Start Your Herb Garden

Here are some great herbs to start your own Herb Garden with. Basil – Found in Italian cooking and spaghetti recipes , this herb works well with tomatoes and garlic.? Basis has a mild sweetness that enhances meats, fish, poultry and vegetables.? Basil is easy to grown and does well in heat and direct sunshine.? Try using its leaves in fresh garden salads and pasta dishes.? Some of the favorite varieties include compact bush, cinnamon, spicy globe as well as the common sweet basil. Chives – Has a mild onion flavor.? Chives are useful in many forms in the kitchen.? Besides using them as an enhancement to your pasta dishes, on top of baked potatoes or in salads, they can be used to spice up your recipes as a garnishment.? Chives add flavors to soups, stocks and broths.? They grow well in sunny locations, indoor pots and work well as a boarder plant in your garden. Cilantro – Also known as Chinese parsley or coriander, cilantro looks similar to parsley but with larger, flat leaves.? Cilantro’s distinctive, pungent aroma is a key ingredient in Mexican, Indian and Chinese cooking.? Cilantro is found in salsa, rice and with cooked chicken and fish. Dill – Most often dill is associated with pickles but the flavors work exceptionally well in salads and with fish.? Try using the feathery leaves to enhance tuna salad , salad dressings , cottage cheese or with yogurt for a vegetable dip.? Use it in a combination with yogurt and minced cucumber for a topping to fish. Fennel – Fennel is a tall and graceful plant known for its use as in fish dishes.? It resembles dill as both have feathery, light leaves grown on strong, tall stems.? Fennel can reach as height as 5 feet.? The flavor is a…

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Start Your Herb Garden

Simple Alfredo Sauce

1 pt. heavy cream 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 stick butter 1 Tbl. parsley 1 cup parmesan cheese pepper to taste Melt butter in a sauce pan with garlic, parsley and black pepper . Add cream (keep at low-medium heat – do not boil). Stir in parmesan cheese. Stir constantly until thickened. If it doesn’t thicken, add 1 tsp. cornstarch. This goes great over any pasta. I like to use it over chicken or a white sauce for spinach pizza.

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Shrimp Burgers

I have been in a bit of a cooking slump lately.? Just looking at my past few months post will prove that!? It seems like I have posted very few real meals in there amongst all of the bread and desserts that have been going up!!!? All that is about to change.? Things are definitely looking up!? The girls are done school for the summer and I am as excited as they are!!! Anyway the other night, while I am getting into break mode I was thinking about meals I have loved.? One of my favorite things ever and have never really thought about making are Shrimp Burgers.? The only time I have ever tasted them was a couple of summers ago when we were on vacation in Beaufort, SC and ate at The Shrimp Shack .? A very, very rustic place owned by the same people that own Gay Fish Company that supplies the shrimp for these burgers.? It’s one of those wait in line, place your order at the window and then wait until they call your name and then find a picnic table to eat at or take it with you!? ? Shrimp Burgers These burgers are chock full of shrimp and come in very close to what you get at The Shrimp Shack.? I think the only difference is the method of cooking.? Pretty sure they cook theirs in the deep fryer and we don’t own one of those! What would I change if I next time ( and there will be a next time), absolutely nothing but I will make more.? This recipe made 4 burgers and I would have loved one the next day for lunch.? I think they would be delicious cold… Shrimp Burgers – Adapted from here Ingredients: 1 pound shrimp (I used frozen and thawed them but would like to use fresh

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