Friday, October 1, 2010

The many applications of fresh herbs


Herbs are fun and easy to grow. When the harvested they make even the simplest meal seems to be a gastronomic delights. With the help of herbs in your kitchen, you can easily the flavors of your recipes in many different ways, according to which the herbs that you are adding. Fresh herbs are great in bread soups and stews, vegetables. Each time you another herb you be completely changed to the taste.

If you are a novice start slowly, add just a little at a time to customize as you proceed, until you correctly. In most cases, you will see that an individual herb associated with a particular food item. Is combined with tomato Basil, oregano, Rosemary with sauces with lamb and chives with butter or cream cheese.Of course, none of them are limited to these items, but you can see they are usually associated with that certain food. use your imagination and experiment, experiment, experiment!

You can use the vinegar herb salad dressings, marinades, or soups. Herbal oils are very useful when it asks a recipe for cooking.

Fresh herbs and fabrics as clothing on a dish, making it seem really spectacular. individual twigs of Rosemary on roast lamb chops. Chop fresh parsley and sprinkle it over the top of the potato salad. The combinations are endless and the delightful outcome.

Fresh herbs in the fridge for several days, but then you have they freeze. they can be frozen to them a paper towel and putting them in a plastic bag. As soon as they are frozen use them only in the kitchen as garnishes. A friend of mine washes them, put them an ice cube tray, treats them with water and then freezes them. When they need for soups, stews or sauces they just drops a cube.

My favorite herbs grow his, lemon balm basil, oregano, parsley and mint. Mint is great, but be careful, currency can about how to perform your garden. A tip here would be to an empty coffee can be buried and the currency in the plants.It can prevents the currency "crawl" in your garden.

I love to making herb butter. take a half of a cup of soft butter and mixing in about 4 tablespoons of fresh herbs.Layout of a piece of Saran Wrap, place the butter in the Middle roll the saran wrap up a "log" of the butter. Put in the fridge and at any time a pat on the back of the butter you simply need to cut off the "log".(Tips (s) found for "log" butter: potatoes, bread, steaks, noodles or any kind of sauce).

On each a fresh Herb Salad dressing really makes it shine.You can herb or a combination, creative.

I learned a trick a long time ago with basil, lemon and avocados and instant natural face mask. put a large handful of Basil oil in a blender and run on high. as soon as the Basil has already crushed, throw in a half of an avocado and a big teaspoon of lemon juice, mixing until smooth. wash your face, gently Pat it dry and rub the avocado mixture, and leave it on, as long as you want, then using hot water at the washing away.

These are just a few of the ways that you can customize fresh herbs from your garden.I'm sure you will come up with a lot more. Happy planting.








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About the author

Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist, who lives in Central Florida. This shall be without prejudice to its gardens inside and outside the year grow. She has other articles have been published on gardening and cooking. visit her websites on http://www.gardeninglandscapingtips.com, http://www.containergardeningsecrets.com and http://www.gourmetchefathome.com


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