Ten Ways To Use Herbs

So you are thinking about getting some valued nutrition and minerals using traditionally renown herbs for their healing wonders?  But just how do you incorporate them into your everyday meals?  Here are ten ideas how:

1. Add To Smoothies

Whether you are buying your herbs in powder form or finely chopped leaves or even the shaving of roots, they make an awesome nutrition addition to your smoothie. Try a little at a time as some herbs will take over the taste of your fruits, while other enhance and complement it. Elderberry is a top favourite for smoothies.

2. Make A Herbal Tea

This is the most common way to use herbal remedies: turn on the kettle, put a stash of your favourite herb in a tea bag or tea ball infuser, bring to the boil for five minutes, and pour into a tea cup waiting with agave syrup and key lime juice.

3. Sprinkle On Salads

A few pinches sprinkled on top of your next salad mix will ensure that you are optimising the nutrition of your dish. Root barks are less suited for this, unless you further grind them to smaller pieces; the taste of root barks are typcially very sharp also, so you may want to consider the powders and leafs instead.

4. Add To Dishes

Much of the herbs used to healing and health are also able to be used to flavaour and season. Sage and thyme, for example, are popular kitchen must-haves, but they are also part of a Herbalist’s stock for treating ailments.

5. Drop Some In Soups

Heating your herb will not deteriorate it’s mineral value, so adding to your soup dish is a really good way to get the family eating ultra-healthily without them even knowing.

6. Infuse Your Spring Water

Natural spring water is already punching with minerals, but adding some burdock root shavings or sarsaparilla, for example, makes it a therapeutic drink.  Let your herb sit in your water for a few hours (best overnight), before drinking at room temperature.

7. Make A Face Mask

After soaking overnight and blending, irish moss (also known as seamoss) gel makes an excellent facial mask to remove impurities and bring back elasticity to your skin. Another herb which makes a good mud mask for your face by just adding water is bladderwrack powder.  Mix in warm water and apply to your face.  Rinse away after it is dried.

8. Make A Poultice

Making a poultice is very similar to making a facial mask.  Just mix your powdered herb or leafs into a thick paste and apply to your skin. Herbs used internally are typically also great for the skin.

9. Eat It Raw

Just get straight to the point.  Go on and get your munch on.  Heap a teaspoonful of dandelion leaf, for example, and savour the natural wonder of your herb right on your tongue for a taste sensation.

10. Freeze It

Did you know that freezing your herb is the most effective way of ensuring there is no diminished flavour up to two years? This method only beats storing it in a glass jar for easy access re-use. Once removed from the freezer and thawed, however, your herb is not suited for re-freezing.

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