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Dahlia and lemon thyme cough syrup combines the soothing properties of raw honey with the health benefits of dahlia petals, lemon thyme, cinnamon, and ginger. It’s a perfect remedy for calming coughs and soothing sore throats.
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Looking to add a unique twist to your culinary repertoire? Try this unexpectedly delicious appetizer or side dish – batter fried hosta shoots – that will surprise your taste buds!
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Who doesn’t love mocha – that delicious blend of chocolate and coffee? This dandelion hot chocolate is a wonderful twist using roasted dandelion root coffee to make a healthy herbal hot chocolate beverage. Top it with my maple whipped cream and sit back and relax. Best of all, no one will know it’s not “real” coffee.
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Chickweed is a wonderful herbal “weed” to forage, and is both edible and medicinal. Be sure to try this chickweed salve recipe – it’s easy to make and is great for itchy skin and all types of skin irritation.
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Low Carb Zuppa Toscana is an amazingly delicious soup. Since I love all things foraged, I created this soup with stinging nettle instead of spinach or kale. But yes, you can use either of those if you can’t find nettle.
I highly recommend using sausage from pastured pork, grass-fed butter, and organic vegetables in the recipe. With the wild foraged stinging nettle, it will certainly be a nutrient dense meal.
Stinging nettle, or Urticia dioica, is a flowering perennial that loves rich soil and partial shade and gets its common name from the sharp hairs that sting when touched. I love to forage and use stinging nettle and most often find it growing along moist, forest trails.
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