed and matched. From here, you can choose to cook one of the recipes or build your own recipe! Thanks to patron Francine for this amazing research and compilation….
