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5/26/21
Hello friends, I know it’s been a while since my last post, so I knew I had to get back into the swing of things again. Lately, I find myself doing things like spring cleaning in the kitchen cupboards and that means that I must do something about all those individual bottles of herbs that I grew and preserved from the garden last year. I am always fearful that I won’t have enough herbs and so last year I saved a lot of rosemary, thyme, oregano, and sage. I also had a lot of dehydrated tomatoes sitting around unused. So, I asked myself “What was I thinking?” Truth is that I didn’t really have much of a plan for all these herbs. However, the herbs I had preserved in salt were long gone and used up because they were made into an herb blend that I used on just about everything. Aha, the solution sprang to mind, I should take all these unused herbs that I carefully dried and bottled into separate containers and just combine them with salt to make some quick and easy to use herb blends!
Hello friends, I know it’s been a while since my last post, so I knew I had to get back into the swing of things again. Lately, I find myself doing things like spring cleaning in the kitchen cupboards and that means that I must do something about all those individual bottles of herbs that I grew and preserved from the garden last year. I am always fearful that I won’t have enough herbs and so last year I saved a lot of rosemary, thyme, oregano, and sage. I also had a lot of dehydrated tomatoes sitting around unused. So, I asked myself “What was I thinking?” Truth is that I didn’t really have much of a plan for all these herbs. However, the herbs I had preserved in salt were long gone and used up because they were made into an herb blend that I used on just about everything. Aha, the solution sprang to mind, I should take all these unused herbs that I carefully dried and bottled into separate containers and just combine them with salt to make some quick and easy to use herb blends!
I was gifted a set of Wonder Sky salt and pepper grinders a couple of years ago for a Christmas gift. I used one of them to put the herbs in with coarse sea salt and voila, my very own homegrown herb blend. First, I started with an Italian herb blend which contained homegrown and dried basil, rosemary, thyme, and some store-bought garlic powder and coarse sea salt. I found that I was using this blend on almost everything I cooked from chicken, fish, pork, and even potatoes and other veggies. So, when I ran out quickly, again I pulled out some more individually dried homegrown herbs I had hanging around in the cupboard. My latest blend even has some of the dehydrated tomatoes in it. It also contains the usual abundant suspects here on the homestead: rosemary, basil, thyme, sage, and oregano, plus the store-bought garlic powder and coarse sea salt. I call it the “Homegrown Spice Blend”. See the pic below.
I was gifted a set of Wonder Sky salt and pepper grinders a couple of years ago for a Christmas gift. I used one of them to put the herbs in with coarse sea salt and voila, my very own homegrown herb blend. First, I started with an Italian herb blend which contained homegrown and dried basil, rosemary, thyme, and some store-bought garlic powder and coarse sea salt. I found that I was using this blend on almost everything I cooked from chicken, fish, pork, and even potatoes and other veggies. So, when I ran out quickly, again I pulled out some more individually dried homegrown herbs I had hanging around in the cupboard. My latest blend even has some of the dehydrated tomatoes in it. It also contains the usual abundant suspects here on the homestead: rosemary, basil, thyme, sage, and oregano, plus the store-bought garlic powder and coarse sea salt. I call it the “Homegrown Spice Blend”. See the pic below.
I have been using this blend on everything and find that it is a really good way to use up a lot of those herbs so I can make sure there is plenty of space to add freshly preserved ones as they grow this spring and summer. I have used this blend for chicken, steak, veggies, and even sprinkled atop extra virgin olive oil on French bread, yummmmy! I am really looking forward to growing more herb varieties to create even more blend combinations this season. I’ve been looking around online for DIY spice blends and found some options for Cajun spice blends, Taco or Fajita seasonings, BBQ rub, Ranch seasoning, Greek spice blend, and Curry spice blends just to name a few others I look forward to making. I hope you will try to grow some herbs and make a few of your own blends too.
I have been using this blend on everything and find that it is a really good way to use up a lot of those herbs so I can make sure there is plenty of space to add freshly preserved ones as they grow this spring and summer. I have used this blend for chicken, steak, veggies, and even sprinkled atop extra virgin olive oil on French bread, yummmmy! I am really looking forward to growing more herb varieties to create even more blend combinations this season. I’ve been looking around online for DIY spice blends and found some options for Cajun spice blends, Taco or Fajita seasonings, BBQ rub, Ranch seasoning, Greek spice blend, and Curry spice blends just to name a few others I look forward to making. I hope you will try to grow some herbs and make a few of your own blends too.
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