Culinary Herbs – Easy to Grow, Delicious to Eat!
Saturday, March 13th, 2010If you enjoy cooking be aware what a difference using fresh herbs, as opposed to dried ones, can make to a meal. Fresh herbs can take an average dish and make it an aromatic taste sensation! Culinary herbs add a lot of flavor and fragrance to your dishes that once you get used to using them you’ll never want to use dried herbs again. And if you are watching your waistline, using herbs will help you cut calories and still enjoy your food. Fresh herbs can give to a meal what salt and fat can – but without the bad health implications.
One of the many pluses of culinary herbs is that they grow easily. You can grow them indoors on a sunny windowsill or outside in your garden. Many herbs for cooking look beautiful in a garden, especially lavender and basil, and they bring wonderful variety to your garden – rosemary bushes are fragrant and can grow very large and they stay green year round. For smaller herbs pretty pots, window boxes, planters and hanging baskets are ample.
When at the grocery store it is easy to buy some freshly cut herbs, but if you grow your own you can snip at them as needed and have an instant supply of culinary herbs at hand – so growing herbs at home is easy, and cost effective. Unsure of which herbs to start growing? Some that are great to use when cooking are rosemary, basil, parsley and chives. They need minimal care and in return flourish easily.
Very little is needed to start growing your culinary herbs, but these tips are important to remember: herbs need lots of sun, they mustn’t get too much water and they thrive in well drained soild. to get a head start on your herb garden visit a nursery and buy herbs in pots that have already grown and are ready to use.
With some extra planning, using herbs in your cooking will help enhance your dish without much additional expense. There are so many recipes available to help you use fresh herbs – from pesto sauce which uses handfuls of basil, to lesser known ones that require just a small sprinkling of herbs. Whichever you choose you will be delighted with the outcome.
For more information on when to plant, growing herbs, both indoors and out, and more visit growherbstoday.com.

















