A new seasonal treat! Elderberry Spiced Cider. Two weeks ago, as the fall weather started to come in, we served our newest recipe at our local West Mountain Farmers Market. We’ve transitioned from serving our summer-time Elderberry Lemonade to serving our Elderberry Spiced Cider! It’s a super easy mix of […]
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Stress Relieving Hot Chocolate It’s Good for You! We’ve recently introduced a new tea flavor and we’re really excited to tell you about it. Elderberry Rosemary Ginseng Tea is a combination of elderberries, spearmint, rosemary, lemon balm, linden, eucalyptus, wood betony, blackberry leaf, and eleuthero root. We chose these herbs […]
Fresh Elderberry Pie! Elderberries are ripe right now! Have you picked fresh Elderberries this season? Whether you’ve picked them while growing in the wild, or picked them from bushes that you’ve grown yourself- now is the time to enjoy the ripe season of Elderberry! There are many options to process […]
Elderberry Buttercream Brownies Heavenly Chocolate Dessert We’re crazy about elderberries around here, and because we love the taste of our syrup so much, we’re always trying it in new and creative ways. The rich elderberries, combined with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and lemon give it a unique flavor that enhances almost […]
Elderberry Lavender Lemon Tea Classic Lemonade With a Twist Summer is bearing down on us with the hottest month of the year, and we’ve been busy in our kitchen brewing up something delicious and thirst quenching for you. We’re experimenting with a new herbal tea product, just recently added to […]
How to Make Elderflower Salve A Soothing Skin Ointment As the final installment in our elderflower herbal information series, we’re exploring more ways to use elderflowers topically. Turns out, the sweet, scented petals of the Sambucus Nigra have anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties that are great for the skin. We were […]
Elderberry Summer Fruit Salad An Extra Splash of Flavor Here in Utah, summer is in full swing. We’ve been enjoying the heat, the fun, and the flavors! We’re especially fond of experimenting with the flavor of elderberries, adding them to herbal teas, breakfast foods, shakes and summer drinks. This little […]
The elderflowers are in full bloom here on the farm, and today we’re continuing our exploration of how to use them. To learn more, we turned again to A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve, first published in 1931, which contains the medicinal, culinary, cosmetic uses, cultivation, and folklore of […]
Elderberry Chamomile Vanilla Latte Get Better Sleep Did you grow up drinking warm milk at bedtime? Our moms and grandmothers knew that a cup of warm milk at bedtime would help you sleep better. Milk contains tryptophan, an amino acid that converts into serotonin, the hormone that gives you a […]
We’re not just about Elderberries! Benefits of Elderflowers Summer is in full bloom and here on the farm we’re just beginning to see the first blossoms on the elder trees. Elder trees are a familiar object in the English countryside and there’s a wealth of folklore and tradition surrounding this […]