Used our home-grown herbs for dinner

[Jeeper]

We had chicken breasts marinated in balsamic vinaigrette, with rosemary branches inserted under the skin, cooked on the grill. On the side we had store-bought tomatoes topped with chopped basil from the garden, and a spinach salad with dried cherries and almonds. I love the fresh herbs!

[CrabbyBull]

I have been using mine, too! I love using them, too! :)

[Ayrlin]

There is nothing better!
That chicken sounds GREAT I do one simaler , I add garlic to it overnight and I insert small twigs of rosemary as well.
my rosemary bush is about 3 feet high now!

[RoseWaddles]

That's great! I only grow cilantro. I need to plant some basil. I've been harvesting some really nice cherry tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes, along with some lemon cucumbers.

[Ayrlin]

My tomato plants have yet to even flower:(
I have pots and pots of herbs that are growing like wild fire but I'm a failer on veggies :( What am I doing wrong?

[PammyJo]

I've been chopping a lot of fresh basil to go with sliced tomatoes. Yum

[Jane]

I love fresh herbs! saves oodles of money too! I've become a basil and dill freak!

[RoseWaddles]

Basil, dill, rosemary, cilantro....what else would be good? Do you plant them in containers? I know nothing about growing my own herbs.

[Jeeper]

I don't have any ripe tomatoes yet, but I have a ton of green ones.

I have eight tomato plants. Six cherry tomatoes, one regular large tomato, and one called "Sweet 100." Sweet 100 seems to be a sort of grape tomato - can't wait for some of those to ripen!

I didn't want all those cherry tomatoes, but they only sold the plants in six packs and I couldn't bear to throw any of them away :) I was going on vacation right after I got them and didn't have time to find anybody to give them to. Think we will have enough tomatoes for two people? :D

[claire631]

Herbs are the best. They are so easy to grow and add so much flavor to your food. Have a few different varities of basil and oregano and sage. Love em.

[Jeeper]

Rose - Mint, parsley, chives, and one of my absolute favorites, tarragon!

Mine are all in pots. The only thing that isn't growing like crazy is the rosemary. It's doing fine, but not getting really big.

I also have a lot of lavender as a landscaping plant, but don't use it for cooking.

[PammyJo]

I haven't had a really decent home grown tomato, yet. The storms we've had this summer have really be hell on all the plants. I was hoping to be overwhelmed with tomatoes so that I could make lots and lots of fresh, homemade salsa. Guess that won't happen. Last year I canned 48 pints, all with donated tomatoes.

[CrabbyBull]

I have basil, rosemary, sage, oregano, thyme, and parsley. I need to add miracle grow to my plants - they are all in pots.

I have tomato and cucumber plants, as well as some lettuce.

hmm - dill sounds good. I have to look for some!

[Savvy]

It's so great you grow your own. I can't grow an air plant, I swear I kill everything that doesn't have fur or hair. LOL

[Ayrlin]

Basil, dill, rosemary, cilantro....what else would be good? Do you plant them in containers? I know nothing about growing my own herbs.All mine are in pots on my balcony since I live in an aparment,
I have rosemary, sweetbasil, spicy globe basil, peppermint, mint,garlic chives, chives, sage, thyme, and then a couple tomato plants and some jalapenio plants which have been producing like mad.
i also have lavender out there and roses, i'm the woman with the green balcony and a tiny walkway

[Jeeper]

Oh, I have thyme too, and also sage, but I never use them for anything.

[Jeeper]

Last year I canned 48 pints, all with donated tomatoes.
LOL - I will have to find somebody around here who makes salsa, I guess!

[Ayrlin]

Oh, I have thyme too, and also sage, but I never use them for anything.I use thyme to stuff in chicken when I'm rosting them also great in roasts!

Sage I wrap fish in and grill and such its also great on chicken

[Chamellie]

It's so great you grow your own. I can't grow an air plant, I swear I kill everything that doesn't have fur or hair. LOL
Me too :dying: I have to buy fresh herbs at the market.

[Jeeper]

Black basil is also a nice plant. It tastes the same as regular basil, but it adds some color to your herb garden.

[RoseWaddles]

All mine are in pots on my balcony since I live in an aparment,
I have rosemary, sweetbasil, spicy globe basil, peppermint, mint,garlic chives, chives, sage, thyme, and then a couple tomato plants and some jalapenio plants which have been producing like mad.
i also have lavender out there and roses, i'm the woman with the green balcony and a tiny walkway Hmm...this has me think. I have tons of empty pots in the garage and lots of room in the backyard for them. Do you start them by seeds or by seedlings?

[heidihoopi]

I have basil, lavendar, chives, and sage in the garden this year. I have two almost ripe tomatoes! Just started harvesting green beans today. 4 types of squash are doing well, cuc's are slow. :( We love sliced tomatoes with a thin slice of fresh mozzarella cheese topped with a fresh basil leaf, then drizzled with an olive oil/balsalmic vinagrette. That's called a Caprese salad in Italy. :)

[Ayrlin]

Black basil is also a nice plant. It tastes the same as regular basil, but it adds some color to your herb garden.I had some purple sage last year, stuff is neat
I'm on the look out for some white sage never found any this year and I killed last years plant, went on vacation and it died

[beenieweenie2]

I opened this half-expecting to find your world-famous pot brownie recipe :rolleyes:

[CrabbyBull]

I use sage under the skin of turkey or chicken.

Rose - I started mine from seedlings.

[Jeeper]

Rose, go to Home Depot or a nursery and buy them in little pots. They're less than $2 each, generally! Not worth the trouble of starting from seed, especially so late in the season.

[Jeeper]

Target usually has some, too....

[JuneBug]

I love cooking with fresh herbs! I agree that it saves a lot of money; the mark up on dried herbs is astronomical!


I have 12 plants on my balcony; half that I grew from seed and they are really flourishing! I have thyme, parsley, sage, marjoram, chervil, summer savory, rosemary, cilantro, chives, TONS of basil (probably 5 plants of Italian/Lemon basil) tarragon and dill which is not doing so hot. My favorite to cook with are marjoram, thyme, and summer savory. Rosemary is also great because it is so fragrant and makes most meats taste delish!

[Jeeper]

We should start a "cooking with herbs" thread in Mangia! Mangia! and post all our favorite herb-y recipes there :)

I will start it off with mojitos, LOL :D

[Island of Bluebells]

Well, this year I just have chives and cilantro. We were gone on vacation a little late into spring so I got behind on the stuff I usually plant. And the nursereys here did not get many herbs. I started dill from seed but it is barely hanging on. I usually start basil also. Love the scent of the herbs when the sun shines on them. The tomato plants, well, they have a few leaves.....

[Jane]

Ellie, I started growing mine because the package of fresh herbs in the grocery store was 2 bucks and a plant growing was under a dollar :) I figured I couldn't go wrong!