Feeling under the weather? Try Slippery Elm Gruel! It is easy to digest on those days when it is hard to keep anything down. It will help give you the energy that you need to heal and strengthen your body and mind. Teething babies love Slippery Elm gruel, too! It is sweet and easy to [...]

Slippery Elm Lozenges! With just a few ingredients and a few hours or less, these wonderfully soothing lozenges would be ready to melt in your mouth! Slippery Elm Lozenges are healing and taste great! Slippery Elm is naturally sweet. Children love cough drops. What better way to teach our children to care for themselves than through [...]

We are excited to be sharing a new recipe with you today! We hope that you have been enjoying the Slippery Elm Pudding and the Slippery Elm Vinegar! Unlike the pudding and the vinegar, the Slippery Elm Soothing Salve is only used externally. The salve helps to treat infected or irritated wounds by drawing out [...]

Today, we will be sharing with you our recipe for Slippery Elm Vinegar! The vinegar can be used internally, as well as externally. Internally, Slippery Elm Vinegar can help with some digestive issues. If you or someone you care about commonly experience indigestion after meals, try taking some vinegar before sitting down to eat. Externally, [...]

What if pudding was actually good for you? Today, we are sharing our recipe for a pudding made with Slippery Elm! Kristine has perfected a yummy and nutritious treat. The pudding is a great way to introduce children to this delicious and healing plant.  They will be asking for more! Slippery Elm has been used to [...]

Winter. It seems like a time when more often than not we or people that we know come down with a cold, sore throat, cough, or other respiratory illness. Onion helps soothe the throat with its anti-inflammatory and expectorant qualities. Today, we will be making some Onion Syrup. Turn to page 24 for the recipe [...]

We hope that you have been saving your Onion skins! Today, we will be using them to dye fabric. The red and yellow Onion skins bring the most color! Remember to separate your skins, if they are together. Turn to page 28 for the supply list. We have included additional instructions and tips on page [...]

Good morning! We are looking forward to sharing one of our favorite recipes with you today. Onion Vinegar can be used as an ingredient in salad dressings. It adds flavor to vegetables and legumes, as well. However you choose to use it, we hope that you enjoy making Onion Vinegar with your valentines. Turn to [...]

Did you know that Onion is a natural antibiotic? Onion has many qualities as not only a nutritional herb, but a medicinal one as well. Onion is antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic. It can be used as an analgesic, antiseptic, diaphoretic, expectorant, diuretic, and stimulant among others. Today, we are sharing a recipe for an Onion [...]

Start saving your onion skins! In a couple of weeks, we will use them for an activity that is full of color!   You can get your own copy of this month’s issue of “Honorable Onion” right here: Or, you can subscribe for an entire year of Herbal Roots zine for just $47. Not ready to [...]