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Bay Laurel (Laurus Nobilis) in Cooking and Medicine

Bay Laurel (Laurus Nobilis) contains volatile oils that lend the flavor we love when cooking. Medicinally it is used as a digestive aid, anti-inflammatory, along with several other applications.

5 Toxic Cleaning Products & 5 DIY Natural Substitutes

You should get these 5 toxic cleaning products out of your home and replace them with natural, homemade alternatives. If you can’t DIY them, you can still buy the more natural, in-store brands.

Learn How (And Why) To Make Your Own Polenta

Learning how to make polenta at home delivers many benefits over the oft-mushy store bought stuff. Learn more reasons and enjoy our yummy polenta recipe!

20 Simple Ways To Add Extra Nutrients To Your Food

20 ways to eat more nutritious food! In this article we show you how to start using vegetables, fruit, and herbs to add powerful and nutritious boosts to the foods you’re already eating.

Sunchokes Regulate Blood Sugar: Enjoy This Recipe!

Are Jerusalem Artichokes inulin rich? Yes! The sunchoke–native to the midwest–is an inulin rich food that helps regulate blood sugar. Make this delicious sunchoke recipe and enjoy!

A Natural Cold and Flu Remedy In a Yummy Tea

Use this natural remedy for a cold and for flu. Nature has a bounty of organic solutions, you just have to know where to look and how to put them together.

A Simple and Delicious Homemade Gravy Recipe

Whether you put it on your mashed potatoes, turkey, or absolutely everything, this homemade gravy is an essential element to your holiday table. It is simple to make and only takes about 15 minutes to whip up. Enjoy!

7 Immune Boosting Foods and Herbs for Back-To-School

These 7 immune boosting foods and herbs will help you boost your immune system for back-to-school time. As the weather cools it’s good to switch to warming foods like steamed greens, bone broths, and warm grains. Here are a few of my favorite plants that we work into our diet.

Red Clover: A Natural Remedy for Arthritis & Asthma

Red clover: a natural remedy for arthritis and asthma! It can be used in tea, as a flour additive, added to salads, added to soups, and even as a vitamin supplement! You can also pull the individual flowers from the flower heads (like when you were a child) and add them to rice dishes and casseroles.

My 5 Favorite Perennial Vegetables for Your Garden

This year, put away the tiller and plant some perennial vegetables. You will eat earlier, work less, and build your soil all at once! Delicious edibles pop up with the first warm days allowing you to eat fresh garden produce much earlier than normal.

Benefits of Using Lemongrass for Food and Medicine

This article on growing lemongrass, for use in food and medicine, will help you better understand the benefits of lemongrass and help you start growing and using the plant for better health in your every day life.

A Quick and Easy Homemade Celery Salt Recipe

I came up with this homemade celery salt recipe because it’s my go-to seasoning when I cook, and the ingredients in commercial brands had anti-caking agents and fillers, which should never be listed ingredients in food.

Homemade Bone Broth Recipe (or Vegetable Stock)

This bone broth recipe (easily adaptable to a vegetable broth recipe) is simple, comforting, nutrient-dense, and delicious. Turns out grandma did know best!

How to Grow and Use Your Own Kaffir Lime Tree

Kaffir lime leaves come from a thorny lime tree–native to the tropics–whose leaves are useful in many ways. But what if you live north of the tropics? That’s the good news, we’re about to show you how you can grow it, and use it, even if you’re north of the beautiful tropics!

Medicinal Edible Roots to Harvest in Fall and Winter

Edible roots are in harvest! Medicinal leaves and flowers may be gone, but that doesn’t spell the end for fresh medicinals. It’s time to focus on our medicinal roots.

The Wonderful Health Benefits of Holy Basil (Tulsi)

The benefits of holy basil are well documented! Known also as Tulsi, it’s one of my favorite herbs. It is versatile and useful in cooking, herbal remedies, insect repellent, and more.

A Naturally Sweetened Homemade Caramel Recipe

A homemade caramel recipe, because store bought caramel and caramel sauce are typically full of corn syrup, preservatives, stabilizers, and frankly, aren’t worth buying.

Methods for Drying (Dehydrating) Fruits and Veggies

Dehydrating fruit and vegetables is one of the best ways to preserve them, it’s easier than you think, and there are many different ways to do it. Let’s explore just how easy and fun it can be.