Swirled Peppermint Brittle makes about 1 ½ pounds of candy
No Christmas Season is complete without Candy Canes or Peppermint Candy! This is a delicious variation to add to your Christmas baking, and a great way to use up extra candy canes after Christmas for New Year’s celebrations. You may wish to double the recipe to [...]
Making your own specialty Healing Herbal Lip Balms as thoughtful gifts for holidays, birthdays, or just to keep the winter wind’s damage at bay is surprisingly easy and inexpensive. They are soothing, fragrant, and healing when using fresh organic herbs, not to mention also being eye-appealing when packaged in small plastic containers that are available [...]
There are basically three methods of preparing Herbal Baths.
For an Infusion: Pour 1 quart of boiling water over ¼ cup of herbs, and steep for 30 minutes. Strain the herbal water, then add it to your bathwater.
For a Decoction: Combine 1 part of your herb mixture into 4 parts water, and boil it together [...]
Herbal Love Pillow—It has long been rumored that if you wish to dream of the one you love and will eventually marry, to place a piece of wedding cake under your pillow at night. The resulting dream that night, is said to be an accurate depiction of your married life. An easier way to induce [...]
Soothing Herbs for a Restful Night’s Sleep
Hop pillows have long been known for their sleep-inducing properties, but more conventional modern herbal mixtures are just as effective and can also be used to give a general pleasing fragrance to a room. This mixture is a useful basic recipe, but any dried herbs of your choice can [...]
An Herbal Pillow to Soothe the Nerves and Quieten the Brain Woodruff produces the sweet scent of hay when it is dry, and is therefore very pleasing and relaxing to the nerves. Both peppermint and chamomile are relaxing scents that are fresh, clean and calming. This is also an excellent sachet to soothe nervous tension [...]
