Remedies & Recipes

Some may dismiss this beautiful and bountiful plant as a simple weed, but herbalists and wild food foragers cherish this yummy and nutrient-dense plant. Think of chickweed as a wild and tasty lettuce or mild-tasting spinach. It can easily be eaten in salads, cooked up with eggs and even made into a chickweed pesto. But […]

For the past two months we’ve been focusing on the herb cayenne at HerbMentor.com. There are lots of benefits to eating cayenne in foods. It’s been shown to support heart health, decrease chronic and acute pain and promote digestion. But the amount a person can eat is variable because some people are highly sensitive to

Cayenne is famous for reducing many types of pain. It works by affecting your nervous system. This easy to make cayenne salve is topical herbal pain relief.

Tom kha soup is a dish from Thailand. It might possibly my most favorite dish ever. The richness of the coconut milk mingles with the tartness of the lemongrass in a base of super delicious bone broth soup. It just tastes so darn good! We make a big batch of this soup once a week

It’s beginning to look a lot like winter! The first snows of the season have already hit our valley and our wood stove is crackling all day long. With the changing of the seasons, we’ve been eating warming and spicy foods and using lots of herbs and foods to support our immune systems as well.

I want to share my favorite eggnog recipe. This is another recipe that we have tested over and over again to make it our best recipe. We LOVE eggnog and drink it all during the winter months, not just for the holidays. Eggnog often gets viewed as a total indulgence (read: unhealthy treat that will

It all started when someone gave me a “how to make chocolate” kit for my birthday. “What a cute idea,” I thought. But I really wasn’t so sure about it. The thing is, I am quite the chocolate snob. I buy the darkest chocolate available and often times spend an embarrassing amount on a small

I’ve spent the past year gathering recipes and perfecting them so that I can share the best of the best with you. As always we’ll be featuring some herbal gift ideas, some fun herbal culinary recipes and some herbal recipes for your health. This recipe starts with a decadent herbal gift that has become one of

Years ago my friend Kimberly Gallagher told me that each year she likes to try something different with her favorite herbs. I immediately resonated with this inspiring idea and have tried to follow suit. There is truly no end to learning about plants! Letting inspiration be my guide, I decided to focus on using marshmallow

For the past year I’ve been crafting and re-crafting my homemade deodorant recipe to find one that really works well. I know I may get thrown out of the granola-hippie-club, but when the summer heat is on, I like to continue smelling good! However, smelling decent shouldn’t mean we have to slather ourselves in a