Here are some useful cooking tips for 10 of the most common gardening herbs:
(Lemon) Balm – use in stuffings and sauces to add a lovely fresh lemon flavor, also in salads (even fruit salads) and with poultry dishes. Can also be used to make a tasty herbal tea.
Basil – so versatile, a great flavor to add to pizzas, pestos, and pasta dishes. Especially good with all tomato based dishes and soups.
Chives – a mild onion flavor, chop finely and add to salads, sauces and soups. Or blend in butter for cooking, add to scrambled eggs and omelettes, or with mashed potatoes.
Fennel – chop finely like parsley and garnish salads, or blend into a white sauce for use with fish dishes.
Garlic – well we all know how good this is for cooking. Best to chop rather than crush, and you can be brave and add whole cloves to stews and casseroles.
Marjoram – makes a tasty flavoring for stews, casseroles and soups, or stuffing and herb butters. Use to garnish vegetable side dishes also.
Mint – apart from garlic probably the most versatile garden herb. Make a mint sauce for use with roasts (especially lamb), use for mint tea, or chop and sprinkle on scrambled eggs, or potatoes.
Rosemary – place a sprig or two on a roasting joint for great flavor, especially with lamb or ham. Rosemary tea is very refreshing, and good for headaches. And did you know that the tea is good as a skin tonic?
Sage – most often used in stuffings and sauces, also use to make herb butter. Sage tea is good for upset stomachs and digestive problems, also sore throats. Sage is also used as an external medicine, to treat bruises and sprains.
Thyme – one of my favorites, a great taste to add to soups, mincemeat, eggs, salads and with cooking vegetables. Rub a joint with the leaves, or add to cheeses.
Sage, thyme and rosemary are in fact all good for your hair, encouraging growth and adding shine (why they are commonly used in shampoos and conditioners).
So get out there and start growing your own home herb garden so you have a bountiful supply of fresh herbs to utilise for all these cooking dishes, and for medicinal needs. If you haven’t got a garden you can always grow your favorite herbs indoors in the kitchen, or about the house or apartment on window ledges or on balconies. With a little care and attention you will be greatly rewarded.
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