Spices are the seeds, bark, buds, roots, fruit, flower parts, or pieces of tasty plants. The seeds make for added texture as well as the flavor. They can be made even more fragrant by toasting the seeds in a dry skillet. Usually you can use a good small coffee grinder, spice grinder, or a traditional ...
Ginger, Zingiber officinale, has been used for 2,000 years to aid digestion and to treat nausea, diarrhea, and flatulence. This is why your mother gave you flat ginger ale when you got a stomach flu. Paired with cooling mint, pungent ginger makes a wonderful tea for a bout of morning sickness or indigestion, or for ...
Catnip isn’t the only herb you can grow for your cat. In this article we’ll learn about 5 easy-to-grow herbs that have been traditionally used to keep cats healthy and happy. With the exception of catnip, all these herbs have medicinal properties for humans, too. Naturally, if your cat shows signs of serious illness, you ...
When I’ve had a particularly stressful day, I often come home and make a cup of caraway tea. Caraway tea! I hear some exclaim. Yes, caraway tea can calm and relax as well as the better known chamomile tea. Caraway is an ancient herb and spice seed that was commonly cultivated and used in Europe ...
Herbs that are used in the Wiccan religion have ruling planets and a ruling element, a gender, and usually an overseeing god or goddess. In all the common kitchen herbs, many are used in different Wiccan ways. Common uses are for spell casting, for incense burning, or for baths and oils (much like aromatherapy). Using ...