What special drinks do you enjoy this time of year? This spiced wine recipe is my family’s favorite drink at all our winter season celebrations. What Is the Best Wine for Spiced Wine? This spiced wine recipe calls for red wine, and you can choose whether you...
On a chilly day, a cup of hot tea can keep your hands cozy and warm your whole body. Making your warming herbal teas with beneficial herbs and spices can stimulate your circulation, ward off colds and flu, and support digestion, which is an important part of immune...
Using medicinal herbs to take care of your family’s health doesn’t have to be complicated! You can begin with the herbs you have in your pantry and make simple herbal kitchen staples for healthy eating any time. Today, I want to talk about what an herbal kitchen is,...
Herbal teas are a delicious way to get the goodness of herbs on a daily basis. The downside is they only last a few days in the fridge and aren’t as shelf-stable as other options. This chai honey recipe, though, is a convenient way to have honey chai tea whenever you...
This lovely lemon verbena lemonade features lemon verbena tea, nourishing honey, and tart lemon juice. I love lemon verbena so much that it’s the first plant to welcome me home as I walk to my door. We’ll also look at lemon verbena tea benefits and why you’ll want to...
If you’re looking to integrate medicinal plants into your life, herbalizing your kitchen is an essential part of bringing herbalism alive. Fortunately, getting medicinal herbs into every meal is really easy. What you want to do is make herbal salt… Most people...
Do you love peach season as much as I do? This peach smoothie recipe comes from my book, The Herbal Kitchen, and it’s a wonderful way to celebrate this delicious summer fruit. Kids love making smoothies, too, so you can get the whole family involved in making...
If you want to use lavender in your herbal teas, oils, baths, and other medicines, you might be wondering which part of the plant to use. People often ask me, do you only use the flowers? Can you use lavender leaves? And when do you harvest which one? Check out the...
The days are heating up and it’s time to enjoy healing drinks that are refreshing, full of ready-to-absorb nutrients, and easy to make! This orange and mint herbal iced tea is one of my favorite summer drinks. It is a time-tested crowd pleaser. Every time you...
Drying herbs might seem simple, but how to dry herbs successfully can be more complex. If you’ve made the effort to harvest or wildcraft your herbs, the last thing you want is for them to go to waste because they weren’t properly dried. I’m going to...
