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The Autumn Kitchen & Apothecary

Last Updated on October 28, 2025

A Collection of Autumn Recipes & Remedies

Whether you’re drawn to herbalism or slower, more intentional living, this beautifully curated digital guide here is to help you celebrate autumn. It offers over 100 pages of recipes, remedies, and plenty of inspiration to work with seasonal herbs and produce.

From seasonal condiments like Fire Cider Hot Sauce, to cozy herbal drinks like Rosehip Hot Toddy, to handcrafted skincare such as Hawthorn Body Butter and Spiced Apple Facial Toner, this guide invites you to slow down and savor the season with delicious recipes and beginner-friendly skin and hair care.

Ready to dive in? Here’s a peek at what you’ll find inside The Autumn Kitchen & Apothecary

What’s Inside the Ebook

With 110 pages, this ebook is overflowing with herb infused ideas to help you celebrate the season.

Recipes for the Autumn Kitchen

You’ll find a mix of unique seasonal recipes that feature quintessential fall produce like apples, pumpkins, carrots, and beets along with foraged seasonal herbs like sumac and dock seed.

Apples & Pumpkins for Fall Wellness

A trip to the apple orchard or pumpkin patch is a timeless fall tradition that brings families together to celebrate the season’s bounty. Apples and pumpkins also offer a host of benefits that support overall wellness. Packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, apples and pumpkins are a nourishing addition to cozy autumn dishes.

A Taste of Autumn

Celebrate the rich flavors of autumn with fresh seasonal herbs and produce. Each recipe is crafted to capture a taste of the season. Here’s a peek at what you’ll find inside: 

  • Pumpkin Sourdough Crackers
  • Dock Seed Flour
  • Dock Seed Crackers
  • Dock Seed Soda Bread
  • Sumac Apple Muffins
  • Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Doughnuts
  • Apple Crisp
  • Rosemary Beet Arepas
  • Apple, Thyme & Swiss Cheese Panini
  • Carrot Ginger Soup
  • Pumpkin Broccoli Cheese Soup
  • Rosemary Infused Sautéed Carrots
  • Elderberry Jello
  • Applesauce

Autumn Condiments & More

Add extra flavor and seasonal magic to your meals with these versatile condiments and sauces. Plus, learn how to make your own foraged sumac spice! Perfect for giving your fall dishes that extra special touch. Here’s what’s included: 

  • Foraged Sumac Spice
  • Sumac Simple Syrup
  • Sumac Salt
  • Lactofermented Garlic
  • Fire Cider Hot Sauce
  • Pumpkin & Cardamom Syrup

Autumn Drink Recipes

Cozy up with an autumn drink! From a warming herbal tea, to a foraged fall cocktail these recipes are the perfect for sipping all season long. Here’s what’s included: 

  • Sumac Infusion
  • Sumac Rum Sour
  • Sumac Sparkling Water
  • Rosehip Hot Toddy
  • Tulsi Turmeric Tea Blend

These seasonal herbal recipes are crafted to be simple enough for everyday use, but vibrant and unique enough to feel special. Whether you’re cooking for your family or hosting a fall gathering, you’ll have plenty of ideas to bring seasonal magic to the table.

The Autumn Apothecary

The apothecary section of the ebook is filled with practical, herbal remedies and self-care projects to support your skin and body during the autumn months.

Herbs for Fall Wellness

Learn about 10 herbs to help support digestion, circulation, immunity, mood and overall vitality this fall. You’ll also find simple recipes to nourish your mind and body through the autumn months. Here’s what’s included:

  • Rosemary & Ginger Foot Soak
  • Peppercorn Pain Salve
  • Orange & Lavender Hand Sanitizer
  • Elderberry Oxymel
  • Immunity Shot
  • Herbal Gargle for Sore Throat
  • Mood Boost Tincture
  • Oregano & Ginger Infused Honey
  • Digestive Elixir

Herbal Skin Care for Autumn

Keep your skin soft and radiant all season long with these simple fall-inspired recipes. From an exfoliating scrub to a nourishing mask, these DIY formulas use apples, pumpkins, and other natural ingredients to balance and rejuvenate your skin throughout the autumn months. Here’s what’s included:

  • Golden Milk Soap
  • Orange Spice Lip Balm
  • Cold Sore Lip Balm
  • Spiced Sugar Scrub
  • Apple Sumac Facial Mask
  • Reishi Facial Scrub
  • Pumpkin Rosemary Facial Toner
  • Spiced Apple Facial Toner
  • Rosemary & Cedarwood Beard Oil
  • Hawthorn Body Butter
  • Rosehip Skin Serum
  • Hawthorn & Rose Elixir

Herbal Hair Care 

Keep your hair feeling fresh and healthy with these simple DIY recipes. From a nourishing hair mask to hair detangler and a cleansing rinse, these formulas help balance, nourish, and support your hair and scalp with herbs and other natural ingredients. Here’s what’s included:

  • Pumpkin Hair Mask
  • Sage Vinegar Hair Rinse
  • Hair Detangler

What Else Is In the Ebook?

Beyond recipes and remedies, extra bits of knowledge are woven into this guide, making it easy for beginners and people new to herbalism to dive right in.

Wild Autumn Plant Profiles

You’ll find five mini seasonal plant profiles tucked into the guide to help you learn a bit more about some of the wild plants included in the ebook that you may not be familiar with. You’ll learn more about:

  • Sumac (Rhus spp.— featured in Foraged Sumac Spice, Sumac Apple Muffins, Sumac Salt, Sumac Infusion, Sumac Simple Syrup, Sumac Rum Sour, Sumac Sparkling Water & Apple Sumac Facial Mask
  • Dock (Rumex spp.) — featured in Dock Seed Flour, Dock Seed Crackers & Dock Seed Soda Bread
  • Elderberry (Sambucus nigra, S. canadensis) — featured in Elderberry Jello, Elderberry Oxymel, & Immunity Shots
  • Rosehips (Rosa canina, R. rugosa) — featured in Rosehip Hot Toddy & Rosehip Skin Serum
  • Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) — featured in Hawthorn Body Butter

I’ve also included a profile on toxic lookalike poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix) to help you distinguish it from the edible and medicinal Rhus species.

Each profile offers a bit of background and common uses to help you feel more confident working with these wild autumn plants.

Essential Herbal Techniques 

You’ll find simple, beginner-friendly instructions for essential herbal skills throughout the ebook. Learn how to make tinctures and oxymels, along with several easy methods for creating herb-infused oils, used throughout the guide in many of the body care recipes.

Why You’ll Love The Autumn Kitchen & Apothecary

Whether you’re looking to:

  • Work with wild seasonal herbs 
  • Build your fall apothecary
  • Make your own body care products 
  • Get inspired in the kitchen
  • Learn more about herbs in a simple, relaxed way

this ebook offers you an abundance of ideas. You don’t need a huge apothecary or a perfect garden, just a little curiosity and a desire to immerse yourself in the season.

How to Get The Autumn Kitchen & Apothecary

This digital product comes as a PDF, ready to use right away. Once you purchase, you’ll receive an instant download of the 110-page guide, filled with beautiful photos and easy-to-follow instructions.

Be sure to check out our FAQ page for more information about how you can access your digital downloads.

A Season Worth Savoring

This fall, I hope you find moments to slow down and savor the cozy magic of the season—sipping warm herbal tea on crisp mornings, soaking your feet in a soothing herbal foot bath, and delighting in the rich flavors of the harvest.

The Autumn Kitchen & Apothecary is here to help you soak it all in. Grab your copy now and dive in to all that summer has to offer.

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Kristine is a mama, folk herbalist, and holistic doula living with her family on an off-grid homestead in the Andean mountains.

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