Old world tonic with a twist

Pumpkin is super healthy but how we often eat it isn’t. It is rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that give extra benefits to the eyes, heart and skin,

Here is a recipe that uses pumpkin from scratch to make a savory and lightly, honey sweetened galette. My brother grows pumpkins for us every year and he love to mix it up. I’m always game to try the different varieties he has grown each autumn. This year we roasted a Candy Roaster Squash but also love to use Hubbard.

Also known as… empanadas, pasties, samoas… delicious, simple and versatile!

An autumn tradition and celebration.

Some days, I’m not excited about cooking an elaborate meal. Or, I just can’t find the time before everyone in my family is hangry. One of my favorite solutions for this, is to have a variety of delicious, homemade sauces on hand. They can be dipped with bread or crackers, spread over simple steamed veggies or baked with a chicken breast. They are easy and add a bright, fresh pop to our meals on the fly.

Making sweet medicine using with the holy plant of the mountains.

Cinnamon…

is a warming tonic herb, circulatory stimulant and a digestive carminative. Cinnamon is an antioxidant, anti viral, anti bacterial and anti fungal so it assists in the transition period to a colder season and fights off infections that may arise in the cooler temperatures.

We love to grow our own carrots; it’s simple and easy. No matter how many times we harvest, the kids always get surprised to see an orange, purple or golden carrot emerge from the dirt. Fresh, home-grown carrots have a vastly different aroma and taste than the bulk bags we can buy from the store. They have an earthy, aromatic smell with a much crisper and sweeter bite. Truly, this is one of the simplest yet most elegant recipes that feels like a celebration of Autumn.

Simple, wildcrafted and packed with health benefits.

This is traditionally an Italian Easter Bread. If you’ve been wanting to dip your toes into bread baking, this is a great place to start. It's an easy sweet bread and with a beautiful and unique result.

Beneficial herbs for springtime: Nettle, Dandelion, Turmeric & Rosemary.

Spring treats to make with children!

Do your kids love smashing, bashing and ripping up whatever they can get their hands on as much as mine? Would you love a hand-crafted, beautifully wholesome meal? Then hand-making ravioli is just the type of playful, cooking to sustain your whole family.

If there is an herb that is most loved and valued across all of time and geography, it might be rose. Roses have been valued for their beauty, fragrance, and health benefits for hundreds of years.

For a long time I’ve been interested in having a relationship with the plants that grow in the ground. It started off as wanting to deepen my understanding in relationship to the food that we put into our bodies.

Drinking plantain in tea form can be helpful for inflammation in the respiratory tract, digestive tract, reproductive tract, and urinary tract. Read more about the array of benefits here.

You can imagine it as a wild spinach. It’s taste is a unique one among the wild plants, as it tends towards a salty flavor - a rare treat. The leaves, stems, even flowers are edible raw or cooked. Read more about the rich herbal properties of this plant here…