Forest products: Plants

Traditionally valued for its calming, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antibacterial, analgesic, expectorant, and emmenagogue properties.

A leaf with a light mint and coniferous taste.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 2 to 3 crushed leaves and 15 ml (1 tbsp) of lightly shredded dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 5-6 minutes, strain, and enjoy 1 to 2 cups per day.

In cooking: Use as a condiment in poultry and meat dishes, sauces, desserts, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its calming, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antibacterial, analgesic, expectorant, and emmenagogue properties.

Leaf and flower with a sweet and light taste of mint and conifer.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 2 to 3 crushed leaves and 15 ml (1 tbsp) of lightly shredded dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 5-6 minutes, strain, and enjoy 1 to 2 cups per day.

In cooking: Use as a condiment in poultry and meat dishes, sauces, desserts, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its diuretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-rheumatic properties.

A leaf with a light mint flavor.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of lightly shredded dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a flavoring in pork dishes, lamb dishes, sauces, syrups, jams, fruit salads, desserts, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Male catkin of the curly alder, with an appearance of long pepper, its taste is tangy and balsamic.

Preparation :

In cooking: Grind in a mortar. Use as a condiment once cooking is complete for soups, meat dishes, game, fish, legumes, etc.

A catkin is an inflorescence composed of flowers and shaped like a spike. Dune pepper is composed of the flowers of the crisp alder.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its diuretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-rheumatic properties.

A leaf with a light mint flavor.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of lightly shredded dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a flavoring in pork dishes, lamb dishes, sauces, syrups, jams, fruit salads, desserts, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its calming and digestive properties.

Also called "good-smelling wood", it is a plant with a resinous taste reminiscent of bay leaf.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of lightly shredded dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: use as a condiment, in place of bay leaf, in stews, sauces, soups, terrines, marinades for meat, game and fish.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Dried flower with a raspberry scent.
Traditionally valued for its antiseptic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, and sedative properties…

Preparation: As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a flavoring in sauces, soups, bread dough; use an infusion in cold water to add to a fruit salad…

Traditionally valued for its calming, sedative, expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic properties.

Flower and leaf with an aniseed taste.

Preparation :

As an infusion : Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

In cooking: With an aniseed flavor, it is used as a condiment in fish dishes, fruit salads, desserts, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and potential drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its calming, sedative, sudorific and decongestant properties.

Honey-flavored flower

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use a linden infusion in water or milk to flavor drinks, creams, sauces, syrups, jams, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

The fruit of the sweet gale, also called "boreal nutmeg", has colored seeds with a nutmeg aroma.

Preparation :

Grind or crush at the last moment, in small quantities, to marinate meats and poultry, or add at the end of cooking to flavor broths, soups, rice, pasta, desserts based on apples, pears or citrus fruits, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Raspberry: A plant that is an ally of women.

Traditionally used at various stages of a woman's life, including menstruation, breastfeeding, and menopause. It is also appreciated by all for its toning, purifying, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Crushed leaves with the aromas of marjoram, rosemary, sage and thyme.
Traditionally valued for its digestive properties.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a flavoring in meat, poultry, legume dishes, soups, marinades, breads, rice…

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally appreciated for its nutritive, remineralizing, anti-anemic, anti-inflammatory, immunostimulating, toning, and purifying properties.

Nettle: A plant rich in nutrients

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a substitute for spinach in recipes.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

With a scent of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Preparation :

In the kitchen: Stick the whole twig into the meat as a substitute for a clove, or grind or crush it in a mortar at the last minute to marinate meats and poultry, or to flavor meat, fish, legume dishes, burgers, soups, rice, couscous, jams, desserts made with apples, chocolate…

A catkin is an inflorescence composed of flowers and shaped like a spike. Pine spikenard is the male catkin (flower) of sweet fern.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, tonic, diuretic, emmenagogue properties…

Flower and leaf with a camphor-like taste.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a condiment in soups, omelets, meat, poultry or fish dishes, pasta, sauces, butters, fruit salads, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Enjoy a touch that is fruity, floral and resinous all at once.
A blend traditionally valued for their expectorant, antiseptic, and tonic properties.

Herbal tea made from eight conifers (fir, white spruce, white pine, grey pine , red pine , hemlock , thuja , larch).

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

A mixture of white spruce and black spruce needles.

Traditionally valued for its immune-boosting, expectorant and digestive properties.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain and enjoy.

Or

In a saucepan, bring 250 ml (1 cup) of water to a boil. Add 5 ml (1 tsp) of needles. Reduce the heat and simmer gently, covered, for 10 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In the kitchen: Use the needles as a flavoring in fish dishes, meat dishes, soups, salad dressings, desserts…

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

A flower with a pleasant taste reminiscent of carrot.
Traditionally valued for its diuretic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, expectorant, antispasmodic properties…

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a flavoring in broths, soups, cake recipes, muffins…

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its antiseptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, emmenagogue, expectorant properties.

A sprout with a slightly tangy taste and intense resinous flavor.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a condiment in fish dishes, meat dishes, sauces, dressings, syrups, desserts, jellies, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

Traditionally valued for its antiseptic, diuretic, hypoglycemic, analgesic, expectorant properties…

The needles of the balsam fir have a slightly tangy and resinous taste that reminds us of the holiday season.

Preparation: Whole needles

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried needles in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use the needles as a condiment in fish dishes, poultry dishes, burgers, salad dressings, desserts, shortbread, jams, jellies, etc.

Preparation: Powdered needles

In cooking: Use the needles as a condiment in place of rosemary in game dishes, lamb dishes, stuffings, sauces, burgers, salad dressings, flours, desserts, cookie dough, etc.