Celebrate National More Herbs Less Salt Day!
August 24, 2010
I love herbs and cooking with herbs. I can spend hours in the herb room blending and mixing to create just the right flavor combination. Cooking with herbs is not the difficult or dangerous activity many people believe it is, in fact using them everyday is as easy and having a properly filled cabinet. Through the years I have made and marketed more than 100 different herbal blends and I am always looking for a new way to promote the use of herbs in everyday cooking.
Sunday will be National More Herbs, Less Salt Day. In honor of this special day here are a few herbal salt substitutes you can create to use on this auspicious day!
The good news is, using less salt helps with cholesterol and blood pressure lowering as well as reducing water retention and can in many ways improve your skin. So why not try these flavor-filled treats and help yourself at the same time. Tomorrow I will give you a few recipes to go with these blends.
Oniony Salt Substitute
(Onion gives you the taste you are looking for without the salt so you can fool your taste buds)
6 teaspoons onion...
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Peach is an Herb
August 9, 2010
I am always amazed at the new things I learn while stumbling through my regular day. I subscribe to a couple of internet groups and visit a number of herb related blogs and today I saw Peaches listed two different places as an herb. I thought that was odd so I investigated this is what I discovered:
Peach is indeed an herb, mostly because if you use it for medicinal purposes you are using the leaves and bark. It is actually quite good for you and the bark and leaves of a peach tree can be a great addition to your natural first-aid kit.
On one website that lists references back to some of the original 16th century herbals I located this: “Culpepper informs us that a powder of the leaves 'strewed on fresh bleeding wounds stayeth their bleeding and closeth them.' “
Medicinal uses from various sources:
The leaves, bark, flowers and kernels have medicinal virtue. Both the leaves and bark are still employed for their curative powers. They have demulcent, sedative, diuretic and expectorant action. An infusion of 1/2 OZ. of the bark or 1 OZ. of the dried leaves...
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Crockpot Herb Bread
August 3, 2010
I love home-made bread and our farmers market features two different bread vendors so I can get my fill. However, I also like to make bread at home, but I don’t always have the time (and this time of year who wants to turn on the oven), so I found a quick solution. I use my Crockpot. This is an unusual way to make bread, but it is so easy and you can use any combination of herbs to craft if.
MATERIALS:
1 Tbls. Yeast
¼ cup warm water
½ cup warm milk
1/3 cup quick-cook oats
1 ½ Tbls. olive oil
1 ½ Tbls. honey
1 egg
1/8 cup wheat germ
2 tsp fresh minced rosemary (or 1 tsp dried) - you can substitute savory if you grow it!
2 tsp fresh minced thyme (or 1 tsp dried) – try lemon thyme if you have it!
2 tsp fresh dill or parsley (or 1 tsp dried)
1 tsp salt
2 cups wheat flour, plus up to 1/3 cup more
STEPS:
1. Turn your Crockpot to high. Place a riser in the bottom. Two canning jar rims or crumbled aluminum foil will do. Add...
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