QOTW - 7/22-7/28- Herbs

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I am such a huge basil rosemary and oregano fan. I love them with pasta,

potato, homemade pizza, soups, bread, brushetta and tomato dishes.

 

I love Thyme and Margaram added to soups.

 

Coriander is great in middle eastern dishes. It is wonderful in my Roasted

Butternut and Carrot Soup that is in the files here. One our favorite

recipes here.

 

Love sage in vegetarian dressings/stuffing's,sometimes beans and some patty

recipes.

 

When I make up a can of Tomato Soup, I add some ground cinnamon, ground

fennel, some dried oregano, and then some chopped up basil leaves in the

last minute of heating it up. I then ladle it into a bowl and sprinkle

with Parmesan cheese and some Hot and Spicy Cheese-It Crackers. So yummy.

 

We enjoy the Tone's Southwestern Chipotle Seasoning(you can get this at

Sam's Club) put into a zip lock bag with a little oil and chunks of raw

potato. Then pour this onto a baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees until

browned nicely.

 

I grow parsley and cilantro in my pots during the spring and fall, when they

won't bolt as easily. I love to just eat fresh parsley. It is a great

breath freshener. I add it to potato soups, rice salads, tabular, tomato

cucumber salads, tabouli, garnish and other things. I love the cilantro in

guacamole, salsas, any Mexican dish. Yummmmm.

 

I grow basil from the last frost spring until the first frost of fall. I

usually plant one plant of basil and then seed in the pot around it. I

usually end up with about 10-12 plants in one pot and they grow with

abundant foliage. I love the lettuce leaf basil and the regular basil for

my pots. We love pesto and bruchetta so much. Just wonderful added to pasta

and toasted French bread slices. I have year chives and rosemary that grow

year around in our climate here. Love that. Those chives are wonderful in

mashed potatoes or on fresh baked potatoes. The rosemary on oven roasted

potatoes.

 

Sometimes I grow dill. I love that in green beans, cucumber salads, potato

and pasta salads.

 

Judy

 

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--- wwjd <jtwigg wrote:

 

> Time for our Question of the Week

>

> Lots of you grow or buy fresh herbs. What do you

> like best, grow yourself

> and how do you like to use them.?

>

> Hope everyone enjoys sharing their ideas on the ways

> they use herbs to

> enhance the flavors of food.

>

> Judy