We host a lot of holiday meals and gatherings at our home. There are so many things we love about dining with some of our favorite humans in our humble home, but the part I love most is feeding colorful and creative foods to family and friends. This year, I wanted to try adding a little more pizzazz to my classic Brussels sprouts recipe. While a familiar recipe can feel like a welcome tradition, I love finding small ways to make it feel new. This recipe adds more color, contrasting textures, and seasonal flavor without making the preparation much more involved.

I love a crisp, refreshing glass of kombucha! I've been making my own kombucha on and off for about 6 years now and have experimented with lots of different teas and flavors over that time. This fall, I took to my kitchen to craft a festive pear, cardamom, and ginger kombucha using US grown yaupon. The results were beyond my expectations and most definitely worthy of sharing with you all!

Between my love for recipe development, costume design, and just about any crafty project I can get my claws on, Halloween is my favorite time of year to let the creative goblin in me run rampant. From sewing projects on the floor, bubbling pots on the stove, and as many fabric scraps as food scraps scattered across every available surface, my house transforms into somewhat of an oddities emporium by the end of October. One of my favorite ways to make a mess in the name of Halloween spirit is giving everyday recipes a twisted little makeover, and these Super Greens Goblin Bites are the perfect thing to keep me going in between all my cooking andcrafting.

As a person who tries to reduce single-use plastics in my home, learning how to make my own dish soap bars has been a game changer for my family!  Not only do they work incredibly well, but these DIY soap bars can be tailored with scents of the seasons. Plus, crafting cold process soap is a really empowering skill to know, and they make incredible DIY gifts!

I’m not ashamed to admit that when I buy a bunch of bananas, it is most certainly not with the intention of eating them straight away. It is to watch them slowly turn unsightly on my kitchen counter until they reach that deeply questionable stage of overripe perfection and are ready to be turned into one of man’s greatest creations: banana bread. The only peel I tend to slip on with this otherwise foolproof system is that I usually end up with one or two extra bananas that my go-to banana bread recipe doesn’t call for.This is where banana bread granola comes in, which has quickly become another go-to recipe that lets me utilize each and every banana from the bunch.

Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis), also called schizandra, magnolia berry, Wǔ Wèi Zi, or five-flavor fruit, is a powerful botanical ally to add to your personal Materia medica. In this monograph, we will uncover the botany, history, and uses of this plant, along with a flavorful mocktail recipe to help you develop a deeper relationship with schisandra.

Homemade perfumes are wonderful for a myriad of reasons. From the ability to try new things without an enormous price tag to the pleasure of crafting something both beautiful and useful, perfume making is a pastime that I’ve grown to truly love. I custom tailor fragrances to match my mood or emotional needs or to harness the energetics of certain plants. But I also have a fondness for crafting blends that match the seasons.

It is said that no two junipers are the same; each twisted trunk is as uniquely identifiable as a person's face. The tree’s structural differences vary based on where they grow, the climatic changes it experiences throughout its life, among other variables. Some turn toward other trees, and some turn away. Some have split trunks and grow up and around boulders, while others twist so severely that they turn back down on themselves and creep along the ground. They remind me of a fingerprint whorl with endless unique loops and personalities.