Here's how to dry bay leaves so you can use them all year round in your favourite recipes. Bay leaves are one of the most common fresh herbs to be used in cooking. They add a delicious subtle flavor when added to soups, stews and even pasta dishes and sauces. The taste and aroma of these glossy green leaves pairs perfectly with herbs such as oregano and thyme or spices like black pepper, … [Read more...]
How to Dry Chives
Once you learn how to dry chives, you'll find it easy to always keep some on hand for cooking! When you properly dry chives for long-term storage you’ll find that you'll have lots of dried chives to use in cooking all year long. There are several ways to dry chives, and I'll share these different methods of drying herbs below. This will hopefully help you to include chives in recipes and meals … [Read more...]
How to Dry Herbs
Discover how to dry herbs the right way, even if you don't have a dehydrator. We use a lot of herbs in cooking and so we always have some growing in the gardens. We grow Oregano, Lovage, Parsley and Chives which are all perennial herbs. Today I want to show you how to dry herbs. Plant these perennial herbs once and they should come back each year with new growth. Our … [Read more...]
How to Preserve Fresh Basil
Here's how to preserve Basil so it tastes fresh all year! Basil is a quick growing herb and should be ready to harvest some leaves within two months. Perfect for any tomato dish or whipped into a pesto! Want to know an easy way to preserve all those extra Basil leaves? We'll show you how! Want more articles about gardening? Check out all of our Food Gardening posts here. Read … [Read more...]
Prepper’s Dehydrator Handbook – Book Review
I've just finished reading the Prepper's Dehydrator Handbook, written by Shelle Wells. I was hoping to pick up some tips AND find some great recipes and mixes. And I DID. If you need a book geared towards dehydrating for beginners, this book works! And if you have experience drying foods but want some great recipes, this book works for that too. Dehydrating for … [Read more...]
How to Dry Lovage Herb
Learn how to dry Lovage, a herb that tastes like celery. We have perennial Lovage growing in the garden, so every year we get to enjoy big harvests of the leaves. We use them fresh in cooking, but we also dry this Mediterranean herb to use in the winter. Here's my method for drying Lovage for use all year long. If you want to learn more about growing Lovage plants and the care it needs, you … [Read more...]
Growing and Using Stevia
Stevia is an easy herb to grow even as a houseplant. Plant some this year and grow stevia to use in place of sugar. Last Spring, I came across some Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) plants while picking up some bedding plants. I remember just a few years ago, even stevia seeds were hard to find and they were very expensive. Finding growing Stevia plants was impossible, at least here in south central … [Read more...]
