Cilantro Cashew Pesto
I use Romano cheese in this one, but pesto is so crazy versatile you can use a cheese of your choice.
Ingredient: Herbs and Flowers
PUT HERBS IN ICE CUBE TRAYS AS FOLLOWS
Fresh herbs – I use this one all the time. I LOVE the Springdell herb garden. You pick the herbs from the garden, chop them up and put them in the cubes. Add oil and freeze. Remove the cubes and put them in a ziplock. Don’t forget to label them with what herb they are. I also like to do herb combos that I know I use together a lot for pasta sauces etc.
Simple syrup – I make a simple syrup out of equal parts sugar and water. Heat until the sugar has dissolved. You can freeze as is and just pop a cube into a beverage or you can steep the simple syrup with herbs or flavors too. I love to use mint from Springdell and let that steep. I let it sit in there until the syrup is cool, strain out the mint, freeze and I have cubes to use in my iced tea. Delicious.
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Herb butter is a great way to preserve herbs over the winter months. Check out our recipe for it!
Recipes Using Herbs and Flowers
Irish Lamb Stew
This one was a great use of lamb stew meat, adapted from Irma Rombauer’s classic The Joy of Cooking. The use of potatoes as s thickener for the stew is brilliant. We all loved it at Sunday Dinner, even the non-lamb-lovers at the table! Also included is a link for whole wheat biscuits, which I highly recommend as an accompaniment to this stew.
Beef Shank Osso Bucco
This one fro Just A Pinch was tested and shared by Fellow Springdellian Pam H. and certified delicious. Pam advocates for a bouquet garni in cheesecloth or a tea ball so as not to have to pick the rosemary needles out of your teeth along the way. Try this one today!
