Results for Category: Fresh, Real & Delicious Recipes
Daylily Benefits + Recipe: A Sneak Peek from the ‘National Geographic Backyard Guide to Edible Wild Plants’
If you’ve ever wandered through your backyard or along a forest path and wondered which plants might offer more than just beauty, the brand-new National Geographic Backyard Guide to Edible Wild Plants is your next must-have companion. Co-authored by Herbal Academy educators and authors Heather Wood Buzzard and Mimi Prunella Hernandez, this vibrant, user-friendly guide…
The Majestic Honey Bee in Ancient Greece + 3 Recipes with Greek Honey to Try at Home
The majestic honey bee (Apis spp.) has been celebrated for thousands of years by civilizations across the world. In ancient Greece...
3 Foraging Inspired Recipes for Autumn
These mushroom burgers, mushroom tart, and walnut pie were inspired by a foraging outing in the woods. This particular walk in the...
3 Simple No-Bake Vegan Cake Recipes
Working with botanical ingredients opens the door for creating recipes that are nourishing, tasty, and beautifully colorful. In this post, I share three recipes for gluten-free, dairy-free botanical vegan cake recipes: mango banana, raw cocoa, and lemon coconut. These cakes are not baked but are more of a cheesecake consistency. Each recipe is raw and…
Pumpkin Beer Bread Recipe With Homemade Herb Butter
I’m here to pass along a delightful crowd-pleasing recipe that could become a new autumnal tradition! It’s a mix of herbaceous goodness and a little hint of fall flavors. That’s right, homemade pumpkin beer bread and herb butter. The smell of freshly baked bread warms the kitchen as it bakes, the top crisping to…
How to Make Easy and Delicious Dandelion Fritters
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinalis) bloom on lawns all around the world. Herbalists use the roots and leaves of the plant for suppo...
Chickweed Pesto: How to Make This Wild Greens Recipe
Chickweed (Stellaria spp., including Stellaria media) is one of the first herbs to appear each spring. If you’ve been cooped up ...
Your Guide to an Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse
Spring is often linked to a sense of renewal. As the daylight hours stretch out longer, temperatures become warmer, and blossoms emerge, you may find yourself with a desire to engage in a spring cleanse or another ritual of renewal. Ayurveda offers gentle and time-tested methods for cleansing and resetting. An ayurvedic spring cleanse can…
Two Easy Chutney Recipes: Red and Green
Spices, pickles, chutneys, and condiments certainly make food more flavorful and fun. Homemade chutneys are a great way to provide a flavor accent to your everyday dishes. Also, there are a plethora of easy chutney recipes that utilize a host of beneficial herbs, veggies, fruits, and spices. Every time I make chutney I remember how…
Ayurvedic Diet: Four Foods to Eat in the Fall
Again and again, I am drawn back to the wisdom of Ayurveda. This is for many reasons, one being that Ayurveda has helped me to bec...
