Are you cooking with the right fats? 🧈 For years, we were told to avoid butter, lard, and tallow in favor of vegetable oils and margarine. Now traditional cooking fats are making a comeback, but how do you know which fats to use and when?
In this episode of the Everyday Homesteading Podcast, I'm breaking down traditional cooking fats, including butter, ghee, tallow, lard, schmaltz, coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado oil.
You'll learn why our bodies need dietary fat, how different fats behave when heated, and how to choose the right fat for frying, roasting, baking, and making homemade condiments.
Best of all, you don't have to replace your favorite recipes! I share practical ways to substitute traditional fats for vegetable oils and shortening in the recipes you're already making.
In This Episode:
- Why dietary fats are important for our bodies
- What makes a cooking fat traditional
- The differences between saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fats
- Butter vs. ghee and when to use each
- How to cook with lard, tallow, and poultry fats
- Which fats work best for frying, roasting, and baking
- How to substitute traditional fats for vegetable oils and shortening
- Why proper storage matters for cooking fats
- How producing your own fats builds food resilience on the homestead
Whether you're just getting started cooking from scratch or looking to make better use of the fats you produce on your homestead, this episode will help simplify your choices in the kitchen.
MORE RESOURCES:
🥄 Traditional Cooking Fats Guide: https://homesteadingfamily.com/fat-sources-on-the-homestead/
🐖 How to Render Lard or Tallow: https://homesteadingfamily.com/rendering-lard-or-tallow/
🧈 How to Make Homemade Butter: https://homesteadingfamily.com/how-to-make-butter/
🌻 Growing and Pressing Your Own Seed Oil: https://homesteadingfamily.com/growing-pressing-your-own-seed-oil/
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MORE ABOUT US!
WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our eleven children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: http://bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo
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Healthy Healing at Home – Learn how to confidently use herbal medicine in your home with this FREE 4 video workshop: https://homesteadingfamily.com/HHHyt
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FREE PDF DOWNLOADS:
- Homesteading Family's Favorite Holiday Recipes - Grab all of our family’s favorite holiday recipes. https://homesteadingfamily.com/free-holiday-recipes
- 5 Steps to a More Self-Sufficient Life - Simple steps anyone can take wherever they are to start a more self-sufficient lifestyle. https://homesteadingfamily.com/5StepsYT
- Thrive Wellness Checklist - A simple guide for healthy living: https://homesteadingfamily.com/TWC_YT
- Permaculture for Your Homestead- An introduction to permaculture with some strategies for applying it to one’s homestead and garden.
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