The fourth video in the Beginner Series that I am in the process of filming for the Weston A. Price Foundation involves going through the pantry of my friend Alma, to help her clear out any unhealthy foods and replace them with more nutrient dense, traditional choices.
A healthy pantry equals a health family! I so wish someone had done this for me when I was first starting out changing my family’s diet to Traditional Eating!
Alma and I had a great fun filming this video. I hope you have fun watching it and learn a few things about how to improve your own pantry in the process!
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Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist.com
It is mostly because of your video on sacred foods that I cooked and ate grass-fed beef liver last night. It wasn’t so bad. I am definetly trying to branch out more.
LOVE your videos, Sarah! They are great tools for me, and I love sharing them with others who are interested in nutrition and a whole foods diet. Keep `em coming!
What about if you are vegan? What can you use instead of butter? I used coconut oil. What are your thoughts about Earth Balance?
I wonder what Sarah will say!! Coconut oil is a good choice and some use a combo of CO and sunflower oil to make ‘un-butter’. You might try googling for a specific recipe.
I would not use Earth Balance: it contains soy and it a processed food.
I think overall veganism is not an idea encouraged by WAPF. There are no traditional cultures that have subsisted on veganism, for one because it leads to infertility. Have you considered vegetarianism instead? You can certainly eat traditional foods on a vegetarian diet and be much healthier….
Hi Anna, I respect your choice to be a vegan, but all I can say to someone who won’t eat butter is “Oh my!” It is such a nutrient dense food, I can’t imagine avoiding it unless there is an allergy or something. Coconut oil is wonderful, but as it is plant based it does not contain the level of nutrition of butter from cows grazing on fresh green grass. Not by a long shot.
Sarah, what do you suggest to substitute for cod liver oil since this is from a fish?
Hi Anna, there really isn’t any substitute for cod liver oil that isn’t also another animal food (fish eggs and liver for example would be good substitutes). Eating animal foods is critical to vibrant health. Only animal foods contain the fat soluble vitamins A and D. Beta carotene in plant foods is not true vitamin A and does not convert well in the body into true vitamin A either. In folks with any sort of gut issues, the conversion likely does not take place at all. If you think about it logically, there is simply no way to be healthy in the long run avoiding all animal foods.
Great video and presentation!!!
Your videos are SO helpful, Sarah! I love them and watch them often. Please don’t quit making them or be self-conscious about it when you do. Your information is invaluable to someone like me who never even HEARD of traditional cooking until this year.
I like the idea of a pantry tour. Also, I know you did a weekly meal log once before when you and your husband were doing GAPS. I would love it if you could do a non-GAPS food log for a week!
Thanks again for all you do!
Hi Sarah, I love your videos and info. I check your blog on a daily basis and refer to it frequently for recipes. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us! It really helps to have a place to go when in doubt. Whenever I come across a new blog I refer to yours for accuracy. We recently started taking FCLO, and I’m amazed at how it has cleared up my eczema. I’ve tried everything and nothing worked. This seems to be my “magic bullet” and I’m sticking with it. Just made my 4th batch of beet kvass. My daughter and I love it, and it’s growing on my husband. 🙂 Thanks again for sharing!
Sarah, we need a shopping list!
“Awkward”?…not at all! I loved it!! Keep up the great work!!
Hi Sarah,
It would be awesome if we could see what you pantry looks like 🙂
I LOVE your videos! I LOVE your blog! and I would LOVE to see your pantry….I understand what you are saying and know that when I look at my pantry compared to what it was a year ago..wow! big difference!
Thank you!!!
Ok, will have to take the “personal pantry reveal” under consideration then! 🙂
I would love to see your pantry! It would be great to see what the end goal or transition would be.. from knowing what a standard American kitchen looks like to what yours looks like.. 🙂