An Herbal Diary: Culinary Herbalism | Medicine Recipes

Lovely red clover may be a weedy and grow wild, but it is not to be overlooked as a medicinal herb. This full monograph delves into all of its nuances from garden friend to delicious tea to profound remedy.  Mentions: Mypronouns.org Strictly Medicinal Seeds David Winston’s Alterative Formula from Herbalist & Alchemist  Celebrated Herbalists: David Winston Michael Moore David Hoffmann Matthew Wood Red Clover Fritter Batter Recipe: - 1 Cup Flour - 1 Tsp baking powder - 2 Tbsp vanilla extract - 1 Egg - ¼ Cup melted butter - ¾ Cup milk ** Please join me for my new monthly online group gathering, a kitchen medicine club, a place to grow confidence together!  Each month we will have a live discussion that will be hosted on Zoom. With all of my heart I would love you to join me, click here to join on Patreon  Together we can transform our kitchens into a unique apothecary.**   ---Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com.  Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT

We are forever learning the role of plant compounds in our bodies, especially those with complexity like isoflavones and phytoestrogens. Red clover and traditional whole soy foods are sources of these phytochemicals. In this episode, my goal is to reframe some of the controversies.  Sources for Red Clover Dried or Tincture: Avena Botanicals Mountain Rose Herbs Herbalist & Alchemist Mentions: Aviva Romm MD: Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health Ellen Evert Hopman   ** Please join me for my new monthly online group gathering, a kitchen medicine club, a place to grow confidence together!  Each month we will have a live discussion that will be hosted on Zoom. With all of my heart I would love you to join me, click here to join on Patreon  Together we can transform our kitchens into a unique apothecary.**   ---Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com.  Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback. 

I can not yet serve you a latte through your podcast app even though I wish that I could. Maybe someday that will happen. For now, here is a pop-up recipe offering, to make dandelion root vanilla latte homemade. I hope you enjoy! Dandelion Root Latte with Vanilla Syrup 8 ounces roasted dandelion root tea 2 teaspoons vanilla syrup ¼ cup milk (whole, any nut milk, coconut or organic unsweetened soy)  Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan, heat on low setting to warm. Pour warm mixture into a blender and blend for 30-45 seconds until frothy. Pour into mug or over ice. Enjoy! To decoct dandelion root for tea:  Combine 2 teaspoons dandelion root powder & 12 ounces water in small saucepan Heat to simmer, cover, simmer for 10 minutes, remove from heat, steep 40 minutes Strain To prepare vanilla syrup: Heat ¾ cup water in small saucepan, add ½ cup sugar, stir until dissolved. Add ½ whole, split vanilla bean, cover, steep for 20 minutes. Store in refrigerator Mentions: Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage D

An installment in my continued commitment to not waste the abundant and aggressive nettle crop I have growing in my yard. These green sauces are an embrace of life for me,  a pathway to the things that I love: recipe collecting, discovery of brilliant herbal use and reason to shop for interesting ingredients, green or otherwise. Please come along and sauce with me. To Blanch Nettle/Remove the Sting: Use tongs or gloves to handle prior to blanching Heat a small amount of water in a large pot Plunge nettle leaf into hot water or place in a steamer basket Boil for 3-7 minutes until just wilted Refresh with cold water or in a bowl of iced water For Nettle Salsa Verde: 6-7 tomatillos, remove husks, scrub under water 4 cups nettle leaf (1/3 pound, blanched 1 sweet onion, peeled and quartered. 2-3 Serrano chilis 4 cloves garlic, peeled 12 to 15 sprigs of cilantro 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste find preparation instructions here For Nettle Pesto: 3 cups nettle leaves, blanched 1/4 cup fresh mint

Materia medica tells a plant’s story. Please join me to explore and appreciate one of the herbalism sweethearts, a far cry from bothersome weed. I hope by the end you will love dandelion and never want to spray it with chemicals again. Taraxacum officinale = Dandelion: leaf, root, flower, stem Photos of Tarasque in Tarascon, France Sources for Dandelion: Black Locust Gardens - fresh Oshala Farm - dried White PIne Community Farm - dried Mountain Rose Herbs - dried leaf, root, roasted root, extracts, powder, capsules Herbalist & Alchemist - leaf extract, root extract, glycerite Dandelion Wine ---Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my w

Can we refashion the reputation of weeds? With many negative connotations surrounding weeds it’s hard to switch their image to foods and herbal medicines to love. We may call them edible weeds or wild foods, but I would love to change the name. I’m working on my own relationship with weeds by getting to know lamb’s quarters. Mentions: Edible Weeds Online Foraging Course from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine Lamb’s quarters photos Book mentions: Fasting and Feasting, The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray by Adam Federman Honey from a Weed, Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia by Patience Gray Plats du Jour by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! T

Popping up here to offer you tea, through recipes instead of actually serving it. I promise for the time it takes to wait in line or sit in the drive thru, you can make your own chai, tweak it to how you like it and best of all experience some good medicine. Recipe for Masala Chai 4 whole cloves 1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, that I’ve cut into thin slices 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg 4 or 5 grinds of pepper 1 ½ teaspoon loose leaf black tea 1 ¾ cup water ½ teaspoon honey ¼ cup organic milk (whole milk, soy milk, oat milk, nut milk or coconut milk) Combine spices together in a small saucepan and add 1 3/4 cup or 14 ounces water. Bring to a gentle boil over medium low heat covered with lid slightly open. Simmer 20 minutes. Turn off  heat, add 1 1/2 teaspoon loose leaf black tea. Cover with the lid tight, steep 10 minutes. Strain. Pour tea back into saucepan. Add honey and milk. Bring back to simmer and allow film ot form on top. Stir before drinking. Ingred

Coughs can be so uncomfortable. Coughs can linger after the cold has long gone. Herbal cough syrups hold possibility to soothe and quiet a cough or support expectoration. Today’s kitchen medicine has three steps and uses three herbs combined to make a cough syrup that keeps in the refrigerator for when you need it. Ingredients for Wild Cherry Cough Syrup: Dried Mullein Leaf, Dried Wild Cherry Bark, Dried Angelica Root Water, Honey Tinctures: 2 ounces each of Wild Cherry, Mullein Leaf and Angelica Root Cough Syrup Recipe Instructions: Day 1: make teas (measure as volume in glass measuring cup) Wild Cherry Bark 6 ounce dried wild cherry bark 6 ounce room temperature or cool water Combine in glass jar with lid Let sit, covered at room temperature overnight or 12 hours. Strain. Refrigerate until ready to use Mullein Leaf 4 ounce dried mullein leaf 4 ounce hot water Combine and steep for 30 minutes. Strain Refrigerate until ready to use Day 2: make honeys Mullein Leaf 1 ounce prepared strong mullein tea 1 ounce ho

Sometimes prayers are not answered. A dedication to my mom... Mentions: Herbalist & Alchemist Compound Formula: David Winston’s Grief Relief No Fear, No Death by Thich Nhat Hanh Inward by Yung Pueblo   Herbs for next episode’s Cough syrup: Angelica Root Wild Cherry Bark Mullein Leaf   Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website at: theherbalbakeshoppe.com Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram If you enjoyed this episode, please SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW where ever you like to listen to podcasts! And if you have time, kindly leave me a rating and review. --- ABOUT DINA --- Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Her

Adding herbs to a cold and flu season supply kit is easy and valuable peace of mind. Clear a space in your kitchen apothecary for dried herb blends for tea and steam inhalations, tinctures for prevention and symptoms as well as a few homemade syrups. Please listen in as I share my favorites. Cold and Flu Kitchen Apothecary Survival Kit Foods for medicine Honey, garlic, onion, ginger, dried sage & thyme Tea Blends Chai blend - 2 parts cinnamon & ginger, 1 part cardamom, ½ part clove & black pepper Diaphoretic blend - yarrow, peppermint, elderflower, linden flower Steam inhalation Blend 2 peppermint & elderflower tea bags, a spoon of thyme, sage & oregano and a drop or two of lavender & eucalyptus essential oil Tinctures and Syrups For prevention - echinacea tincture, elderberry syrup Tinctures for coughs - wild cherry bark, mullein leaf, angelica   Interested in a medicine making episode on elderberry syrup? Send me a message and let me know! dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com Mentions: Favor

There’s no time like the present moment to stock up on kitchen medicine cabinet remedies that nourish the immune system, both for prevention and treating symptoms. This apple cider vinegar and honey combination is more like cooking than medicine making. If you’re cooking along while you listen, you will need the following: ½ cup grated fresh horseradish root, approximately 6-8 inch piece ½ cup chopped onions, (1 medium onion) ¼ cup chopped garlic, (about 10-12 cloves depending on their size) ¼ cup grated fresh ginger, (about a 4-6 inch piece) Chopped fresh or dried chili pepper or ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper  32 ounces organic apple cider vinegar ½ cup honey Equipment: 1 quart Mason jar with lid; cutting board, sharp knife, hand grater, wax paper Mentions: Herbmentor/Learning Herbs - there is a $10 monthly membership fee Course: Rosemary’s Remedies #trademarkfreefirecider Sources for Purchasing Fire Cider Immune Tonics Herbal Revolution Fire Tonic Locally Good Herbal Cider Tonic Deepest gratitude to Andrea Kl

Deep roots symbolize durability, resiliency and unfaltering character, they are grounded and strong. For plants, roots are a matter of life or death. Cut off a plant’s roots then replant it, the plant won’t survive. Autumn is the time for roots in the kitchen and in herbalism. Burdock Root and Carrot Nut Torte: get the recipe here Burdock Tea Decoction: Combine 1 tablespoon burdock root, fresh or dried, for each 1 cup water in small saucepan, simmer covered 45 min to 1 hour, then steep for 45 minutes and strain. Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website at: theherbalbakeshoppe.com Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram If you enjoye

Autumn and roots go hand and hand. I’m outside foraging through my weedy disarrayed backward to find treasure in the form of horseradish root. Join me for a successful harvest. Gardening podcasts: Plantrama Living Homegrown Mentions: Plants: horseradish, pokeweed, nettle, burdock, motherwort Plant Healer Magazine Chestnut School Of Herbal Medicine Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website at: theherbalbakeshoppe.com Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram If you enjoyed this episode, please SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW where ever you like to listen to podcasts! And if you have time, kindly leave me a rating and review. --- ABOUT DINA ---

Do you have a top ten herb list? Is yarrow on your list? Some herbs have such a broad compass that they border on constructing a complete kitchen medicine cabinet. Yarrow is one of these herbs. We talk all about it in this materia medica monograph. Herbrally - herbal monographs, podcast and much more Latin Name: Achillea millefollium Henriette’s Herbal: Photos of Yarrow Sources for Yarrow: Mountain Rose Herbs : dried leaf & flower, powdered leaf & flower, seeds Rosemary’s Garden: dried leaf & flower ZacK Woods Herb Farm: fresh & dried Avena Botanicals: tincture, soak & salve Healing Spirits Herb Farm: oil & salve Herbalist & Alchemist: tinctures Floracopeia: essential Oil Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to heari

Mishaps don’t give warnings. Topical herbal remedies, those we use externally on skin, deserve star status for first aid. Options for topical herbal first aid remedies include compresses, poultices, ointments, oils, salves, soaks and washes. Yarrow, a premier first aid herb that can stop bleeding, cleanse wounds and take away symptoms of inflammation, is our focus for today. Henriette’s Herbal: Photos of Yarrow Sources for Yarrow: Mountain Rose Herbs : dried leaf & flower, powdered leaf & flower, seeds Rosemary’s Garden: dried leaf & flower ZacK Woods Herb Farm: fresh & dried Healing Spirits Herb Farm: oil & salve Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read m

Reluctant to ignore summer fruit in their abundant peak, I am infusing my favorite, cherries, to make a cordial. If you are preserving your favorite fruit by making jams, pickles or drying consider this as an alternative option. Cherry Cordial Recipe 2 quart or 1 half gallon size jars   2 1/2 pounds of cherries, stems removed, washed 2 1/2 cups sugar 1½ vanilla bean ⅛ cup cardamom pods 2  cups bourbon ½ cup brandy Place cherries into jar (no need to seed) Add the cardamom and vanilla bean, then sugar and bourbon. Put on lid, shake. Label. Strain after 3 weeks, bottle liquid Mentions: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen Washing produce that is not organic Study on washing produce to remove pesticides Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hea

Grateful to have a large bunch of fresh sage! I’m infusing some into butter to make cookies then turning the rest into a tincture. This is my first recording while baking - please let me know if you like it and want to hear more baking episodes! Sage Infused Brown Butter 2 sticks unsalted butter, sliced into chunks 4-5 tablespoons fresh sage leaves, torn into small pieces Heat butter in small saucepan over medium heat until melted. Cook until solids begin to brown about 6 minutes. Stir in sage and cook just until begins to crisp about 30 seconds. Whisk up brown solids and immediately pour into a glass bowl. Chill in refrigerator until just firm about 30 minutes. Sage Butter and Lemon Shortbread recipe here 2 sticks sage infused butter 1/2 cup powdered sugar 2 cups flour, sifted 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Grated lemon zest from one lemon Preheat oven to 300. Combine chilled sage butter and powdered sugar in bowl of electric mixer. Beat on medium high speed until light and creamy about 2 minutes. Add flour,

Beyond culinary herbs, fresh medicinal herbs can be difficult to find. Why bother with fresh herbs? We can feel the vitality of plants through the energetic qualities of fresh herbs. There are many herb farms working extremely hard to supply high quality fresh and dried herbs and it is so good to support them. Mentions: American Botanical Council (ABC) American Herbal Pharmacopoeia (AHP) University of Mississippi’s National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR)   Botanicals Adulterant Prevention Program Summary “Adulteration of Essential Oils” Local Grower Resource from Mountain Rose Herbs Short List of Herb Farms Zack Woods Herb Farm - Vermont Healing Spirits Herb Farm - NY Ancestree Herbals - Washington Barefoot Botanicals - Doylestown PA Gentle Harmony Farm - North Carolina Oshala Farm - Oregon Pacific Botanicals - Oregon   Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments

Bright orange calendula flowers resemble rays of sunshine. As a warming, soothing herbal remedy calendula supports skin health, wound healing and so much more. Sources for Calendula(Calendula officinalis): Fresh Calendula: Local Grower Resource from Mountain Rose Herbs Dried Calendula and Topical Calendula Oil & Salve: Mountain Rose Herbs Frontier Co-op Strictly Medicinal Herbs Herbalist & Alchemist Avena Botanicals Mentions: Juliet Blankespoor and the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine Rosemary Gladstar’s Books Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website a

When we add our individual thoughts and love to the medicine we make the result is powerful. Regardless of level of herbal experience, you are the ultimate medicine maker for those you love. Mentions: Sam Coffman Rosemary Gladstar: Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide Juliet Blankespoor and the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine Daniel Boorstin Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss.  Find her at thecreativeimposter.com. Original music by Dylan Rice --- CONNECT WITH DINA --- Please send me you comments, requests, or feedback.  Send me a message, voice or write an email, my email is dina@theherbalbakeshoppe.com. I look forward to hearing from you! To get herb inspired recipes, plant profiles and read more about herbal medicine, visit my website at: theherbalbakeshoppe.com Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram If you enjoyed this episode, please SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW where ever you like to listen to podcasts! And if you have time, kindly leave me a rating a