What could be better than homemade cookies? How about homemade cookies jazzed up with dandelion petals? Dandelions, aka Taraxacum officinale, are sadly considered by many to be only an annoying weed to be eradicated from the lawn. Those in the know understand that dandelions – from the top of the flowers all the way down …
Summer’s heating up, and that calls for drastic measures. Like popsicles. Not just any popsicles, though – ditch the store bought options for a nutritious homemade ice pop infused with rose hips and chamomile. Rose hips (Rosa spp.) are the fruit of the rose plant that develop as the flowers drop off for the season. …
Here at Huckleberry Mountain Botanicals, Thursday is our “Friday,” and you all know what that means… it’s time for another herbal cocktail recipe! Continuing our “what the heck do I do with all this rhubarb” series, join us as we mix up a rhubarb-basil cocktail. The tartness of the rhubarb plays nicely with the bright …
Stressed out? Looking for a midday pick-me-up that’s a great source of sustainable energy and won’t cause you to crash later? Maca root, aka Peruvian ginseng, belongs to the brassica (mustard) family and acts as an adaptogen, helping the body to cope with physical and mental stress and bringing the body back into balance. Keep …
Nothing is quite a refreshing as the smell and taste of fresh cucumber… except maybe the smell and taste of cucumber paired with mint! Throw them together with a little sparkling white wine and and you’ve got yourself the perfect, fizzy summer treat! Keep reading to learn how to make a cucumber-mint wine spritzer that …
Do you have a backyard full of rhubarb and no clue what to do with it? Rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum) is a member of the buckwheat family, and is not related to celery, despite obvious similarities in the edible stalks. It’s also one of the few perennial vegetables, meaning that once established, it will come back …
Have you ever had one of those panic moments when you had made plans for dinner only to realize you forgot to purchase a pretty important part of the recipe? That’s what happened to Linde last night. She had taken out a large package of our pasture-raised pork ribs with the plan to pour barbecue …
