National Honeybee Day
I just received an email from Savannah Bee Company that today is NATIONAL HONEYBEE DAY! This little honeybee is enjoying the flowers on my oregano plant. Bees love flowering herbs… Do you have bees in your garden?
Tag Archives: herbs
Honey Lavender Butter with Cream Biscuits
Compound butters are wonderful to make ahead and have on hand when you prepare your meal. Whether you put it on your biscuits, vegetables, fish or steak it adds a nice flavor to your recipe. As my lavender is blooming I decided to make one fit for the summer season and served it with cream … Continue reading
Focaccia Garden Art
I’ve been wanting to make this since last year but the summer had ended and many of the edible flowers and herbs were not available in my garden. If you haven’t tried this yet you need to! Get some family or friends and create your own work of art using fresh edible flowers, herbs, veggies … Continue reading
Grilled Lamb Chops with Mashed Potatoes and Rosemary Gravy
Lamb chops are a special treat for me and I usually make them with a sauce. This time I grilled them and served them with gravy. I mean you can’t have gravy without mashed potatoes. A win win for me! For more lamb recipes search “lamb” and you will find more ways to cook lamb chops, … Continue reading
Chicken Salad in a Cantaloupe Bowl
Fresh, tasty and juicy cantaloupe is another summer fruit that is just beginning to show up in the grocery. All I have to do is pick one up and smell it – that’s my best test! Not like the hard flesh of winter/spring without any flavor. Chicken salad served in half of a fresh cantaloupe … Continue reading
Slice-and-Bake Lavender Cookies with White Chocolate Glaze
Lavender is probably my favorite aromatic flower to use in baking. It lends itself to desserts such as custard, bread, ice cream and cookies. I also love to use it in drinks and savory recipes too! Just search “lavender” and you will find a bunch of recipes. This cookie recipe is heavenly to say the … Continue reading
Pad Thai Gai: Stir-Fried Noodles with Chicken
Stir-fries are one of my favorite ways to cook. Choices in vegetables and or meat or fish are unlimited based on your likes and dislikes. Thai rice noodles are especially tender and delicious with any stir-fry and very easy to cook – just pour hot water over them and let sit for 25 minutes. They … Continue reading
Grilled New Potato Salad with Bacon and Onions
This is another delicious summer salad perfect for grilling. Served these potatoes with my favorite turkey burgers!
Iced Lavender Cafés au Lait
I love using lavender in recipes and a cold iced coffee sounded like another perfect way to use the flower buds from this fragrant herb. Normally I only drink black coffee every morning – no sugar or milk. This iced coffee was not sweet or rich tasting. Except for the calories I would drink this … Continue reading
Swallowtail Butterflies – 2019
Lovely visitor to my garden – a swallowtail butterfly. Eastern Swallowtails host on members of the Apiaceae family which include dill, parsley, fennel, carrot, celery and Queen Anne’s Lace. This year they chose to lay their eggs on my dill plant. You can see a caterpillar feeding on the umbrella like seed heads (umbels). The … Continue reading