Vibrant Botanicals: Transformational Recipes Using Adaptogens and Other Healing Herbs is my newest cookbook. It intertwines medicinal herbs and nourishing foods in easy, but exquisite recipes that will help you have more energy, boost immunity, support digestion, and get a better night's sleep.
This book demystifies herbs with over 70 recipes and 40 herbal profiles. Practical tips, and approachable recipes empower you to bring herbs to the table every day. Order today
What's in it?
- How to use herbs safely (even if you're pregnant or nursing)
- Using herbs in the kitchen for flavor-forward meals
- Over 70 herbal recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert + more
- Profiles that cover the medicinal benefits of over 40 herbs
- Recipes for popular herbal remedies such as Fire Cider, Elderberry Syrup, Digestive Bitters, and nourishing infusions
- Gorgeous, vibrant photos
About Vibrant Botanicals
When used properly, plants provide a wealth of healing powers. Adaptogens (plant extracts that help the body adapt to stress) and herbs are some of the most potent sources of such energy and immunity—plus they have a host of additional health benefits.
Cookbook author and blogger Jennifer McGruther of Nourished Kitchen expertly guides readers through the properties of herbal energetics and how to gain the most from these dynamic sources. Jennifer explains each function and application, and how to extract their benefits into tinctures, infused oils, teas and tisanes, vinegars, and more. And while store-bought adaptogenic powders and elixirs from popular retailers may be a hefty investment, Jennifer’s creations cost only a few dollars to make at home.
Vibrant Botanicals provides more than 70 recipes for helping you feel your best when using herbal infusions. You’ll discover how cacao and licorice naturally awaken the body and can be incorporated into granolas, beverages, and breakfasts to jump-start your day. Garlic, astragalus, reishi, and more are showcased in homemade broth and fire cider to help build immunity; while passionflower, ashwagandha, and chamomile are mixed into creamy milk blends and teas to ensure peaceful sleep.
Whether you are looking to fortify digestion, lift your spirits, or just enjoy a good night’s rest, Vibrant Botanicals provides the natural solution, through nourishing and herbal-rich recipes.
Lemongrass Turkey Bowls, page 235 Sage Herbal Profile,
page 84
Breakfast Salad with Lox and Herbs, page 58
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Vibrant Botanicals releases on April 20, 2021. Pre-order now for the best price at any online retailer or at your locally owned bookshop.
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Stone Fruit Salad with Lemon Balm, page 227 Ginkgo Herbal Profile, page 74 Hibiscus Pineapple Punch, page 132
Early Praise for Vibrant Botanicals
Herbs are literally the spice of life. They provide vitality, energy, healing— and all in a package that not only provides zing, pop, and flavor but supports digestion, mood, and immunity.
Jennifer’s gorgeous cookbook takes the mystery out of using herbs as part of your daily life and gives you the recipes that take them from farm to table, while making your food your medicine; and your medicine, delicious food.
Aviva Romm, MD
herbalist and author of
Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health
What joy to have an herbal cookbook that combines medicine with pleasure through vibrant, tempting recipes that cater to both body and palate.
Jennifer McGruther transports us through the seasons with warming herbs for winter and cooling ones for summer, along with kitchen tips for boosting our spirits, calming our nerves, and staying healthy all year.
Darra Goldstein
Posi, founding editor of Gastronomica and author of Beyond the North Wind
I’ve always thought of herbs as the lively Border Collies of the food world that can make a vegetable or a fruit go in this or that direction—which they can and do.
But this book by Jennifer McGruther goes so much further into the realm of herbs that I am truly humbled. Vibrant Botanicals is exactly that—vibrant plants—and the photographs are equally vibrant (and gorgeous!).
Deborah Madison
author of In My Kitchen and Vegetable Literacy
Kitchen medicine is the best medicine. The more herbs you can get into each meal, the better! Vibrant Botanicals is the perfect companion to help you do just that—infuse your food with flavorful healing herbs that dish up health at every meal. From popular standards such as fire cider and turmeric milk to healing elixirs that boost immunity and nourish brain health, these recipes are full of seasonal wisdom and delicious inspiration. This is a gorgeous book destined to inspire nourishing culinary culture for you and your loved ones.
Kami McBride
author of The Herbal Kitchen
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