An Herbal Diary

Herbal tinctures are welcome and sustainable additions to your kitchen medicine cabinet - whether homemade or purchased. And they are so easy to prepare. Join me to delve into the basics of herbal extractions.

Herbal Tincture Weight to Volume Ratios

Fresh Herbs 1:2 (1 part herb to 2 parts menstruum)

Dried Herbs 1:4 or 1:5 (1 part herb to 4 or 5 parts menstruum)

Supplies:

Organic High Proof Neutral Alcohol Spirits

Tincture Storage Bottles

Mentions:

Michael Moore’s Herbal Tinctures in Clinical Practice

Herbalist & Alchemist

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters and one son all now in college. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.

Herbal tinctures are welcome and sustainable additions to your kitchen medicine cabinet - whether homemade or purchased. And they are so easy to prepare. Join me to delve into the basics of herbal extractions.

Herbal Tincture Weight to Volume Ratios

Fresh Herbs 1:2 (1 part herb to 2 parts menstruum)

Dried Herbs 1:4 or 1:5 (1 part herb to 4 or 5 parts menstruum)

Supplies:

Organic High Proof Neutral Alcohol Spirits

Tincture Storage Bottles

Mentions:

Michael Moore’s Herbal Tinctures in Clinical Practice

Herbalist & Alchemist

CONNECT WITH DINA

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Together we can transform our kitchens into a unique apothecary.**

---Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss. Find her at thecreativeimposter.com.

Original music by Dylan Rice

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters and one son all now in college. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.

Astragalus is one of the premier immune system nourishing and strengthening herbal medicines. The best way to use an immune system tonifying herb like astragalus is to begin taking it when you are not sick, beginning about six weeks prior to the height of cold and flu season. It’s ideal for incorporating into cooking on a daily basis. In this episode, I share a recipe for creamy chocolate nut truffles with a big dose of astragalus powder as an ingredient.

Ingredients for Creamy Chocolate Nut Astragalus Truffles

½ cup figs, chopped, 1 cup almonds, ½ cup cashews, 3 TBS cocoa powder (additional cocoa powder for coating), 3TBS honey, 2TBS astragalus powder, 1tsp vanilla extract, 1tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp ginger, pinch of salt

Preparation Instructions:

Soak figs in hot water for 30 minutes, then drain. Add both nuts to the food processor, process until forms a nut butter paste, about 2-3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and process again until blended to a smooth consistency. Chill for 1-2 hours, then roll 1tsp batter into truffle balls, then coat with additional cocoa powder, coconut or chopped nuts.

Mentions:

Astragalus root and powder, Mountain Rose Herbs

Aphrodite Aroma Spray from Mountain Rose Herbs

Herbalist & Alchemist Astragalus Tincture

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Lovely red clover may be a weedy and grow wild, but it is not to be overlooked as a medicinal herb. This full monograph delves into all of its nuances from garden friend to delicious tea to profound remedy.

Mentions:

Mypronouns.org

Strictly Medicinal Seeds

David Winston’s Alterative Formula from Herbalist & Alchemist

Celebrated Herbalists:

David Winston

Michael Moore

David Hoffmann

Matthew Wood

Red Clover Fritter Batter Recipe:

- 1 Cup Flour

- 1 Tsp baking powder

- 2 Tbsp vanilla extract

- 1 Egg

- ¼ Cup melted butter

- ¾ Cup milk

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Original music by Dylan Rice

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We are forever learning the role of plant compounds in our bodies, especially those with complexity like isoflavones and phytoestrogens. Red clover and traditional whole soy foods are sources of these phytochemicals. In this episode, my goal is to reframe some of the controversies.

Sources for Red Clover Dried or Tincture:

Avena Botanicals

Mountain Rose Herbs

Herbalist & Alchemist

Mentions:

Aviva Romm MD: Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health

Ellen Evert Hopman

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Original music by Dylan Rice

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I can not yet serve you a latte through your podcast app even though I wish that I could. Maybe someday that will happen. For now, here is a pop-up recipe offering, to make dandelion root vanilla latte homemade. I hope you enjoy!

Dandelion Root Latte with Vanilla Syrup

8 ounces roasted dandelion root tea

2 teaspoons vanilla syrup

¼ cup milk (whole, any nut milk, coconut or organic unsweetened soy)

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan, heat on low setting to warm.

Pour warm mixture into a blender and blend for 30-45 seconds until frothy.

Pour into mug or over ice. Enjoy!

To decoct dandelion root for tea:

Combine 2 teaspoons dandelion root powder & 12 ounces water in small saucepan

Heat to simmer, cover, simmer for 10 minutes, remove from heat, steep 40 minutes

Strain

To prepare vanilla syrup:

Heat ¾ cup water in small saucepan, add ½ cup sugar, stir until dissolved.

Add ½ whole, split vanilla bean, cover, steep for 20 minutes.

Store in refrigerator

Mentions:

Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage

Dandelion Root cut or powdered

Heilala Vanilla Syrup

Vanilla monograph from King’s American Dispensatory 1898

The Trees on the Mountain from Susannah, Carlyle Floyd composer

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Original music by Dylan Rice

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An installment in my continued commitment to not waste the abundant and aggressive nettle crop I have growing in my yard. These green sauces are an embrace of life for me, a pathway to the things that I love: recipe collecting, discovery of brilliant herbal use and reason to shop for interesting ingredients, green or otherwise. Please come along and sauce with me.

To Blanch Nettle/Remove the Sting:

Use tongs or gloves to handle prior to blanching

Heat a small amount of water in a large pot

Plunge nettle leaf into hot water or place in a steamer basket

Boil for 3-7 minutes until just wilted

Refresh with cold water or in a bowl of iced water

For Nettle Salsa Verde:

6-7 tomatillos, remove husks, scrub under water

4 cups nettle leaf (1/3 pound, blanched

1 sweet onion, peeled and quartered.

2-3 Serrano chilis

4 cloves garlic, peeled

12 to 15 sprigs of cilantro

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 tsp salt or to taste

find preparation instructions here

For Nettle Pesto:

3 cups nettle leaves, blanched

1/4 cup fresh mint leaves

1 clove garlic, chopped into pieces

1/2 cup pine nuts which you can toast a bit or you don’t have to

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1/3 cup olive oil

1/4 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

2-3 tablespoons softened butter

salt and pepper to taste

Find preparation instructions here

Mentions:

Mediterranean Grains and Greens by Paula Wolfert

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Original music by Dylan Rice

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Materia medica tells a plant’s story. Please join me to explore and appreciate one of the herbalism sweethearts, a far cry from bothersome weed. I hope by the end you will love dandelion and never want to spray it with chemicals again.

Taraxacum officinale = Dandelion: leaf, root, flower, stem

Photos of Tarasque in Tarascon, France

Sources for Dandelion:

Black Locust Gardens - fresh

Oshala Farm - dried

White PIne Community Farm - dried

Mountain Rose Herbs - dried leaf, root, roasted root, extracts, powder, capsules

Herbalist & Alchemist - leaf extract, root extract, glycerite

Dandelion Wine

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters in college and a 17 year old son finishing up high school. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.

Can we refashion the reputation of weeds? With many negative connotations surrounding weeds it’s hard to switch their image to foods and herbal medicines to love. We may call them edible weeds or wild foods, but I would love to change the name. I’m working on my own relationship with weeds by getting to know lamb’s quarters.

Mentions:

Edible Weeds

Online Foraging Course from the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine

Lamb’s quarters photos

Book mentions:

Fasting and Feasting, The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray by Adam Federman

Honey from a Weed, Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades and Apulia

by Patience Gray

Plats du Jour by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd

Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss. Find her at thecreativeimposter.com.

Original music by Dylan Rice

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters in college and a 17 year old son finishing up high school. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.

Popping up here to offer you tea, through recipes instead of actually serving it. I promise for the time it takes to wait in line or sit in the drive thru, you can make your own chai, tweak it to how you like it and best of all experience some good medicine.

Recipe for Masala Chai

4 whole cloves

1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, that I’ve cut into thin slices

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

4 or 5 grinds of pepper

1 ½ teaspoon loose leaf black tea

1 ¾ cup water

½ teaspoon honey

¼ cup organic milk (whole milk, soy milk, oat milk, nut milk or coconut milk)

Combine spices together in a small saucepan and add 1 3/4 cup or 14 ounces water.Bring to a gentle boil over medium low heat covered with lid slightly open. Simmer 20 minutes. Turn off heat, add 1 1/2 teaspoon loose leaf black tea. Cover with the lid tight, steep 10 minutes. Strain. Pour tea back into saucepan. Add honey and milk. Bring back to simmer and allow film ot form on top. Stir before drinking.

Ingredient Sources

Dona Chai Concentrate

Classic Chai from Mountain Rose Herbs

Oregon’s Wild Harvest

Deepest gratitude to Andrea Klunder, my podcast boss. Find her at thecreativeimposter.com.

Original music by Dylan Rice

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Dina Ranade is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist. She is also a mom of three - two daughters in college and a 17 year old son finishing up high school. Dina loves cooking for her family despite the challenges that this creates. She passionately loves exploring culinary herbalism and has been working on stocking her home kitchen apothecary or medicine cabinet.