Infused Oil for Cooking: 5 Delicious Recipes

Infused Oil for Cooking: 5 Delicious Recipes

What I love about making infused oil for cooking is you don’t have to go to herbal school for years to reap the benefits. You can find simple, creative ways to get herbs and spices into your food everyday and be a rock star home herbalist. Getting herbs into every...
Energizing Green Smoothie Recipe

Energizing Green Smoothie Recipe

Drinking a glass full of greens is a great pick-me-up. Make this energizing green smoothie recipe to infuse yourself with the vitamins and chlorophyll that the herbs offer, and watch your energy soar. Herbal smoothies are a great place to use your herbal teas as well...
Herbal Bath Tea for Skin Healing

Herbal Bath Tea for Skin Healing

Herbal bathing is a relaxing, enjoyable, and important self-care tool that has many healing benefits. This herbal bath for skin helps with skin irritation such as acne, rashes, red splotches, and minor cuts. Let’s see what’s in our herbal bath for...
5 Herbal Spice Blends and Salts to Make

5 Herbal Spice Blends and Salts to Make

Making herbal spice blends and salts is one of the most simple and satisfying ways to incorporate more herbs into your food. I keep several herbal sprinkles and salts on lazy Susans next to my cooking area and on the kitchen table. This makes it easy to get into the...
How to Make Herbal Water

How to Make Herbal Water

Not drinking enough water? Try this herbal hack! Read on to find out how to make herbal water, along with 30 herb and fruit infused water recipes. It can be tricky to drink enough water, especially when we’re surrounded by tempting alternatives, from kombucha and...
Plant Communication: How Do You Do It?

Plant Communication: How Do You Do It?

I’ve been teaching herbal medicine for over 30 years and plant communication has been part of it for about 27 years. At the beginning of my herbal studies, I felt incredibly overwhelmed. There was so much to learn, and I even thought that I might not be cut out for...
Oak Galls Medicinal Uses

Oak Galls Medicinal Uses

Today, I’m going to introduce you to an old friend and its medicinal uses. The oak gall is part of a tree that I’ve been using since I was a little girl. Have you ever worked with oak galls as an herbal medicine? What are oak galls? Oak galls are plant...
Cold Care Tea Recipe

Cold Care Tea Recipe

This Cold Care Tea recipe is a simple and delicious herbal tea that will chase away a cold. Having a ritual in self-care can be the greatest benefit to our health transitioning out of the timeless months of late winter and into the blossoming months of spring. We...
6 Herbal Recipes for the Heart

6 Herbal Recipes for the Heart

From hawthorn to rose, many herbs can support a healthy and happy heart. Here are six of my favorite herbal recipes for the heart. I think you will love them too!   #1 Love Your Heart Electuary I have been making this Love Your Heart Electuary for a couple...
Hawthorn Berry Heart Tonic Honey

Hawthorn Berry Heart Tonic Honey

Herbal honeys are easy to make an a great way to get herbs into your diet. This hawthorn berry honey recipe is a cardiovascular tonic. It lends itself well to morning foods you can add it to your yogurt or warm cereal, put it on pancakes and waffles, or use it instead...