If you are a tea lover like me, you must have kitchen pantries overflowing with tea. And you know there are so much more ways to use your tea than simply brewing a nice cup. Cooking with tea is amazing for perfecting and adding exotic notes to your favorite recipes but is so very easy … Read More
Spring is all about health! The longer, sunny days are perfect for boosting your vitamin D levels and the warm weather is just motivating you for a new, healthy start. Spring cleaning your diet during the spring months is a MUST! All that heavy eating and lack of activity during the winter can make you … Read More
Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your Easter with your family and friends and having lots of fun today! If you celebrate Easter then you most probably color eggs. Now most people (myself included sometimes) buy artificial dyes from stores but as you may know, the tradition of dyeing eggs has been … Read More
I don’t know if you noticed but spring is here and the nice weather the past couple days and daylight savings are making us so happy after a long winter. If you are like me and during the cold winter tend to be not so active and like to indulge in heavier foods and desserts … Read More
We all have days when we simply don’t feel our best. Whether it’s a rainy, gloomy day, long tiring work days or lack of sleep, feeling a little down is not what we want and we should do whatever possible to improve our energy. There is a number of things you can do to elevate … Read More
If you are a fan of Indian cuisine you most probably are familiar with turmeric. And if the name doesn’t say anything to you, you still recognize the characteristic orange color, a warm, peppery taste it yields to food. For all of you that don’t know what turmeric is, it is a powder spice, also … Read More
There are tons of desserts that I love to accompany my tea with but one that really makes my tea drinking even more enjoyable is biscotti. Biscotti are Italian almond cookies that are traditionally dipped in dessert wine. They are twice baked, which makes them hard, dry and crunchy but at the same time, sweet … Read More
A cup of warm herbal tea makes the perfect candidate for cold winter days. There are tons of herbal teas that are equally healthy and delicious but one tea you should have regularly have is fennel tea. Fennel seeds have been used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese, Indian and Western medicines not only … Read More
I don’t know if you knew but, January is national hot tea month! There couldn’t be a better time of the year to celebrate all the virtues of drinking tea, from its wonderful taste to its powerful health benefits. This is the time of the year for new beginnings, for setting new goals, for bettering … Read More
image & recipe: whatsforlunchhoney Most people think of tea as a comforting beverage to have during cold days and nights to alleviate symptoms of colds and treat sore throats. But your favorite tea leaves have much more to offer than that. One of the smartest ways to use tea is in your cooking. Cooking with tea … Read More