As discussed before the uses of herbs for health and why how to use them.
These are some ideas something different to use herbs with.
Basil great partner with Tomato dishes and recipes that contain Peppers.
Add towards end rip up and stir in leave to wilt.
Also use with Summer Fruit fresh leaves in a poaching liquid. Peaches and Nectarines.
Dried herbs such as Basil go great in your own Italian spice herb mixes.
This one fantastic make your own, Basil, Oregano, Thyme, Parsley.
Oregano great to use in any Mince Meat dish . Try Lamb Mince.
Beneficial in pulses, beans and those need a subtle hit of flavour. Lamb Beef dishes any with Chilli.
Parsley useful every day use Soup and Pasta with Oregano and Basil.
I use it to coat a Chicken with a butter easy to do.
A pack of soft butter remove add Garlic Parsley chopped diced fine, use a food processor.
Add to butter touch of lemon and spread under the skin of a Chicken skin may have to loosen.
Spread it out, you could roll this once made .
Spread this on freezer paper and roll up.
To freezer and couple hours slice and use with Fish Chicken and use add a pat slice under the skin.
Seal spread to Oven and cook lovely keeps Chicken moist.
Use a low temperature nice and slow.
Rosemary use this dried too strong fresh, use this all based spicy chili dishes recipes.
Aromatic dried just a little bit, use blender food processor sauce to make.
Any vegetables Aubergines, Courgettes, Peppers in to a roasting tray, add drizzle good oil season.
Sprinkle Rosemary dried or add fresh, coat in olive oil to prevent burning.
BBQ meats chicken marinades my simple ones.
Red Wine Vinegar a dash season chilli flakes lemon juice black pepper olive oil add Rosemary whole add Meat and marinade couple hours.
Steaks Chicken Sausages.
Good Steak marinade remove to BBQ.
Rosemary remove and use as a brush to add flavour to your meat....
Sage use with Pork and Potatoes.
Oven Roast Pork Chops with Potatoes .
Add layer of Potatoes sliced thickly add Sage some garlic and Oil, lemon juice.
Top Pork steaks or chops. Season meat , snip cuts to rind and this prevents curling.
Makes even cooking.
Oven 200 fan hour check adjust timings.
Coat herbs olive oil.
Dried make a mix herb spice mix.
Fennel seeds, Sage, Thyme, Oregano, add Garlic Powder and season and Paprika use half a teaspoon each.
Sprinkle on to meat and potatoes.
Serve .
Thyme partnered with Parsley and used for Meat pulses ideal experiment use this with Parsley, Oregano quick rub with Cinnamon and Coriander ground lemon juice.
Chicken on a whole one oven roasted hour or so .
Fennel use this tonight with Yoghurt Fruit great on Pineapple and Mango.
Also with chocolate make a cake add Fennel seeds to mixture, aniseed taste but helps the chocolate.
Becomes more chocolate taste.
Fruit favourites tinned ones Peaches berries frozen with Yoghurt Honey Cinnamon.
Plant based veggie dishes need Fennel seeds at the end of a meal. Digestion issues associated with pulses beans.
Add to a home made tomato sauce simple one add to Fish or any seafood.
Just some ideas.
Hope that helps any questions please ask.
Smoked Haddock
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