Fermented elderberry honey is a tasty way to boost your immune system. This herbal remedy is perfect for making when elderberries are ripe in the fall and is super simple to throw together. I never go a cold and flu season without this in my herbal apothecary! I want to make all elderberry recipes when…
Herbal Infusions
Browse through our herbal infusion recipes using botanicals, herbs, spices, and more to find your next herbal creation!
Whether you'd like to make nourishing herbal tea, infused vinegar, or alcohol, such as Infused Winter Gin and Elderberry Echinacea Tincture, infused honey, like Fermented Honey Garlic, or herbal infused oils for natural skin care or to make CBD Infused Oil, we have many recipes to inspire you.
Elderflower Liqueur Recipe: Homemade St. Germain
Elderflower season is an exciting but short lived time. Every year I try to find some way to preserve the elderflower harvest so that I can enjoy them for a longer period of time. I’ve been wanting to try making elderflower liqueur (also known as St. Germain) for some time now. This year the local…
White Clover Iced Tea (recipe + uses)
White clover is almost ubiquitous in lawns and backyards, but most people don’t know that it’s both edible and medicinal. Red clover is known for having amazing medicinal benefits, but white clover is more readily available and is useful in its own right. One of the most simple and delicious ways to use the sweet…
Raspberry Mint Infused Wine
As many of you know by now, making my own homebrew, specifically mead (honey wine), is one of my favorite things to do. I also love infusing flavors into different mediums, including alcohol. When I don’t have the time to brew up some wine or mead, I like to make an infused wine to extract…
Wild Violet Flower Infused Vinegar
When your yard is full of wild violet flowers in the spring, pick a handful and make this wild violet infused vinegar! This gorgeous purple wild violet flower infused vinegar is perfect to use in salad dressings, drinks, and medicinally as well. Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal…
Wildflower Herbal Infusion Tea
I love cooking with foraged ingredients, but I especially love it when I can do something fun with wildflowers (wildflower mead, anyone?)Â While the season for fresh wildflowers is generally pretty short, they are easy to dry on a drying screen and store for use throughout the year. Dried edible flowers are perfect for using…
Dandelion Root Bitters: Homemade Herbal Bitters Recipe
Dandelion root bitters is an easy infusion to make at home. Bitter herbs are useful in digestion, and are perfect in an aperitif cocktail. They increase the digestibility of food and are calming to the nervous system. Bonus – they are delicious in cocktail form! Learn how to make herbal dandelion root bitters. Wildcrafting Weeds…
Conifer Infused Vodka for Winter Cocktails
Go foraging for fresh conifer needles, then make this refreshing conifer needle infused vodka! You can use any edible conifer needles – there are many, such as pine, spruce, fir, redwood, or hemlock. This foraged winter vodka is a lovely winter treat! Conifers for Cocktail Making When the cold weather comes, there isn’t anything better…
How to Make Fire Cider for Immune Support
Fire cider is an immune boosting healthy tonic that is super easy to make! It’s great for boosting immunity, improving circulation, and combating a cold. Learn how to make fire cider with this simple recipe. Fire Cider History The term “fire cider” was first coined by Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and author of the books Medicinal…
How to Make a Tincture: Elderberry & Echinacea
Making homemade herbal medicine is so empowering. For each project I do, by the end all I want is to learn more. I have always wanted to learn how to make a tincture, but figured that it was difficult. As it turns out, it’s actually quite easy! Elderberry and echinacea tinctures are simple to make…