Growing your own herbs in an
Italian Herb Garden provides a huge amount of possibilities. It cultivates interesting culinary ideas and leads the way to creative cookery. They can improve bland recipes for people on restricted diets. Oregano, for example can replace salt, and sweet cicely can replace sugar if restricted diets are required.
These five common Italian herbs will add color to your summer garden and zest to your cooking.
Basil is the herb of love and is favored by many. Its sweet flavor and aroma gives it infinite uses, whether for main meals or desserts. Basil is probably best known for its uses with tomatoes. It can be sprinkled over sliced tomatoes with an oil and vinegar salad dressing, or used to make homemade tomato or spaghetti sauce.
Bay Leaves are very spicy and pungent. Usually they are used when cooking meats. Because of their strong flavor only one-half to one leaf is needed for a medium-sized stew.
Oregano is probably the most famous American herb. Its fame is primarily due to pizza pies. Oregano is also known for its use in spaghetti sauce. When making a home-made tomato sauce, add fresh basil and oregano sprigs to a large pot of pureed tomatoes.
Parsley is thought of by many as a sprig with which to garnish foods. Due to the high vitamin C contest of this herb, it should be added to floods whenever possible. Sprinkle is over boiled and buttered potatoes, fresh broiled fish, meats, and vegetables. It is also a must for omelets and scrambled eggs.
Thyme the traditional flavor of clam and fish chowders come from thyme. Clam chowder wouldnt be clam chowder without thyme. It is also an ingredient in stuffings for poultry or for breast of lamb.
