Journey through Winter: October ~ Prepare

In their first full length podcast episode, Emma and Sue share some of the ways that they are preparing for the winter months, along with plenty of seasonal inspiration, and tasks to help you to begin your own journey through winter

Show Notes:

Music: Credit to Purple Plant Music (Reiki Healing)

Book quoted: Wintering, by Katherine May

Emma’s Soup Recipe: Ingredients - 6 medium ripe tomatoes, 2-3 sweet potatoes, an onion, 2 garlic cloves, pack puy lentils, 100g cooked rice, a few kale leaves, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 750ml quality vegan stock, chopped or dried herbs (mix of rosemary, thyme and oregano), a teaspoon of fennel seeds, organic oil, seasoning Method: Slice tomatoes, season, drizzle with oil, fennel seeds, seasoning, roast at 200 for about 30mins – you want them nicely coloured and very yielding. Chop and fry and onion in a heavy based pan, add chopped garlic, sweet potato (2 large), chopped herbs – oregano/ thyme/ rosemary, fry until coated, add tomatoes, stock (750ml to start), dash of vinegar and cook until potatoes very soft, adding 100g cooked rice towards the end.  Blitz, then add finely shredded kale and cooked puy lentils, simmer for 5 minutes and serve – big dollop of yoghurt on the top

Wintery Words - Emily Bronte Fall, Leaves, Fall - Quoted from A Poem for Every Autumn Day - edited by Ali Esiri

Books recommended by Emma: Some have become must reads annually – The Christmas Chronicles - Nigel Slater / Wintering Katherine May/ Christmas at River Cottage – Lucy Brazier/ Making Winter - Emma Mitchell . Short story collections – Rachel Joyce – A Snow Garden/ Jeanette Winterson – Christmas Days/ Claire Keegan - Antarctica. Others: Death at the Sign of the Rook - Kate Atkinson/ There are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak/ Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. Poetry – A Poem for Every Night of the Year - edited by Aki Esiri

Music tracks recommended by Sue: And Winter Came - Enya/ Be More Kind - Frank Turner/ Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez

Sections: Lunar living - 10.05/ Recipe 12.26/ Wintry Words - 18.3/ Breathwork - 20.05/ October Tasks - 28.01 / Wisdom Cards 37.01