THE DAILY WALKABOUT COLLECTION #12
Healthy Traditions From Different Places Around The World — Home Cooking, Herbs, Plants, and Chinese Medicine
The Daily Cuppa gathering of stories served from January 29th to February 4th, 2022.
I love the stories we’re finding on our Walkabout. It’s more challenging than I thought. Mostly because of the eclectic nature of the stories. I mean; home cooking, herbs, plants, and health traditions from different places around the world! Really, not a well-defined topic.
Oh, and if that’s not eclectic enough: This series does not endorse one food tradition or diet over another. We’re not getting into those arguments.
Is there any bias?
Yes, we all have biases. I think that’s how it should be. We’re all unique, and our cultural traditions are different. Our Walkabout celebrates all of us!
My bias is herbs, plants, and home cooking. By sharing our experiences and recipes, we strengthen our community and support each other's search for health.
You’re perfect, just as you are.
Enjoy this week's collection of stories.
Your Daily Walkabout Guides
Saturday:
Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms) leads us into the world of Australian Bush Tucker with bites — tasty bits about native plants and their uses.
This plant is intriguing. I’m going to see if I can get it to grow as a potted plant. Plants with multiple tastes, when prepared in different ways, are so tempting to try. Thank you for this gem, Jane.
Sunday:
James Beaufait presents a lush Hawaiian feast of traditions, food growing, delicious herbal treats, and sumptuous recipes as he brings us to the islands.
I’ve grown passionflower in the past. It does not do well in my location, even in containers. But James’ story makes me want to try this variety next year. Thanks for introducing this lovely plant. The cheesecake — yes, the cheesecake.
Monday:
Kris Bedenian celebrates Northern hemisphere home cooking as she blends her skills in traditional food preparation techniques with modern healthy adaptations.
It’s like a cooking game you could play with your kiddos. You’ll need broccoli, cheese, eggs, pizza toppings, pizza seasonings, and pizza sauce. Thank you, Kris. This is healthy and fun. I like recipes adults and children can enjoy.
Tuesday:
JM Heatherly shares his love of herbs and herbal lore as he indexes herbs and their uses to lead the younger generation into the magical world of plants.
This week in his ‘spice collection’, JM highlights the history of chile peppers. In my opinion, these are an excellent choice for first-time gardeners — easy peasy.
Wednesday:
Nancy Blackman brings the ancient wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a warm Korean flair for using herbs and spices in the home kitchen.
This week, Nancy shares a bit of her story of seeking health through traditional healing modalities after modern allopathic practitioners let her down. She’s not alone in her experience.
Thursday:
Julie Gaeta combines her expertise as a Health Coach and traditional Mexican cuisine chef with a healthy twist to share recipes for smoothies, teas, and much more.
Julie shares her yummy hummus recipe.
Friday Surprise:
PseuPending (Seu) successfully masters a discussion of the food practices of Buddha. Interesting, Seu, thanks bunches.
Our Fellow Travelers
Karen Schwartz discovered Melons and how good they make you feel.
In The Garden
Alex Deacon shared his technique to regrow bits of food that are typically tossed in the trash — it works!
Daniela Nair shares her love of gardening, pointing out how growing food can be therapeutic, but also means some work.
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles reminds us that planting a garden can be a part of our spiritual practice and uses planting a seed as an example.
Juana Flor shared a home baking mishap. Nothing healthy about it except — she shares a failure in such a delightful way. As we try new foods, we’re likely to make mistakes. I love Juana’s attitude.
Bett Harris writes about the importance of water. I love the infused water in the image she chose.
Our Featured Long-Form Story — (two this week)
I selected these two articles from Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms) because they used an Australian herb and children will like these recipes. I don't have access to lemon myrtle. But I can substitute lemongrass or lemon balm.
Final Thoughts
Thank you for joining us on our Walkabout. It may be all over the place with stories about cooking, herbs, plants, and health traditions around the world! Though we don’t endorse one food tradition or diet over another, we do support traditions and efforts towards healthy foods.
The Daily Cuppa Walkabout celebrates all of us!
Thank you, dear readers and writers, for your time and your sense of world community.
We, the ordinary people, are perfect, just as we are.
Join The Adventure
We’d love to have you join us.
Do you have stories from your family or cultural traditions? Do you grow food or forage? Do you have a special vegetable you like to grow?
My bias is that home cooking is better for our health than eating packaged food, so whatever food system you follow, we rejoice in stories about what you’re cooking.
What inspires you to grow your food, forage, and cook?
Come along with us on our walkabout.
Submit your recipes, herb, gardening, and plant lore for our gathering of all stories tagged ‘walkabout.’ Link your long-form stories tagged ‘walkabout’ for our collection.
Disclaimer covering all our Walkabout stories
The information presented in the articles in our Walkabout series is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Each writer writes from their own experience and/or research, as such, their content is shared in good faith for informational use only.
Nutrient-dense whole food from plants — from grapefruit, asparagus, spinach, turmeric to blueberries — can be a problem if you’re eating processed foods and taking prescription medications. It may take your body a while to get used to any diet changes. Always consult with your physician or a qualified health care provider before making any lifestyle or dietary changes.
Are you a Medium member?
If you’re not a Medium member, I recommend you join using the referral link of Jane Frost (Jane Grows Garden Rooms). Jane is a regular contributor to the Walkabout and is dedicated to research and sharing about Australian plants and traditions.
Look me up, and I will help you any way I can. Katie
Here’s Jane’s link:
Here’s Jane’s exceptional publication loaded with stories about plants and nature: