The Herbal Pantry

Herbs are a big part of life at Linderhof

Half of the back garden is the herb garden

(the other half is patio!)

But I'm not an herb dryer

(except for the lavender)

preferring to buy fresh grocery store herbs in the winter

relying heavily on parsley

and also a few snippets from the herbs I keep on my kitchen windowsill.

But I do "save" herbs for winter

Just not dried!

And last week I taught a class on 

The Herbal Pantry

at life+style

Loaves of bread were perfect to spread with herbal butters, herbal honeys and herbal jams

Biscuits made two ways -- with the same recipe

one with herbal flour/the other with herbal butter

The class said there was a difference!

And no class is complete without a sweet treat

My fairy cakes made with rose geranium sugar

and decorated with a rose geranium leaf.

Foods from my herbal pantry included:

rosemary salt

chive butter

mixed herb flour

(it's where those little snippets of herbs go when I pick too many for my dish)

tarragon vinegar

blueberry basil jam

lavender honey

basil pesto

Attendees got to take home some herbal salt and some herbal butter

which

they made themselves!

I had so much fun teaching this class

that next Saturday

September 7

I'm going back to Fire Lake Camp

for an Herbal Pantry Luncheon

We'll talk about and demonstrate some of the items from

The Herbal Pantry

Then we'll enjoy a Herbal Pantry Luncheon

A salad of mixed greens, Farmer's Market tomatoes with purple ruffles basil vinegar

Pasta with pesto

Carrot salad with a lemon verbena dressing

Herbal biscuits

Blueberry Basil Jam Cake

There's still room and I'd so like to meet you

Call Julie at  913-544-9260 or email her at info@firelakecamp.com

It should be a fun and tasty afternoon