The Culinary Sage

22/12/2025

13/12/2025

Sometimes all you need when the weather's a bit -ugh- is a lovely cup of herbal tea 💜🫖☕️

09/12/2025

In December, the northern hemisphere enters deep Vata season: the air is cold, dry and windy so Ayurveda recommends foods that warm, moisten and ground the body to maintain balance. These choices strengthen agni, support immunity and help the nervous system settle into winter’s slower rhythm:

🫖 Masala chai: warms circulation and steadies scattered Vata
🩸 Pomegranates: gently cleanse while supporting winter digestion
🌿 Cinnamon: boosts agni and brings cozy internal heat
🫜 Turnips: grounding and easy to digest in cold weather
🍯 Golden milk: calms the mind and lubricates dryness
🧄 Garlic: strengthens immunity during early winter
🍠 Sweet potatoes: deeply grounding and nourishing for Vata
🌹 Beets: support blood building and gentle detoxification
🧅 Onions: warms the body and aid digestion
🫚 Ginger tea: stokes digestive fire on cold days
🥜Almond butter: provides healthy grounding fats
💛 Saffron: uplifts mood and warms subtle channels
🍐 Stewed pears: soothes dryness and supports elimination
🧡 Parsnips: sweet and grounding for winter steadiness
🫘 Red lentils: easy to digest and warming
🌰 Tahini: rich, healthy fats that combat dryness
🥕 Carrots: sweet, grounding support for agni
🧅 Leeks: warming and excellent for digestion
🍊 Persimmons: a sweet, heavy fruit that nourishes Vata
🥩 Bone broth: strengthens tissues and warms from within
💜 Figs: supports elimination and winter nourishment
🥘 Stews and slow cooked meats: deeply grounding and ideal for strong winter agni
🥔 Rutubagas: earthy and stabilizing during cold dry weather

01/12/2025

LAST DAY 25% OFF All products and services!
Help us make Black Friday 🌿GREEN🌿 by supporting local ethical and ecological traders. To encourage this, The Culinary Sage is offering **25% OFF** all of our herbals & services through Monday 1st December.

Take advantage of our most popular IMMUNE BOOSTING Elderberry Elixirs and tonics, FUNCTIONAL MUSHROOM preparations, WINTER WELLNESS kits to get your families remedy cabinet stocked for the season, Limited Edition Elderberry Fire Cider, Tinctures, Teas and Flower Essences (great time to start thinking of stocking stuffers or gifts needing to be posted!!)

💚Plus the bonus is… you are supporting a small business also shopping LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE, ETHICAL & RECYCLABLE. 💚

Being a small batch apothecary we've only a handful of most of these

🫐Elderberry Immune Elixir
🔥Fire Cider / Elderberry Fire Cider
🍇Elderberry Immune Tincture
🍄Functional Mushroom Products
🫖Herbal Teas/Tinctures
🌷Flower Essences

For full stock and availability scan the QR code in comments below or check our website
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Our herbal products are lovingly hand crafted in my wee apothecary using almost exclusively local wild harvested herbs and berries...

All products are VEGAN with exception only to our Elderberry Elixir w/Manuka Honey.

feel free to contact me with any questions as I also make bespoke remedies to suit just about any ailment or emotional situation! x

30/11/2025

Why not MAKE YOUR OWN??? We also sell DIY Elderberry Elixir Kits!
Now's your last chance to grab either our most popular ELDERBERRY IMMUNE ELIXIR or have your hand at making your own in our 25% OFF 🌿GREEN is the new BLACK (Friday) Sale🌿
I’ve also just today finished restocking my *IMMUNE SUPPORT TINCTURES* which are also 25% off🍄 Functional Mushroom, Chaga, Turkey Tail, Sh*take, Bee Pollen, Turmeric/Black Pepper, Elderberry Immune Tonic, Respiratory Repair, Winter Wellness

🫐Elderberry Immune Elixir
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NEW 200ml slimline bottle or DIY Elixir kit
Mix & match £14 or 2/ £25
Our tried and true preparation, made with love and same recipe for 10 years now, this is by far our most popular selling item for boosting your immune system AND the kids LOVE it. The DIY kit is all of our quality ingredients just dehydrated ready for you!
Wild harvested Elderberry, Rosehip, + Organic Echinacea, Cinnamon, Ginger, Turmeric, 40% Manuka Honey by ratio.

There are many other products on my website (see link & QR code below!)

Local collection in Milton Keynes or £4 shipping

29/11/2025

Finally for the first time I made a large enough batch of my ORGANIC FIRE CIDER (although it's going very fast, if you want some hit me up!) to have LOADS of strained bits left to dehydrate and make into a powder/seasoning. Trust me it does not disappoint! Also I'm going to put it in capsules to take a wee bit daily as I don't always feel like ACV.

Let me tell you!!!!! Its been 4 days and my house still smells slightly like Fire Cider haha! Even with dehumidifiers and having made many batches of dehydrated apples and courgettes. At least today I can open windows a bit for a little airflow.

Happy Weekend all!

28/11/2025

14 herbs to help detoxification 🌿🙏