All you need is a few clean glass bottles with an air-tight seal or oil dispenser, a bottle of the cooking oil of your choice (olive oil works well) and about half a cup of sage leaves. Fresh leaves work best, but dried leaves can also be used. You now have a delicious sage oil to spice up a plethora of meals – particularly poultry dishes – without overwhelming the senses. 2. Sage Butter Sage butter is quite simple to make. You’ll need some cream, sage leaves, a tiny bit of salt, and a handy food processor. You can follow the full process here. This can be done to a new item, such as jewelry, furniture, or clothing, to protect or dispel it of negative energy. Items related to negative experiences or memories may also be cleansed. Apple crumble, for example, is an American favorite and perfectly delicious on its own, but when you throw sage into the mix, it becomes even better.

First, grind your sage leaves down – a coffee grinder works well for making a nice fine sage powder – and toss them into a large jar. Then fill the jar with your chosen wax (soy works well) and top it off with your chosen oil. Walch SG, Tinzoh LN, Zimmermann BF, Stühlinger W, Lachenmeier DW. Antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic composition as quality indicators for aqueous infusions of salvia officinalis L. (sage tea). Front Pharmacol. 2011;2:79. Published 2011 Dec 19. doi:10.3389/fphar.2011.00079 Get the full recipe here. 8. Sage in Desserts Level up your apple crumble with the addition of sage. A sore throat or a cough could be soothed with a warm cup of sage tea. Why not go one step further and make your own cough syrup? When it comes to sage, the leaves have all the fun while the flowers are often forgotten. But the beautiful flowers of your sage plants can be put to good use too.Gutiérrez SLG, et al. (2014). Medicinal plants for the treatment of “nervios”, anxiety, and depression in Mexican traditional medicine. Sage-infused oils make great instant additions to meals and they last forever and a day. Plus, they’re simple and easy to make. But, by far the best thing about sage oils is that they introduce the richness of sage to any dish without overpowering the other flavors. You’re probably thinking that this is an odd pairing. Sage has a taste profile very different from some ‘traditional’ salad herbs. But, when matched with the right salad ingredients, you’ll be having sage salads with every meal. No matter your chosen variety, it‘s guaranteed to look good in your garden, attracting beneficial insects while repelling other garden pests. These steps apply whether you’re cleansing yourself, your home, or an object. You can cleanse any of these as often as you’d like.

Making your own butter seems like a daunting and difficult task. But you’d be surprised how easy it is. While dreaming of owning vast swathes of land and planting every edible and ornamental plant under the sun, the realities of urban living have confined her gardening space to a modest second-story balcony. This has not stopped her from growing baskets of vegetables and herbs indoors and out, turning her apartment into a ‘concrete homestead’. Castillo SL, et al. (2011). Extracts of edible and medicinal plants in inhibition of growth, adherence, and cytotoxin production of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Sage brings an earthy aroma as well as its antibacterial properties to this awesome natural all-purpose cleaner. 12. Sage Candles Squeeze your fresh sage leaves, so they release their oils and scent. Next, toss your leaves in a spray bottle and pour one-part warm water, one part vinegar, and ½ part alcohol. Then, add a drop (just a drop) of dish soap and shake it all up.Kindscher K. (1992). Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas.