Harvest fresh herbs: Summary Let 's take a step and quickly covers what we learned about harvesting fresh herbs from her herb garden home: * Harvest herbs before the hottest part of the day. The morning after the dew has dried * Harvest preferably not more than 30% of the leaves of a plant the grass at a time unless you are harvesting a plant's annual garden herb and the whole coriander leaves * Clarify in a bowl of fresh salt water to remove insects and dirt the best, little known tips to preserve fresh herbs - Tip 1: Herbal Ice Cubes: A few pumps of flavor * slightly Pique leaves of herbs * Place the leaves clarified wort measures of the
quantity (see below) in an ice cube tray * Fill ice cube trays and freeze water * Be sure to label the shelves so you can identify your herbs below * Uses and Tips to freeze herbs in ice cubes Preserving fresh herbs in ice cubes, two advantages are achieved very helpful. The first advantage, of course, is that your herbs valued for their home herb garden are easily and effectively saved for later use. The second advantage is that each ice cube containing a premeasured amount of fresh herbs. Each ice cube-filled grass becomes an "incredibly convenient; bomb" flavor, that you down it in soups, stews, sauces or other fresh herb recipes. How much fresh herbs in ice cube? I recommend placing a tablespoon of fresh herbs (chopped lightly, so it fits) in each ice cube. This is a common measure for recipes. If your recipe for the sauce or soup calls for 2 tablespoons of oregano, then "flavor bombs away!" With 2 ice cubes, oregano. Tip 2: Manufacture of herb seasoned salt, of course, the salt has been used for centuries to preserve food. But most people think of salt that is used to preserve meat and fish. Using salt to preserve fresh herbs, especially their own home herb garden, again, gives you two nice advantages. The first advantage is that herbs preserved in salt can last for months. The second advantage is that salt seasoned itself is of such intense close contact with the herbs. The salt grass becomes a delightful and useful addition to your spice rack. Here 's how: * Spread a layer of salt on a tray * Add a layer of fresh herbs of your choice * Add a second layer of salt covering fresh herbs to sandwich them between two layers of salt * Store the tray in a cool dry place for a month or more at this point, you have a choice. You can separate the herbs and place in an airtight container and put salt in another container. Or you can leave the mixture of salt / herb together and place them together in air tight containers. Whichever you choose, make sure to label the containers so they are easy to identify later in spice rack or on your counter. Final thoughts about preserving the harvest of his home herb garden using seasoned salt grass is really a great way to decrease the amount of salt in your diet. How ' "s that? The taste of salt is much more complex and intense, that very little goes a long way in spicing up your new and delicious diet. Remember, healthier consumption is reached, not private and family of the good things in life, is rediscovering achieved even better things in life!
Friday, October 9, 2009
