This chaga chai with carob and coconut has a variety of health and medicinal benefits. It’s a gut-healing and anti-inflammatory remedy. Enjoy these potential health benefits, as well as a flavorful treat with this chaga chai recipe. This is an easy and straightforward recipe for beginner home herbalists to master, and it tastes delicious! Benefits…
Fall Recipes
Enjoy the best fall has to offer with these seasonal recipes! Cook and bake with the freshest ingredients for your seasonal celebrations and holiday parties. Fermented Honey Cranberries are going to be a hit! Preserve the bounty that autumn offers including our 12 Favorite Ways to Preserve Apples.Â
We have many naturally fermented drinks, not to mention homemade alcoholic beverages like Hard Cider and Elderberry Mead. And be sure to support your health with herbal recipes such as Immune Boosting Herbal Tea Blend and Fermented Garlic Honey, perfect as the weather turns cooler.
Dandelion Root Bitters: Homemade Herbal Bitters Recipe
Dandelion root bitters is an easy infusion to make at home. Bitter herbs are useful in digestion, and are perfect in an aperitif cocktail. They increase the digestibility of food and are calming to the nervous system. Bonus – they are delicious in cocktail form! Learn how to make herbal dandelion root bitters. Wildcrafting Weeds…
Naturally Fermented Turmeric Soda
Naturally fermented turmeric soda is a delicious and healthy way to enjoy the health benefits of turmeric. Turmeric soda is an easy natural soda recipe made using a ginger bug. It’s vibrant, healthy, and tastes delicious! Fermenting Turmeric for Soda You might remember a while back I made a turmeric bug, which is basically a…
Conifer Infused Vodka for Winter Cocktails
Go foraging for fresh conifer needles, then make this refreshing conifer needle infused vodka! You can use any edible conifer needles – there are many, such as pine, spruce, fir, redwood, or hemlock. This foraged winter vodka is a lovely winter treat! Conifers for Cocktail Making When the cold weather comes, there isn’t anything better…
How to Make Fire Cider
Fire cider is an immune boosting healthy tonic that is super easy to make! It’s great for boosting immunity, improving circulation, and combating a cold. Learn how to make fire cider with this simple recipe. Fire Cider History The term “fire cider” was first coined by Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author of the books Medicinal…
Conifer Needle Shortbread: Foraged Holiday Cookies
Foraging in the wintertime can sometimes be difficult, but there are always conifer needles! Any recipe that uses conifer needles really intrigues me, so I thought it was time for me to make something with them myself. These festive foraged conifer needle shortbread cookies are perfect for the holidays! They’re crisp and crumbly, the perfect…
5 Easy Ways to Cook Winter Squash
Winter squash is one of my absolute favorite vegetables. They are hearty and filling, the perfect cold weather food. In the fall and winter, we probably have winter squash 2-3 nights per week or more. There are many different ways to prepare it, some more elaborate and fancy than others, but it doesn’t have to…
How to Cook Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes)
Jerusalem artichokes, also known as sunchokes, are a root vegetable that some people love to hate. They have two things going against them, one being that they can completely take over your garden, the other that they have been known to cause gastric distress in some people. They didn’t get the nickname “fartichokes” for no…
Pumpkin Coconut Almond Granola and Granola Bars
This homemade pumpkin coconut almond granola recipe is a delicious snack or breakfast in the fall, and so easy to make! Then you can use the granola to make amazingly delicious and healthy pumpkin granola bars! Healthy Pumpkin Granola It seems that as soon as October is upon us, most of us go crazy for…
How to Make Hard Cider With Wild Yeast
When it’s apple season fresh pressed cider is easy to find. Learn how to make your own homemade hard cider with wild yeast using fresh apple juice! Wild Yeast on Apples We recently had a whole lot of fresh pressed apple cider on our hands after building a simple DIY apple press and pressing a…
