#84 - How to Get More (& Tastier!) Liver into Your Diet

Ancestral Kitchen

Liver: do you love it or hate it?

Which ever side of the fence you're on, we're betting you know that liver is a true superfood; one of the most nutrient dense foods we can include in our diet.

But for many it's also a 'problem' food – we know because both of us regularly get questions on including liver in an ancestral diet.

This episode is for liver lovers and liver haters! We talk about why liver is so important, how often to eat liver, where to start with sourcing, preparing and cooking liver, what types of liver we eat and how we eat it, how to eat liver without realising you're eating liver, how to get children to eat liver, what to do if you just can't eat liver and we share our favourite and our patrons favourite liver recipes.

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What we cover:

• Why liver is so prized in traditional diets
• The nutrient profile of liver
• How often should we be eating liver?
• Where to source liver
• Is getting organic liver important?
• Different types of liver
• How to prepare liver
• How we cook and eat liver
• Our favourite (and our patrons favourite) liver recipes
• Flavours that combine well with liver
• How to freeze liver
• Clever ways to get liver into you diet regularly
• How to get children to eat liver
• What to do if you can't stomach liver

Come join our community to get access to a specially-recorded aftershow where we talk more about liver including about eating it raw and putting it in smoothies!

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Resources:

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Better Broths and Healing Tonics Cookbook

Younger You by Dr. Kara Fitzgerald

Better Broths and Healing Tonics Episode on Ancestral Kitchen Podcast

What is methylation?

Our favorite liver capsules! (5% discount and free shipping in the US!)

The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnit

Chicken Liver Mousse

Interview with Anita on Ancestral Kitchen Podcast

Naomi's Best Liver Pâté

Chicken Liver Wrapped in Bacon

Piper's Farm Sustainable Meat Cookbook

Piper's Farm Episode on Ancestral Kitchen Podcast

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care

Janine's Liver Recipes at Offally Good Cooking

Anita's Liver Recipes

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