The good news is, there is a way to get it into your freezer so you can use it in your soups, sauces and salad dressings all year long. Once the frosts come, it’s over. For basil that is. The leaves turn yellow and brown and the luscious flavor disappears. You can’t...
Sheri Frey from Arbico Organics talks with Kami about How to Use Your Organic Gardening Sheri: Good morning. I just have fallen in love with you. I have to say that I normally go through the whole bio of my guest. I’m telling you though, after I read your bio...
Do you have coriander in your kitchen cupboard? What do you use it for? Salad dressing, marinades, soups, dressings….Coriander is a common spice found in most spice racks. “It is one of those amazing spices that not only adds wonderful flavor to so many dishes...
Pesto is more than a condiment in my kitchen; actually it is the fifth food group in our house! It is so satisfying to make a batch of pesto every week and know that it is in the fridge to put on practically everything we eat. It feels so rewarding to top off any meal...
Herbal Sprinkles are one of the most simple and satisfying ways to incorporate more herbs into your cookery. The key to using herbal sprinkles is to take them out of the cupboard and keep them next to where you cook and eat. I have several herbal sprinkle combinations...
There are many large pomegranate trees in the old part of Vacavile, the town I grew up in. Some of them are over 50 years old….. We would raid the trees, come home with lots of fruit but my mom quickly sent us outside to eat our messy red plunder. Our clothes would be...
Often seen as a pesky weed, edible and nutrient-dense purslane is nothing less than a superfood! Find out the health benefits of purslane, plus how to harvest and eat it. Do you have this plant growing in your yard? Do you weed it out every chance you get, cursing it...
Not that I don’t ever drink coffee, because I do. Especially on the weekend if we go out to our favorite café or when my husband fills the house with the aroma of his top shelf brew on Sunday mornings. I figured out long ago that if I make a ‘to-do’ list while I am on...
Herbs for Vibrant Health really means, “Do you want to have more energy at the end of the day?” The most common complaint I hear from people in my clinical herbal practice is that they don’t have enough time or energy. I can’t say that I know how to carve out more...
Do you know this plant? Have you ever weeded it from your garden and thrown it away? Well, those days are over. Meet mallow, the edible weed with health benefits. Common mallow is one of the most amazing edible weeds on the planet. From now on, instead of throwing it...