Sweet Basil is a herb I plant in the garden without fail every Spring. Genovese basil is the main variety I plant as soon as the ground warms up. This is the variety I prefer to make into pesto. It’s the regular basil, the one we are all familiar with. Bright green with shiny leaves, […]
Make your own apple cider vinegar Part one.
Every year, when the apples are ripening and falling off the trees faster than they can be eaten or bottled or given away it’s the time to turn some of them into apple cider vinegar. Apple Cider vinegar is touted as an amazing cure-all by many. Unfortunately there is a dirth of research, yet I […]
The Women in your life
Here is a little something that a friend sent me and from my own experience I believe it to be TRUE “I just finished taking an evening class. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection–the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry at Stanford) said, among other things, that one […]
Making a potato patch
Living here in Tahekeroa, the western end of the Puhoi Valley, the soil is very uninspiring. It has a high clay content that allows no drainage in winter and then bakes and cracks very early on in Summer. The only way to have any success in the garden here is to mulch, mulch and mulch. […]
Jan Scholten Seminar
Recently I attended a three day homeopathic seminar with Jan Scholten, a truly gifted and dedicated homeopath from the Netherlands. He has been developing an homeopathic system for over twenty years now and has opened up wide the mineral and plant kingdoms of remedies. Formulating a way of thinking that incorporates the periodic table to […]
KEEPING IT SIMPLE
I attended a seminar yesterday talking about herbal solutions for skin problems. We all get (well I know I do) overwhelmed and confused by the information about the “bad” ingredients in shampoos, conditioners, moisturisers, hand creams, washing powders, detergent, etc etc etc. One thing is sure and that is that there are a huge amount […]
More than just a lemon drink
When you are getting a cold, a sore throat, a cough or the flu this drink is wonderful. I make it in a huge mug and have one mug at least three times a day, if am suffering from any of the above. It feels so good to get this down you. Soothing, warming and […]
Biochemic Tissue Salts for Pregnancy
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If I had understood the support that biochemic tissue salts offer I would have taken a course of them during each of my pregnancies. A whole being is being created from scratch, and uses the nutrition the pregnant woman takes in and also uses her own stores of minerals, elements […]
THE WORKSHOP OPENING
Saturday 20th March was a day of great blessings here at Naturally by Trisha. We celebrated the official opening of our Whare Rongoaa, the factory/workshop where our tinctures, balms and creams are made. It was a day like no other. The whare has been a work in progress for many months as we transformed an […]
The Best and Easiest Minestrone Soup ever
Here is a soup that tastes as if it’s been slow cooking for hours yet takes only about 45 minutes from start to finish to make. I find it quite challenging to make a really good soup. This soup is very tasty, hearty and filling, and economical. It’s my kind of soup. All of the […]
ROYAL OAK MARKET time again
ROYAL OAK MARKET on 21st Feb 2010 from 10am to 2pm Yes, again Naturally by Trisha are excited to be attending the Market at Royal Oak. It is organised by the CCS disability Action Group which supports people with disabilities in our communities. There will be lots of of wonderful stalls, selling artisan fare, lots […]
The Breakfast
This is the breakfast that will supply heaps of nutrients and keep your sugar levels balanced for much of the day. I have given this recipe to many of my patients who just didn’t know what to have for breakfast. Most of them now swear by it. It stops you craving junk food during the […]