How are you keeping your herbs fresh?

[winterybella]

I don't know if you are like me. I store my herbs in the refrigerator. It works fine if I am cooking often. Still there is so much you can use at a given time. Herbs will always be left over.

There have been many times though, when I will go to use a herb and they have gone bad on me. I read recently that you can freeze the herbs and they will be nice and "fresh" when you are ready to use them.

I am yet to find out if this works well. How do you keep your herbs fresh?

 

[GadgetGuy]

I mainly use dried herbs, except in the case of cilantro.

You just can't get the fresh aromatic aroma from the dried one as you can with the fresh one.

And since it has a short freshness life, I buy it only when I'm going to use it real soon in a dish.

 

[Caribbean girl]

When it comes to herbs I try not to buy too much at one time. I find that after opening a package, the herbs begin to spoil a few days afterwards if it is not used up quickly. Since I do not use herbs every day, and I do not use a huge amount in anything I cook, this is usually a problem for me. Most of the time, however, I would just use powdered spices to season my meals, and these are what I buy more often than herbs.

Next time I buy herbs I will keep them in the freezer and see if this is the answer to keeping them fresh.

 

[winterybella]

Only last evening I ended up throwing out some thyme. It wasn't a lot as I am ALWAYS using thyme lately and I am cooking more days as well. My mom goes to market every week so she is always telling me about some new herb I might not have heard of or never used. Recently she sent me a some and by the time I got around to them, a lot had spoiled. Here are three tips I saw online.

http://www.thekitchn.com/tips-three-ways-to-preserve-fr-88889