Eating Seasonally and How it Helps Your Brain
Humans are more connected with our food supply than we might think. The natural cycle of the sun and the way that plants grow is in sync with your body's needs. Winter greens that grow abundantly help to hydrate the body and give much needed minerals that are lacking in the cold months. Fresh fruit in summer give much needed electrolytes for the summer warmth, and can even keep the body cool.
Love Your Amazing Liver
Many cultures throughout time have thought there was something special about the amazing organ, the liver. The Babylonians attributed magical powers to liver and used it for divinations. The Greeks considered the liver as the home of all human emotions.
Holiday Pine Tea Recipe
Herbs and water have been used for thousands of years to bring the body back into balance. Across cultures and time, there have been countless ways to infuse herbs into water. We love to use the Earths natural heater in Texas for our infusions. The sun!!
Herbal Sun Tea Recipes
Herbs and water have been used for thousands of years to bring the body back into balance. Across cultures and time, there have been countless ways to infuse herbs into water. We love to use the Earths natural heater in Texas for our infusions. The sun!!
Flower Power! How to use Edible Flowers to Beautify & Nourish your Spring Meals
Many edible flowers offer wonderful nutrition. The colors in edible flowers yield phytonutrients, which can enhance immunity, intercellular communication, repair DNA damage from exposure to toxins, and detoxify carcinogens.
DIY Elderberry Syrup and Gummies Recipe
Elder is by far one of my favorite plants, herbs, fruit & flower. All in one, this plant can pack an immune system punch and is safe for most everyone* to use.
Infused Sea Salt
Salt has gotten a bad rap in the last few years (with some merit to hypertension), but it mostly applies to white table salt. Sea salt is a wonderful additive to your diet, and in balanced amounts can be beneficial for your cells, heart, muscles, and adrenal glands.
Salted Pistachio Dark Chocolate Bark
If you know me personally, you probably know how much I love chocolate. If there was ever a choice of flavor as a kid, I always picked chocolate, cake, ice cream, lip gloss flavor…and to this day I do.
DIY Infused Olive Oils
Herb-infused olive oil is great for a salad dressing, a dip for bread, a garnish for veggies, tomatoes, or over pasta. Depending on the blend, it can be very nutritious, help boost the immune system, and supply many herbal properties to your meal.
Make Your Own Chai Spice Blend
Chai spice is such a great thing to have for tea, coffee, smoothies, desserts. And its a great gift too (ps, the teachers love it)! If you love chai, then you will want to have this on hand in the fall and winter.
The Amazing Acorn
We love acorns. These small but mighty fruits (yep, thats what I said) are fun to collect, replant, eat and make crafts with! So many fun things you can do with them!
Eat your Sun Screen? Foods for Sun Protection
Some extra sun protection can be supported by the food you consume and even foods you apply on your body…