An Herbal Diary: Culinary Herbalism | Medicine Recipes

Exploring herbal tea blends - delicious, healing, versatile in the kitchen Refreshing Herbal Tea Blend HIbiscus (HIbiscus sabdariffa) - 1½ part Lemongrass (Cymbopobon citratus) - 1 part Violet leaf (Viola sororia) - 1 part Ginger (Zingiber officinalis) - ¼ part To Brew: Combine 2 teaspoons dried herbs with 12 ounces hot water, steep 25 minutes. Herbal Tea Smoothie 10 ounces brewed herbal tea 1 frozen banana 6 strawberries (or any other fruit) ¼ cup almond milk (substitute coconut milk or any other milk) 3-5 iced cubes Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Herbalist Mentions: Andrew Appello William LeSassier Susun Weed David Winston 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

Excess heat, whether from summer or internal energetic influences, can be completely uncomfortable and create tension and pain. In this episode, I talk about the natural element of fire and how cooling herbs can be a rescue when it is out of balance in our lives. Herb Sources Zack Woods Farm Companion Plants Many apologies for the sound quality of this episode! I had some inside challenges and at the last minute recorded outside. I hope the birds and construction noises are not annoying and distracting xoxo 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 thi

Flowers have the ability to deepen our personal experience with herbalism. Flower essences extract energetic elements of a plant and gently nudge our spiritual growth. Join me in my garden to prepare a flower essence with yarrow blossoms. Flower essence extract preparation Steps: Infuse flower blooms in spring water in sunlight or moonlight Strain flower essence water and dilute 50/50 with alcohol to make a Mother Essence Dilute once again by mixing 50/50 water and brandy and add 1-7 drops of Mother Essence Source for glass bottles: Specialty Bottle Mentions: Asia Suler - One Willow Apothecaries Bach Flower Remedies Sajah Popham - School of Evolutionary Herbalism 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

I’m talking all about bitters and how we can put our taste buds in rehab with dandelion green pesto. Dandelion Green Pesto Recipe: get the recipe HERE (adapted from Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking and Deb Soule’s How to Move Like a Gardener) 2 1/2 cups fresh partially chopped dandelion greens 1/4 cup basil leaves 1/4 cup cilantro leaves 2-4 cloves garlic 2 tablespoons walnuts 2 tablespoons pine nuts 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup olive oil ⅓ cup Romano cheese, grated 4 tablespoons butter, softened to room temperature Blend all together in food processor until smooth. Stir in cheese and butter by hand. Sources for bitter formula tinctures: Herbalist & Alchemist Urban Moonshine Herbal Revolution Mentions: Herbalist Training - David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies Grubb Street articles 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.

Herbal actions put a name to a plant’s primarily performance in our body. I’m organizing my herbal pantry into actions and talking in detail about alterative herbs. This category of herbal actions may be the support our bodies need for healthy metabolism. Mentions: Alterative Herbs Eclectic Medicine Jim McDonald, herbcraft.org Calendula infusion: 2 tablespoons dried calendula flowers & 12 ounces hot water; infuse for 20 minutes; strain Sources for dried calendula: Rosemary’s Garden Starwest Botanicals 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 t

Materia Medica translates to materials of medicine. Our material today is burdock. I’m also talking about how a plant’s healing abilities reach beyond the physical into our heart and spirit. You can find the full nettle profile HERE but here’s a quick episode recap: * emotional and spiritual qualities of burdock * considerations for growing burdock for food and medicine * energetics and actions * using burdock in cooking * herbal burdock preparations * specific indications for burdock as medicines Mentions: Sajah Popham The School of Evolutionary Herbalism Stephen Harrod Buhner The Institute of Gaian Studies Matthew Wood’s Institute of Herbalism 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

Digestion is foundational to our health and well-being. Today we focus on herbal roots that provide inulin. This prebiotic is vital to keeping the friendly microbes in our body happy as well as our digestion. And then I’m back in the kitchen to make super easy electuaries with powdered roots.

Savory herbal decoctions second as broth, a vegetarian counterpart to bone broth. In contrast this herbal broth makes a lighter spring summer version. This is my spring cleanse, metabolic tonic with added immune strengthening capability.  And so simple to make.

Materia Medica is a fancy way of telling a plant’s story and the herbal monograph documents it in an organized way. In this episode I share my own monograph on nettle.

Welcome to my backyard.. I’m talking nature awareness, plant people, growing and gathering nettle. ☀️ Pardon the contractor noise. Nettle Gathering Outfit: gardening gloves, long sleeves, long pants Favorite Garden Gloves

Nettle will never be the new kale unless we negotiate its sting. We delve deep into the why of nettle sting, how it feels, then diffuse it by turning fresh to dried. Recipe: Nette-infused hot cocoa

Wondering how to use stinging nettles without suffering a sting? In today’s kitchen medicine making venture we embrace dried nettles - sting deactivated - infusing them into vinegar. The result: a vitamin and mineral packed ingredient for your herbal pantry.

Materia Medica is a fancy way of telling a plant’s story and the herbal monograph documents it in an organized way. In this episode I share my own monograph on roses.

On today’s episode of An Herbal Diary, our exploration of rose petals continues in the kitchen. Dina prepares a rose honey syrup that inspires all kinds of heart happy ideas for rose medicines.

Big love to you! On today’s episode of An Herbal Diary we’re talking about stocking a kitchen medicine cabinet. There are a few first steps  to organizing it. Dina lists kitchen equipment to stock as well as introduces you to a first herb - rose - a true treasure and perfect way to start a pantry. Kitchen Medicine Cabinet equipment (suggestions only ⚖️) * stainless steel pots with lids * double boiler * coffee grinder * blender or food processor * hand strainer with cheesecloth to line * glass measuring cups - 1, 2 and 4 cup * digital kitchen scale * measuring spoons and scoops * Mason jars - 8oz, 16oz, 32oz * glass jars (amber colored) * French coffee press for teas Sources: Dried Rose Petals Rose Water Recipe for Rose Honey Chocolate Sauce  Mentions: NYT Dorie Greenspan column “On Dessert” 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

Big love to you! Dina invites you into her kitchen for a discussion on herbal tea preparation. Pull up a stool, come sit and enjoy! Get the recipe from this episode Herbal Tea Blend

Big love to you! On this first episode of An Herbal Diary, I share my vision and purpose for the podcast and tell you a bit about myself. I invite you to join me on this journey into the plant world. Please SHARE this episode with someone who may also be fascinated by herbal medicine. Help me to spread my passion for kitchen medicine and make everyone’s home a place of herbal wisdom.