She made onion syrup and everybody had to drink it because she knew not to wait for the cough to spread through the pack. How important is it to explore your family remedies and do you ever feel like you know enough? Do you have herbs or herbal remedies that have been...
Store-bought salad dressings are junk. I’ve got a simple herbal salad dressing tutorial for you today and the truth is, I think making your own salad dressing is one of the best and easiest health hacks out there. You make all that great home-cooked food or set...
Adding this delicious pesto is of course so much about flavor, but what you are also doing is getting your greens, easy to digest nutrients and increasing your ability to digest whatever you put it on. How can you bring the healing power of herbs into EVERY meal?...
Comfrey oil! I’m so glad you’re here because this is a good oil to have on hand! I’ve seen comfrey help people with injuries involving muscles, tendons, joints, bones, ligaments, ankles, knees, pulled muscles, joint dislocations, and even fractures....
St. John’s wort is one of my first loves in the plant world. I could talk for days about how much I love it and all the stories of how it has healed me, my family and so many people in my life. Let’s just say this is truly one of my favorite plants. St. John’s wort...
I have had many experiences like this where I was getting sore, and then post arnica, I am not getting sore… Arnica–I love this oil. I love having this oil in my home. It’s not one of the oils that I slop around in like some of my other oils. Arnica oil has very...
Do you use olive oil in your salad dressings or drizzle it on your veggies? If you already use olive oil in your food, why not add the extra therapeutic benefit of an herb-infused olive oil? I call it Alchemy Oil… Oil absorbs many of the flavors and medicinal...
This oil is an herbal tradition in our kitchen. Just as soon as the garden starts giving up enough thyme or oregano, it’s time to dry it and get it into an oil. So let’s make a culinary herb-infused olive oil. Ready? Any dried culinary herbs that you have that you...
This chili oil is seriously the most used condiment in our house right now. Everyone is addicted to it. I mean, we don’t put it on cake or in our tea, but it really goes onto just about every meal… A few drops of chili oil on scrambled eggs or an omelet tops the...
Hmmm, what’s on the menu tonight? I start by looking for what’s abundant. We have a CRAZY amount of oregano right now! If you don’t have a garden, go to the grocery store and look for the freshest herbs they have. We have a CSA, a Community-Supported Agriculture...
Yep, I love bringing the appetizers. Herbal appetizers, of course. One more place where you can fill your food with healing herbs. Hey, can you bring the appetizer? Yep, I love bringing the appetizers. Herbal appetizers of course. One more place where you can fill...
So make sure what you bring is full of herbs and spices to help digest all of the food and to keep the sickness away! Make sure you have this condiment on your plate and the colds don’t stand a chance! The antimicrobial properties in ginger, jalapeno, and onions are...
