Basil Health Benefits

Basil Health Benefits

Basil is most commonly thought of as flavoring for spaghetti sauce, Italian salad dressing or the main herb in pesto. Let’s take this herb beyond its uses as a flavoring for tomato sauces and think about basil health benefits! Basil Health Benefits The magnitude of...
10 Tips to Reduce Spring Allergies

10 Tips to Reduce Spring Allergies

I could have titled this blog, how to help get rid of your snot, which is really the point, but it seemed like kind of a rude title. So I will just stick with Tips to Reduce Spring Allergies. Spring is such a wonderful time of the year, but not if you can’t breathe...
How to Make Simple & Healing Bath Salts

How to Make Simple & Healing Bath Salts

Bath salts are so easy to make! This DIY recipe is the most simple bath salt recipe without any herbs or essential oils added to it. You just need two ingredients for this healing bath: sea salt and baking soda. Sea Salt and Baking Soda Benefits Although I love using...
Arugula Pesto Recipe

Arugula Pesto Recipe

People often limit their pesto indulgence to basil season. Well, there is more to pesto than basil. This unique arugula pesto recipe is perfect when you have an abundance of arugula or around the first frost when basil is scarce. Pesto is a highly medicinal food,...
Why You Should Garnish with Parsley

Why You Should Garnish with Parsley

My grandmother didn’t teach me a lot about herbs but she frequently garnished our dinner with parsley and whenever we ate at a restaurant she made us eat the parsley garnish. She said that it was the healthiest thing on the plate. Since most lunches at her house...
Rosemary Pesto Recipe

Rosemary Pesto Recipe

I love this rosemary pesto recipe because rosemary is an herb that you can get fresh all year long. I harvest fresh rosemary from my large rosemary hedge every week of the entire year. Benefits of Rosemary Think of your rosemary pesto as something that actually...