Posts Tagged "green living"

Creamy Cauliflower Soup

Looking for an easy and delicious winter soup recipe (and who isn’t)?  Then keep reading!  This creamy cauliflower soup is our new family favorite since the day the farm share graced us with yet another head of cauliflower to add to an already abundant collection, inspiring some extra creativity in the kitchen.

Plastic-Free February, Join the Challenge

It’s not too late to take the Plastic-Free February Challenge!  At Eco-Herbalista, we trend toward plastic-free living pretty much all the time.  So when we learned of Rodale’s Plastic Free February Challenge it was a no-brainer – or so we thought. Turns out we can all use a little reminder that life without plastic is Read more…

Savory Ginger Carrot Soup

This savory soup combines root vegetable favorites as the perfect antidote to that harsh winter chill.  It’s easy to make and just loaded with vitamins and beta-carotene.   The ginger root, an anti-viral herb, serves as a natural cold and flu remedy, plus it boosts circulation for warming up on those cold winter nights.

Oregon’s Wild Harvest for Natural Cold Remedies

Here in Santa Cruz, cold and flu season is still going strong despite our recent spell of gorgeous weather.  And while it’s fun to hear about all the great natural beauty products out there, it’s hard to look good if you don’t feel good, no matter which products you’re using.

Asian Peanut Slaw

Our dear friend Isabelle turned a fabulous 40 this weekend!  Old friends and new gathered outdoors under serenely sun-dappled redwoods to share homemade treats and lively conversation intermingled with an occasional stroll to the nearby creek to skip stones. 

Avocado, Beet and Citrus Salad

Life is dry in winter – air, hair, skin…all the things that generally benefit from a bit of moisture.  At Eco-Herbalista we never forget that you are what you eat,  which renders rich, ripe avocado a regular winter nosh.

January Clutter Clearance, Tips for Happier Living

Most people I know have too much stuff.  Including me!  This is not an isolated judgment on my part, but a simple fact gleaned from cranky quips about how great it would be to get organized, as though it’s an unattainable aspiration. Yet here we are again, back at the hugely popular January clearance sales, Read more…

Coffee a GoGo & Fair Trade to Boot!

I am slave to a bean – or quite a few beans as it were.   Yes, I’m a self-professed coffee addict (I figure there are worse things).  But in defense, I always buy Fair Trade, and I’m never without my reusable travel mug.

Lemon Kale Avocado Salad

The final adieu to 2010 means many things to many people – as unique as each snowflake on the winter white sky.  Yet one thing we all have in common is thoughts to the year ahead – what to keep, what to move on from, lessons learned.  New Year’s resolutions are taking form, many with Read more…

Savory Cranberry Chutney

Home-made specialty foods are always  a wonderful gift, the challenge is finding the time to make them!  Martha Stewart’s tantalizing Cranberry Chutney is quick to prepare and easy enough for my 8-year-old to make (literally!)