Traditional Cooking School by GNOWFGLINS

"Do I need to go on a gut-healing diet? Or is a traditional food diet enough?" This is a great question, and I get it a lot, most recently from Neala M. I'm answering it today, including giving you a bird's eye view of what each diet entails -- both the similarities and differences -- so you can choose the right path for you. [by Wardee Harmon]

One of my favorite parts of what I do at Traditional Cooking School is reviewing, testing, and working with amazing cookbooks, and 2015 had some fabulous ones! In this podcast (and video), I'm showing you my (and yours, too!) top 5 traditional cooking cookbooks of 2015. [by Wardee Harmon]

Do you like to review the past year and think about what you could improve or start fresh? Does the food budget top this list for you, too? Here are 8 tips to help you rein in your real food budget. [by Wardee Harmon]

Last-minute company and a house without air conditioning created the perfect storm for Lindsey... So she whipped up a cute and tasty treat. Everyone loved them! That "perfect storm" turned into a dozen delicious variations of nourishing no-bake treats! Learn more about the method, ingredients, and options in Lindsey's Nourishing No-Bake Treat system right here! [by Wardee Harmon]

It's the most wonderful time of the year... so why do we usually end up over-stressed, over-worked, over-committed, and over-sugared? Here are 6 tips to help you stay healthy and sane this Christmas season! Video and transcript included. [by Wardee Harmon]

Here are 5 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... preserve foods through fermentation, no-pound sauerkraut, keep brine on hand, sourdough bread that makes itself, and soaked oatmeal for 3 to 4 days. Plus, 6 more tips from listener Lise! Video included! [by Wardee Harmon]

Here are 5 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... goulash aka leftovers, easy instant meals, getting liver in often (without the yuck factor), and how to enjoy fresh basil and tomatoes out of season. Video included! [by Wardee Harmon]

Here are 5 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... using your crockpot, prepping extra, delegating, assembling lunch while you're doing dinner, and keeping a perpetual stock pot going. Video included! [by Wardee Harmon]

Here are 5 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... minimal tools, simplify your kitchen tasks and foods, shop less often, batch cooking, and keeping an easy meal repertoire. [by Wardee Harmon]

Here are 4 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... clean up as you go, keep a sink full of soapy water, go to bed with a clean kitchen, and work in 15 minute increments. [by Wardee Harmon]

Preserving the seasonal bounty is surprisingly easy. No need to slave over a hot stove and a hissing canner (though you can if you want!). So says Megan, the Creative Vegetable Gardener, and I completely agree. Here's how to figure out what foods you should be preserving and how to do it super easily. [by Wardee Harmon]

My family has been exclusively baking with einkorn for more than a year. Why? I'm glad you asked! Here are the 4 reasons I *heart* einkorn... [by Wardee Harmon]

Einkorn is civilization's first wheat, grown by farmers 5,000 years ago. It's healthy and tasty -- and my family has been exclusively baking with it for more than a year because we find it digests better and doesn't trigger seasonal allergies. Hear all about the differences between it and modern wheat in today's podcast with guest Jade Koyle from Ancient Grains. [by Wardee Harmon]

It's time to do another round of listener questions! Please keep them coming... I love to answer and help you! Today's questions: what can be fermented, milk causing gas, mixing batches of kefir, heating kefir, where to start with traditional foods, and finding a fermented vegetable the family will like. [by Wardee Harmon]

By the age of 40, Megan had been diagnosed with 5 serious health conditions, including arthritis, Hashimoto's, and other auto-immune diseases. Today? Megan is healed, thanks to a gut-healing, grain-free, sugar-free diet. Not your normal restricted diet, though -- no deprivation here! She and I sat down (in the same room!) for this chat to talk about her story and her approach to beautiful, feast-worthy, gut-healing foods. Plus... the tip of the week! [by Wardee Harmon]