Wellness By Shandalla

04/19/2025

Success with wild mushrooms. Good eating tonight!

03/22/2025

One large jar of turnips fermenting to become pickled turnips. This is one of my favorite homemade pickle recipes. This is such a good way to support guy health. One beet is added to give the turnips color and to provide sugar for the fermenting bacteria to grow. I can’t wait until I can try these at the end of the week.

03/12/2025

The world is stressful. Adulting is hard. Today I’m taking a break to enjoy a cup of my herbal Heart Opening Tea.

02/09/2025

Putting together my herbal dispensary. These are some of my favorite herbs to use everyday in teas and broths. I love how our plant allies can support us mentally, emotionally, and physically. Just taking 5 min to stop and drink a hot cup of herbal tea can do a lot for taking the body out of fight or flight.

02/09/2025

02/08/2025

These are ingredients for a special Valentine’s Day cordial. My herbs are in the Cognac diffusing for this unique treat.

01/31/2025

🔍 Did you know that you can have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis even if your general thyroid blood test looks normal? If you have these symptoms, you may need your thyroid antibodies tested.

Common Signs & Symptoms of Hashimoto’s:
🥱 Extreme fatigue & exhaustion
❄️ Always feeling cold
🧠 Brain fog & poor concentration
😴 Sleeping more than usual but still tired
⬆️ Unexplained weight gain
💇‍♀️ Hair loss, including outer eyebrows
🌙 Depression & mood changes
⚡️ Muscle weakness & joint pain
⏳ Slow digestion
📉 Low heart rate
🪞 Puffy face, especially in morning
📝 Memory problems
🔄 Irregular menstrual cycles
📍 Difficulty getting pregnant

Remember: Your TSH might look “normal” but you could still have Hashimoto’s. Getting your thyroid antibodies tested is key for proper diagnosis.

DM me if you’d like more information.

01/27/2025

I love cooking with fresh herbs, but sometimes I have leftovers, so my solution is stemming the left over herbs so that I can dry them and put then in my spice cabinet. It’s a great money saving tip, and a great way to save fresh herbs. Bonus tip: save the stems and freeze them to toss in a sipping broth that you intend to strain or use the stems to make an infused dipping oil.

01/23/2025

My main go to herbal preparation if syrups. I love to make them, then add them to sparkling water 1-2 tablespoons at a time in the evening. Here are two of my favorite syrups. One is a heart supporting rose and hawthorn berry syrup that I use in my cocktails during the week. The other is a ginger honey syrup that is a wonderful addition to teas and elderberry infusions for overall wellness during the winter months.

01/21/2025

Spiced Orange Hibiscus Herbal Tea

01/11/2025

Yoga with one of my kitties. We both need it, lol.

10/21/2024

Nice autumn walk!

09/30/2024

It’s finally here! A cookbook for good food that supports your gut health! I am so happy to share this with everyone! It took so my time editing and re-editing, testing, and rewriting. This was a labor of love!

Within this cookbook, you will discover a wide range of recipes featuring whole foods that are not just tasty but also promote gut health. From colorful vegetable-packed salads to flavorful soups infused with aromatic herbs and spices, each recipe is carefully designed to nourish your body from w...

09/11/2024

Canned barbecue sauce! We are well on our way to stocking our winter pantry.

09/11/2024

Canning day! Homemade pickles: 4 quarts of spicy pickles, and 4 quarts of kosher pickles.

09/11/2024

Canning day! Six jars of roasted salsa for our winter pantry. :)