Preserving Herbs for Sustainable Living
Preserving Herbs for Sustainable Living
I beg your parsley? Now is the time to start preserving herbs while they are still in abundance for use in the later months. Nothing is better than a fresh taste of summer from the addition of some of your own preserved herbs to flavor your soups, stews, and sauces when it’s cold outside. Preserving… Read More »
I beg your parsley? Now is the time to start preserving herbs while they are still in abundance for use in the later months. Nothing is better than a fresh taste of summer from the addition of some of your own preserved herbs to flavor your soups, stews, and sauces when it’s cold outside. Preserving herbs is easy, requires little materials and is a sustainable option. There are several methods for preserving herbs including freezing, drying or dehydrating, making herb or oil cubes or herb butters. Miss Jenn, our culinary specialist, shows you how to easily preserve herbs by making an herb salt. Watch the video and try this easy method today! Or try drying your herbs using the paper bag method instead by watching this fun & informative video today!
Preserving herbs not only enhances your food, it reduces your food costs and stretches your food budget by minimizing waste from your homegrown harvest or from your purchased bunch of herbs. Reducing waste is obviously better for the environment as it takes valuable resources to produce food and conserving these assets is a worthy effort. Preserving herbs also provides a new use to old jars preventing them from having to go into the landfills or to recycling stations. Preserving herbs is just one way you can reduce food waste and live a more sustainable and healthy lifestyle. Be sure to follow our weekly blog for more tips for eating in season along with the family that grows your food.
Best wishes from our farm kitchen to yours!
