herbs

This is a very rich gratin. A small portion of beef or chicken and a small salad or green vege would be perfect with this. Ingredients 3 heads of garlic, cloves separated but not peeled 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 quart half-and-half 1 tablespoon chopped thyme 1 teaspoon chopped...

Stuffing is traditional in a Christmas turkey but it can be useful all year round. Stuffing balls can be served separately from the meat or poultry and made vegan or vegetarian - which is what I will be doing. I'm still working on some ideas and would love to know your favourite stuffing recipes.

I've never attempted this before and I'm starting with coriander leaf and flat leaf parsley. Just a few springs of each went into the freezer this morning. I left the coriander "whole" with roots but chopped up the parsley. Has anyone else tried it with any success?

Easy, delicious ways to use fresh herbs from your garden. Compound Butter Soft herbs work best. I have dill, basil, sage, thyme, oregano and flat leaf parsley. There is no precision to making compound butter. It is all about personal taste. I usually make 1 pound at a time. 1 lb. room...

We are asked to start new threads, so here goes. I use a lot of fresh thyme, basil and coriander. I keep meaning to try a wider range of fresh herbs in my cooking and its partly habit and partly availability which stops me. Which fresh herbs do you use the most and why?

I was searching for a title and after coming across bread being used instead of pastry for mini breakfast muffins, I decided to use an old favourite, toad-in-a-hole. Well there is neither a toad or a hole in toad-in-a-hole but at least with mine there is both and egg and a hole... I was trying...

We have some herbs and spices that have been sitting in the cupboard for a couple of years now and I am wondering how long they last. Do dry herbs and spices ever go bad if they are stored properly?

Today I was checking my supplies of dried herbs and spices as some seemed to be getting low. I usually buy most of them from Asian shops as they are so much cheaper than elsewhere. But anyway, I thought I'd count how many I have. TOTAL: 53. I suppose that's quite a lot by most people's...

Which herbs do you like mixing with meat while cooking? Are the herbs just tasty or they have other health benefits?

Our backyard garden is moderately small but it has a lot in terms of plants. We are not herb users but we have some herbs mostly given to us by friends. And some of those edibles growing around the house are not planted but wild. What's good is that we benefit from those plants that we need not...

Do you know the difference between a Herb and a Spice? I ask because I see so many people mixing the two up and genuinely not knowing the difference. It is quite easy to know the difference. A Herb is basically the green leaf and sometimes green stalk of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant. A...

When you use herbs and spices in your cooking do you pull out measuring spoons and measure exactly what the recipe calls for, or do you eyeball the measurements? I typically eyeball the measurements and use the quantity that feels right unless I am working with a brand new recipe.

Out of all of the herbs and spices there are in this world, I can honestly say that I hate cumin! The taste does not agree with me and it literally makes me sick to my stomach when I taste it in my food. I am not sure why this is, and I really can't describe what it is about the spice I don't...