This episode of The English Homemaker is about how I build my monthly meal plan and why it's been working so well for our family in this season of life! Hopefully you go away from this episode with an idea of how to make one yourself, and how it can save money and time. Mentioned:Episode 27 The 14 Day Pantry Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1OTZU-EL8UMy Sister-in-law Sofia https://www.instagram.com/the_rootsandbones_kitchen/Kezia at The Whole Home https://www.youtube.com/@thewholehomeThe Ancestral Kitchen Podcast https://ancestralkitchenpodcast.com/Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon on BBCMy latest YouTube family vlog https://youtu.be/Kb4vEXn2LroI am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMusic: Dove Love by Quincas MoreiraFor business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.comPlease note, I am not a nutritionist, just a humble mother and homemaker who is obsessed with food.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about finding the balance between practicality and beauty in your wardrobe. Whilst also balancing a budget and wanting to choose as sustainably as we can!I share how I purchase new items, and what happens to things in my wardrobe that are past their best.Repeat after me, 'I will not settle for "good enough"' ! AND 'I will remember that I am important enough to get dressed properly, shower and do my hair the way I like' (it is not frivolous, it is a power move!)To see the latest things I've bought (aka my new Next jeans, jewellery and tincloth coat), and some of my favourite forever pieces in my wardrobe, visit:https://shopmy.us/theenglishhomemaker/shelvesShop my Vinted (follow me to see when I upload new items and purchase my second hand bits and bobs):https://www.vinted.co.uk/member/228831891-alievehanMentioned:Beth Jones Style https://www.youtube.com/@bjonesstyleStyleBook App https://stylebookapp.com/Old Loser in Brooklyn 75 Hard Style Challenge https://oldloserinbrooklyn.substack.com/p/75-hard-style-challenge-20Sprout Organic (the best knickers!!) https://sproutorganic.co.uk/To learn more about Kantamanto market in Ghana, and where your clothes go eventually https://www.instagram.com/chemiteijanet/Visible Mending Course I did on Zoom (loved it!) https://www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/visible-mendingMending Life by Nina and Sonya Montenegro https://amzn.to/4uS8gVzMy Autumn Wardrobe Audit, Switchover & Declutter https://youtu.be/Hu6NzW5_S0wEleanor Cripps Intuitive Dressing and The Wardrobe Reset (postpartum dressing) https://www.instagram.com/eleanor.crippsThe Curated Closet by Anuschka Rees https://amzn.to/4tfoF4FGet your colours done with Colour Me Beautiful https://www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk/Nancy Birtwhistle book https://amzn.to/4dfNg4CI am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMusic: Dove Love by Quincas MoreiraFor business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.comI receive a small % of commission from anything bought via any amazon/shopmy links above. It doesn’t cost you any more, but is a little way that you help this podcast keep on going.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about all things postpartum... I share my birth story (well "our" birth story really, it's hers and mine), how I prepared my home and my mind for a nourishing postpartum, what I cooked, and how I advocated for myself throughout. I talk about why Community is the most important thing, but how that can look different for everyone. .. Mentioned:What I Would've Packed in my Hospital Bag if I'd have known I was going to have an Emergency C-Section Video https://youtu.be/R8bui_BurhkOur Summer Trip to Sweden (where I realised I wanted another baby) https://youtu.be/cdsaWxRNg0UFavourite Nursing Snack this time around: Rhythm 108 Swiss Vegan Creamy Coconut Bar with Dark Chocolate https://amzn.to/4blAq2e (aff link)Set a meal train up for yourself or a friend! https://www.mealtrain.com/Our Family Life in Lockdown https://youtu.be/Lr7XLdiAnsYMotherbloom https://www.instagram.com/motherbloom_/AbiSmissen https://www.instagram.com/abismissen/The First 40 Days by Heng Ou https://amzn.to/4s4OQL5 (aff link)I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMusic: Dove Love by Quincas MoreiraFor business enquiries: notjustapples @ gmail.comI receive a small % of commission from anything bought via any amazon links above. It doesn’t cost you any more, but is a little way that you help this podcast keep on going.

This episode of The English Homemaker is about joy! How we can cultivate it, build it, nurture it, experience it. All the different ways we are doing that in our family at the moment. This episode could be a whole book in itself, so excuse the short episode, but I hope it helps in some way on these dark winter days.From seashells to sunsets, from hygge lights to belly laughs, from long pushchair walks to the postbox to weekends away in the countryside, we talk about so many things..."The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." E.E.CummingsI am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelynMentioned:Gabrielle Feather 100 Things to do Now You are Collapse Aware https://gabriellefeather.substack.com/p/100-things-to-do-now-you-are-collapseHannah McNeely : Falling in Love with Motherhood https://youtu.be/oImJrFZOgmYElisa Rathje : Having Awoken (The Journal of Small Work) - https://appleturnover.substack.com/p/having-awokenAlso see episode 13 of this podcast for our gorgeous conversation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwpAnAO_2EMichael McIntyre Silent Letter Day https://youtu.be/sOUqHr9tcVYIkea Akterspring Table LampBorrowbox Library Appanourishedmother on InstagramBooks:All Year Round by Ann Druitt, Christine Fynes-Clinton, Marije RowlingAggressively Happy by Joy ClarksonSlow Family Living by Bernadette NollThe Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinMusic: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about conscious/principled spending, rising food prices and our two week pantry challenge. I've been excusing our spending on food for months now, and it is time to take action! I talk through the meal plan, what budget dinners we have made and will be making, and the things I will be buying during the challenge. Mentioned: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn Immy Lucas / Sustainably Vegan Three Rivers Homestead #threeriverschallenge I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about pottering through the house intuitively, listening to the still small voice and getting rid of the to-do lists. I also tell you a couple of personal things I've been keeping to myself, and how that's challenging me. I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about the joy, abundance and overwhelm of Christmas for the homemaker. I talk about how I set about creating a really intentional advent season, how I learnt to say 'no', take the pressure off and choose what our family needs. I discuss the slow living Christmas ideas I have already set in motion, how I space and plan everything out and what warm, cosy activities we've got going for December. "May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend." Traditional Irish Blessing Mentioned: Episode 14 Choosing Joy and Restorying Christmas with Martin Carter https://youtu.be/mF5Lo5Llx-0 Updated Home Tour on my Alissa Evelyn YouTube channel https://youtu.be/VIEVnpud1NY Crowdfarming - Direct from the grower Organic Fruit https://www.crowdfarming.com/en/search?q=persimmons&tab=boxes&sort=date Copper String Lights for the stairs https://www.noma.co.uk/products/200-fit-forget-b-o-warm-white-bare-wire-led-string-lights Grapat Advent Calendar https://www.grapat.eu/products/advent-calendar/ Slow Scenes of Home Advent resource https://www.instagram.com/slowscenesofhome/ Earth Prayers from Around the World by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is about home renovations, the ups and downs of having our bathroom redone and our rooms painted. And ultimately about always choosing joy in the process, practicing gratitude and why we consistently choose good quality over the cheaper, easier option. Mentioned: Episode with Lizzie "Colourful Country Living" https://youtu.be/0MUUUbDVdBI?si=pb1J9ReDb8aPpkbj Rajiv Surendra's Autumn Wardrobe https://youtu.be/8UtkOreF_Lo?si=oBPo_ABuUgJd8oRg My craft room tour https://youtu.be/LqnHzgx7ALc?si=AmKyRgc0kMid-z0x My house tour from 5 years ago https://youtu.be/OPueJq7R4lE?si=mypX87ZO3y289kCN All Creatures Great and Small on Channel 5 I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is the continuation of our last episode, we came back to talk through Permaculture principles 7-12, delve in to how they can apply to much more than the garden, and explain this deep way of living in culture. It's an intense episode, delving into the psychological ways we can apply these ideas as well as the practical. But goodness gracious, these are life-changing, mind-blowing ideas! Find Martin at: http://www.instagram.com/therootsandbones Mentioned: The Milkwood Permaculture Handbook by Kirsten Bradley Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Elisa Rathje Stacking Functions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDSyYiJ2jQY Apple Turnover TV Grapevine for Natural Cooling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfeuMyQYu2o John Jeavons How to Grow More Vegetables https://johnjeavons.org/books-and-videos/ Kezia of The Whole Home https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/ Retrosuburbia by David Holmgren The Way Home by Mark Boyle (and The Moneyless Man) I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is a conversation with my brother, Martin, about how we can start to use the principles of permaculture as homemakers. We talk through our beginner level understanding of the fascinating ethics and principles behind this design science. It's super applicable to all of us, it's not about agriculture, it's not about homesteading, it's a way of living in alignment with our values and the planet and the communities we are in. This is a really impassioned conversation between my older brother Martin and I - he has been in two previous episodes and those set some of the groundwork for today, so do go and listen to Episodes 7 and 14 as well to hear more about who he is and how his gorgeous family moved to Sweden. Find Martin at: http://www.instagram.com/therootsandbones Mentioned: Dan Lawrence - Hazel Basketry @dan.lawrence.uk Dave Budd Forging Workshop @dave_budd_handmade_tools Ben Falk @ben_falk_wsd Geoff Lawton @geofflawtononline James Clavell Shogun A Family Guide to Waste Free Living by Lauren and Oberon Carter @spiralgarden Diamant D525 Hand Grain Mill I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira