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Cook with mushrooms & botanicals

Simple, nourishing ways to fold functional mushrooms and calming herbs into everyday food and drink. A few drops of your Living Terrain extract folds right in.

Reishi Hot Cacao

Grounding · serves 2 · 10 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cups milk of choice (oat or whole)
  • 2 tbsp raw cacao powder
  • 1 tsp reishi powder or a dropper of Daily Longevity
  • 1–2 tsp maple syrup or honey
  • Pinch of sea salt & cinnamon

Method

  1. Warm the milk gently over medium-low heat (don't boil).
  2. Whisk in cacao, reishi, sweetener, salt, and cinnamon until smooth and frothy.
  3. Pour, and stir in your extract at the end so the botanicals stay bright.

Everyday Immune Mushroom Broth

Nourishing · makes ~6 cups · 45 min

Ingredients

  • 8 cups water
  • 1 small handful dried shiitake
  • 2–3 slices dried reishi (remove before serving)
  • 1 onion, halved; 3 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 2-inch knob ginger, sliced
  • 1 strip kombu; miso & tamari to taste

Method

  1. Add everything except miso to a pot; bring to a gentle simmer.
  2. Simmer 40 minutes, then strain out the solids (reishi is woody — discard).
  3. Off the heat, whisk in miso and season with tamari. Sip warm.

Calming Lemon Balm & Reishi Evening Tea

Wind-down · serves 1 · 8 min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup just-boiled water
  • 1 tbsp dried lemon balm (or 1 tea bag)
  • 1 tsp dried chamomile
  • A dropper of Night Calm
  • Honey, optional

Method

  1. Steep lemon balm and chamomile, covered, for 5 minutes.
  2. Strain, then stir in a dropper of Night Calm and a little honey.
  3. Sip 30–60 minutes before bed as part of a wind-down ritual.

† Recipes are for general enjoyment and wellness, not medical advice. If you're pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or managing a health condition, check with your provider before adding new botanicals.

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