Herb Recipes

Herb recipes - divided into categories by herb and method - oils, butters, breads, ideas for using herbs as a condiment.

Basic Herb Recipes is the section where you'll find recipes that you can use for lots of different herbs - the only limit here is your imagination.

Other recipes are categorised by the specific herb.

Scientists destroy whole rain forests writing about the evils of salt and fats - by using herbs as a condiment, you can cut down on salt and fats to add flavour to your food.

Many fresh herbs contain valuable vitamins as well, so we're doing ourselves no end of good - personally, I subscribe to the 80/20 rule - if I eat healthily for 80% of the time, I give myself carte blanche to eat and drink what I like for the rest of the time:-)

You will find that I use dried herbs as well as fresh - not in all recipes though, you can't make pesto with dried basil for instance - but I do not subscribe to the snob element that think you should only use fresh.

Companies spend millions on researching the best methods of drying herbs - our ancestors used drying as a method of preservation for all sorts of things - we haven't all got the time to grow or the money to buy fresh plants - dried is better than nothing.

You can preserve herbs or their flavour in many ways - freeze, dry (traditionally or in the microwave) add to oils or butters - The Herb Guide will tell you how to do all those things.

Basic Herb Recipes

Herb Bread
Delicious, quick to make soda bread with herbs. Use fresh or dried, instructions for both.

Herb Butters
Recipes for herb butters with quantities for dried and fresh.

Herb Butter
Ideas on using herb butter, including a quick herb bread.

Herb Oils
How to make herb oils. How to use the herb oils and a recipe for herby croutons

Herby Potato Recipe
Lovely golden herby potatoes. Use rosemary, parsley, basil, sage, whatever herb or combination you like. Try tomato and basil with chicken. Delicious.

Herb Seasoned Stuffing
A basic recipe for herb stuffing. Try this once and you'll never buy a packet again.

Herb Roasted Chicken
A beautifully simple roast using cream cheese, garlic and parsley. Leave it to cook itself for a perfect summer roast.

Shrimp alla Diavlo
This recipe combines shrimp, garlic, parsely, basil, thyme and oregano in a spicy tomato sauce. Poured over pasta it makes for a fantastic taste experience.

Basil Herb Recipes

Pesto Sauce
Delicious pesto sauce recipe. Fresh basil and parsley with nuts, cheese and olive oil combined to make the most wonderful taste sensation imaginable.

Tomato Basil Soup Recipe
A creamy tomato basil soup recipe - great served either hot or ice cold.

Basil Chicken
A tasty basil chicken recipe with a creamy white wine sauce. Delicious...

Basil Chicken Recipe
This recipe has been sent in by my friend Bridget, from www.desertrosebooks.com. It's a delicious mixture of pasta, chicken, proscuitto and fresh basil.

La Madeleine Tomato Basil Soup
The famous creamy La Madeleine Tomato Basil Soup. Absolutely delicious and surprisingly simple to make.

Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella Salad
A classic basil dish with a balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing.

Coriander Recipes

Coriander Chicken Stuffed Peppers
A Chicken chilli in a pepper - serve with avocado, soured cream, corn chips and tortillas. Then you eat the bowl - saves a bit of washing up :-)

Mint Recipes

Baked Basa with Mint Sauce
An unusual mixture of mint and fish. Very tasty.

Parsley Recipes

Greek Salad

A delicious feta cheese salad using parsley and oregano.

Parsley Potato

A tasty, simple potato dish - serve either as a vegetable or a main course - delicious with crusty bread to soak up the sauce.

Rosemary Recipes

Rosemary Chicken
A whole roasted chicken using fragrant rosemary to flavor and also instructions to make a gravy.

Rosemary Bread Recipe
Nothing smells so good as home made herby bread. Simple recipe to make by hand.

Sage Recipes

Sage Stuffing Recipe
A most wonderful stuffing using fresh or dried sage. Goes with anything from sausages to roast pork or chicken. You'll never buy a packet again.

Sage Dressing Recipe
A simple sage dressing to serve with your turkey or chicken

Pork Tenderloin with Sage and Apple
This recipe is for sage flavoured apple sauce with pork - tenderloin is good, but steaks or chops will be fine as well. Add some roast potatoes and veg and you've got a meal fit for guests in 30 minutes.

Tarragon Recipes

Tagliatelle with mussels, shrimp and tarragon
A lovely seafood pasta with tarragon.

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