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Make a Fermented Pine Needle Soda That is Bursting With Winter Flavors
Not just any soda! This pine needle soda recipe makes a delightful drink that is bursting with winter flavors: pine, ginger, and citrus, as well as aromatic herbs, which really shine during this cold season. Making your own pine needle soda at home can seem a little overwhelming or advanced at first—maybe you’ve heard stories […]
Cheers to a Nourishing New Year With a Gingerbread Latte Recipe
New Year’s Eve is an exciting time to celebrate and usher in a fresh new start! A night filled with reflective moments, resoluti...
Waning Moon Herbal Mix For Deep Nourishment
When you observe the flow of your energy cycles during any given month you may notice that your energy ebbs and flows. Sometimes y...
Make a Beautiful Winter Lantern With Pressed Flowers to Celebrate the Winter Solstice
Some celebrate the winter solstice with light—–bonfires or candles are perfect. And others celebrate with ripe fruits to acknowledge the sweetness of the season. A nice winter solstice ritual is to write down on a piece of paper something from the year that you are letting go of, and on another paper, something you are […]
This DIY Peppermint Candy Cane Body Scrub Will Exfoliate Dry Skin and Leave You Feeling Refreshed
The holiday season can be a wonderful time to spread joy and show off our blossoming herbalist skills! We’ve got a delightfully fresh and festive recipe you’ll want to try as a gift for others (be sure to make a little extra for yourself!). The DIY Peppermint Candy Cane Body Scrub recipe below is sure […]
Let Your Winter Cares Melt Away With These Chai Spice Bath Melts
While many are familiar with the comforting experience of sipping a warm cup of chai, here at the Herbal Academy we have concocted...
In Bloom: Floral Tea Recipe for the Full Moon
For those who pay special attention to the lunar cycles, the Full Moon is commonly recognized as a time for manifestation and frui...
An Herbal Peanut Butter Cup Recipe That Supports the Nervous System
We’re deep into that time of the year when fall’s golden glow gives way to winter’s short, dark days. During this transition and into the months ahead, we may find ourselves craving warmth, be it in the form of a heavy, comforting blanket, a warm cup of tea, or sweet treats from our kitchen countertops […]
How to Make Herbal Electuaries + 2 Recipes to Get You Started
As far as homemade herbal preparations go, it doesn’t get much easier than herbal electuaries. This beginner-friendly herbal concoction is quick to make and use in a variety of ways, and you may already have the ingredients sitting in the kitchen to whip up your own blends right away! What is an herbal electuary, anyway? […]
Supporting Creativity and Activity: Herbs for the Waxing Moon
If the New Moon is the time for planting seeds and intentions, the Waxing Moon is the time when we move from intention-setting to ...
Cheesecloth Ghosts: A Halloween Craft for the Whole Family
Who remembers this spooktacular craft from their own childhood? A fun tradition that we very much want to pass along to all our he...
A Must Try Fire Cider Recipe Using Unexpected Herbs
Fire cider, the renowned vinegar-based infusion of pungent plants, is an altogether invigorating concoction with a real spicy history in traditional folk herbalism. In this article, we have a creative spin on the traditional fire cider with a Cranberries and Cardamom Fire Cider recipe we are sharing below! The story of fire cider recipe’s rise […]
New Moon Herbal Mix Recipe for New Beginnings
The New Moon, the time in which the moon is occluded from our earthly vision due to its position in the sky between the Sun and Earth, is commonly understood as a time for new beginnings. If the Full Moon is a time for fruition and manifestation, the New Moon is the time to light […]
Homemade Pumpkin Sugar and Spice Body Scrub
It’s August in Ohio as I write this and while the weather is still decidedly summery, I can’t help but look forward to the...
Preserving the Summer Garden With Bouquet Garni de Provence Ice Cubes
It’s already late summer, which means that herbs that we planted in our summer garden have been in full bloom for a while, and w...
Matcha-Lemon Balm Homemade Gummies for Back-to-School
Whether you are an educator, a student, or a parent of students, sometimes it’s helpful to have a little herbal support to transition from summer mode into back-to-school season! While we may let our brains go on vacation over the leisurely summer months, the start of August reminds us that fall (and school, for some) […]
How to Make Lavender Shower Steamers
Shower steamers are like a bath bomb for the shower, and they will elevate your showering experience in the same way a bath bomb levels up your bathing experience. A small scented puck you can put in the bottom of your shower to envelop yourself in scent and transform your bathroom into an aromatherapeutic experience, […]
A Refreshing Basil & Thyme Coconut Water Limeade
If you are reading this in mid to late summer, depending on the part of the globe where you reside, the summer heat may be as stro...
3 Ways to Use Your Summer Rose Harvest
Roses are red, violets are blue, we’ve got three herbal rose (Rosa spp.) recipes for you! This ever-so-classic flower is a stapl...
How to Make a Rose, Grapefruit, and Ginger Mocktail
The whole second half of summer is ours to celebrate! Let’s make sure that we squeeze the most out of the hot sunny days and enjoy the expansive energy that comes with summer and the season’s extended daylight hours by making an herbal deliciousness like this Rose, Grapefruit, and Ginger Mocktail. The higher sun and […]
Strawberry-Thyme Shortcake Recipe With Whipped Crème Fraîche
The following Strawberry-Thyme Shortcake recipe excerpt is eprinted with permission from The Prairie Kitchen Cookbook by Kayla Lobermeier. Page Street Publishing Co. 2023. Photo credit: Kayla Lobermeier. Kayla Lobermeier is the creator of Under A Tin Roof, an organization focused on gardening, preserving, and cooking food with real ingredients. Kayla has been featured in Willow and […]
Delicious Elderberry and Blueberry Jam With No Pectin
Who’s ready for a burst of berry botanical flavor? Warmer days call for a special picnic companion—homemade jam. You can sprea...
8 Herbal Preparations + a Monarda Oxymel Recipe
The following excerpt outlining eight herbal preparations and a Monarda Oxymel recipe is taken from the book, Our Kindred Home by ...
The Herbal Kitchen: Paprika
In this book excerpt from The Herbal Kitchen, author and herbalist Kami McBride highlights an herb common in our kitchen – paprika! – and shares three culinary herbal oil recipes that present this herb as the star of the show and provide an easy and inviting way to season your cooking with this tasty and beneficial spice. Packed full of […]
How to Make A Wildflower Cordial
Blooms and bubbles–a delightful spring experience awaits you via the fascinating method of fermentation. Wildflowers (or garden flowers!) and their accompanying unique wild yeasts are submerged into a bath of sugar water and, with a bit of time, the magic of fermentation yields a fizzy, delicious refreshment, perfect for sipping on the porch. Let’s make […]
Homemade Crackers With Scallions and Black Mustard Seeds
Until a couple of months ago, I never thought to make homemade crackers. Crackers were one of those things that I only enjoyed whe...
Antioxidant Herbal Power Punch With a Classic Fruity Flavor
Spring has sprung, and even though we’re not exactly feeling the truth of that up in the northeastern United States, I am hopefu...
Floral Bath Tea Sachets for Mother’s Day Gifting
These floral bath tea sachets are a wonderful gift to give on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is truly a celebration of giving life. We have all been through the profound and utterly fascinating event that is human birth. However, a mother is not only the one who delivers, but also the one who cares, nurtures, […]
Clean Sweep Blood Cleanser Herbal Capsules for Spring Renewal
As the flowers awake after the cold days of winter, we feel a nudge to embrace new growth and shed our winter coats. Spring is the natural time to cleanse, detox, and refresh after a long winter season. We swap extra hours inside and heavier foods for more time outdoors, more movement, as well as […]
Edible Flower-Pressed Shortbread Cookies
The following excerpt is a brand-new release from Loria Stern’s book Eat Your Flowers (published by William Morrow, an impri...
