Great Autumn Spice: Nutmeg   Nutmeg is not only delicious when making pies or soups, but also has several benefits to use in our daily lives. Nutmeg can help with insomnia, premature ejaculation, helps with digestion, warms the body on cool days and can also lower blood pressure.   It is astringent, so will also...

Cinnamon not only tastes great on just about everything from vegan cookies, to vegan cakes, but also in other vegan dishes like mashed potatoes, or sweet potato pie! It is extremely versatile and smells wonderful too. Cinnamon oil is highly sought after as an essential oil used for relaxion – and rightly so, since it...

  Cloves are great for warming up the body on a chilly day. They come from a tropical tree in areas of Indonesia, Madagascar and the Antilles Islands and are dried flower buds. Their origins were actually that of perfume and as a natural healing aid some 2000 years ago. In ancient Egypt the oil...

Basil Basil is a very easy herb to find fresh in many supermarkets and is fairly economical. It not only is an excellent addition to many dishes such as pasta, basmati rice, soups and just about any sautéed vegetable. It may be most famous for pesto sauce. Basil is the prime ingredient along with pine...

Ginger is an excellent addition to any vegan kitchen and has many holistic healing properties, as well. It is often looked over in the supermarket and people know it most often from the pink, chinese restaurant or canned version. This version unfortunately unless pickled by hand, is often full of chemicals. However, real, fresh ginger...