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How to have a sustainable Christmas

Festivities are coming, make sure they’re easy on your purse and the planet this Christmas. Here our our top tips for a budget-friendly, low waste, and sustainable holiday season.

Gingerbread Husbands: an Elizabethan All Hallow's Eve recipe

Fancy baking a biscuit to usher in a fancy husband this All Hallow’s Eve? This traditional recipe from Elizabethan times is not only tasty, but steeped in history. Spoiler alert: it’s pretty much gingerbread men, but let’s learn us some food history!

How to live a simpler, more traditional lifestyle

Let us explore the counterculture of traditional living. Five steps to help you make better, slower, and considered decisions that will positively impact your home life, relationships, and self-esteem.

A fascinating chat about family values with Dixie Andelin Forsyth

Join Dixie Andelin Forsyth and I, as we discuss how the Fascinating Womanhood mindset, traditional values, and embracing your femininity can inspire your husband to be a great and honourable man, and thus create a secure and stable marriage and family for you all.

Ella's wickedly English Plum Pie

Foraging and growing your own fresh fruit and veg is a popular British pastime, and what better way to use up a glut of home-grown plums with a slice of delicately spiced plum pie with lashings of cream or custard!

Why does the media hate Traditional Housewives?

The media are trying to cancel the housewife, and I refuse to let that happen.

How to make a British cup of tea

Join us as we demonstrate how to make a proper cup of British tea. A discussion of why it’s important to get it right, and Alena shares lots of easy to remember tea etiquette tips. Plus a bonus teatime treat recipe!

Pippa Middleton's Cauliflower & Broccoli Cheese

Introducing my new blog series, “cooking the books”. Sharing my favourite family recipes from much loved cookbooks and some British heritage hits. First up is Pippa Middleton’s take on Cauliflower Cheese, a comfort food favourite bound to make you feel like royalty - or near enough!

Cheese & Broccoli Crustless Quiche Recipe

This delicious and simple recipe can be whipped up from fridge-to-plate in 35 minutes, uses only 5 ingredients and best of all, no pastry means less fuss, and keeps things light! Try it for a light lunch or picnic.

Early career ideas for future homemakers

Sadly, announcing to your career’s advisor that your greatest ambition is to be “barefoot and pregnant” doesn’t seem to wash these days. Here are some ideal early career choices for young women who wish to be homemakers.

Dear Homemaker, love Nikki Moreno

This month, my friend and fellow YouTube homemaker Nikki Moreno joins us to share her open letter to the community. It’s time to sit down with a cup of tea and fill your heart with her gentle words, and reminisce about a time when you felt anything was possible…

Chorizo & Red Pepper Pasta - a store cupboard recipe

What dishes can you make when you’re running low on food? Here is my deliciously creamy Chorizo and Red Pepper Pasta that I whip up whether we’re pinching pennies. Cooking from your food storage is also a great way to ease the stress of uncertain times! A Traditional Housewife is always prepared.

Alice's quick and easy Soda Bread recipe

After attending a cookery course here in the Cotswolds, so many of you asked for the recipe of the soda bread I shared on my Instagram. Chef Extraordinaire, Alice Robertson, from ‘Alice Through the Year’ has kindly obliged. It’s delicious, easy to make, and only takes half an hour!

What is a Trad Wife?

“The danger posed by a marmalade-making, vacuum-wielding housewife apparently can’t be overstated” - at least that’s the impression you might get if you were to believe media headlines… So is she really a threat to modern society?

Dear Homemaker, love Jennifer L. Scott

Recently, the role of the homemaker has been thrust into the spotlight to both rapturous applause, and an equal measure of public disdain. While our time in the sun and the papers may be fleeting, I have gathered letters from the best homemakers I know to remind us of the important work we do…

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