Herbalicious
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
My coworker-slash-friend, LM, surprised me with a bouquet of herbs from her garden this morning. Of course, they’ve totally livened up my office, both visually and nasally:
Spearmint, sage, tarragon, rosemary, thyme. Can you help a sister out? Any suggestions as to what to do with it all? If I have to preserve some, which ones preserve the best? Should I freeze or dry? I don’t want to waste a single leaf 
You could also make pesto using any of these.
Usually when I’m closing out the garden for the Winter, I dry everything by hanging it upside down in a brown paper bag for a week.
Herb-infused oils are easy. I did a post on them here: http://straightfromthefarm.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/the-late-bird-gets-the-worm-free-goodies/
Mikaela—first some belated happy birthday wishes. Freeze or dry? Maybe a little of both—look how much you have to experiment with! I think these are all great suggestions and there’s no wrong answer. (Another thought that came to me is to use them in soap but of course I have no idea how.)
I ahven’t written up my recipes using oils yet.. btu I love infused oil recipes (I googled and came up with a bunch) a nice basic how to was here:
http://www.recipesource.com/side-dishes/oils/00/rec0001.html