Looking for a way to bring some extra interest to your cooking? Feeling like your meals lack a little punch?
Step out as little or as much as you like by adding herbs to the food you bring to the table!
Fresh and Simple
This is a clean and easy way to add freshness and zest to what you eat. No new technique is required, no expensive tool or appliance, no journeying to an exotic grocery store.
What you do need are good recipes from cooks who know which herbs—and how much of them—will create dishes that you love to eat and can’t wait to serve.
We have those recipes in this unusual collection. Many of the recipes in Favorite Recipes with Herbs come from herb shops scattered across the country. These proprietors know herbs and all they’re capable of.
If you’ve been a timid user of herbs, these recipes will draw you into including them steadily and often.
If until now, you’ve stuck to adding some oregano or basil to your favorite Italian dishes, or scattering minced parsley over a platter of haddock, this cookbook will show you how to broaden your range.
Get acquainted with tarragon and lemon balm. Find out which dishes sing with dill and mint and cilantro.
Make Your Own Mustards, Vinegars, and Butters!
Did you know that herbs enhance breakfast dishes, breads, snacks and appetizers, beverages, soups, salads, veggies, main dishes—from grains and pastas to beef and seafood—and desserts? You’ll find those dishes among the more than 500 recipes in Favorite Recipes with Herbs. Plus recipes for making your own mustards, vinegars, and butters!
Each Recipe Contains Amounts for Both Fresh and Dried Herbs
The wonder of herbs, of course, is that they bring great flavor to a dish, whether they’re fresh or dried. We offer both fresh and dried amounts of herbs for the recipes in this book. So you can use the book year-round.
One more thing—we have two indexes in the book: an Index of Herbs and an Index of Recipes. If you grow herbs, and you have basil pouring out of your pots, or mint crawling over every inch of open ground, you can flip to the Index of Herbs and discover all the recipes calling for basil or mint. We feature 14 herbs in this Index.
If you’re looking for a special breakfast dish, or an unusual dessert, turn to the Index of Recipes. You’ll have lots to choose from.
With Favorite Recipes with Herbs, you’ll discover the matchless wonder of the natural, fresh flavors found in herbs. And you’ll say good-bye to bland cooking!
—Phyllis Good