cooking with herbs

Glazed Garlic, Onion and Parsley Meatballs

These meatballs are so darn good!

They have parsley, onion, garlic and a yummy ‘secret sauce’. The secret sauce cracks me up because the main ingredient is just silly. The original recipe came from one of these Workbasket magazines, but I couldn’t tell you which one without digging through the lot of them.These meatballs are hefty- but you can make smaller ones if you like. This recipe will make 12-15 jumbo meatballs. I could probably eat a whole tray myself, but usually do a side dish or two to prevent that from happening.

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Favorite Herbal Cold Remedy

What’s mine?

When my gang gets sick I break out the Buck Tea!

I know that doesn’t sound very herbal.

It is, and I’ll share the easy recipe below. It’s really a lemony hot, spicy herb tea.

So why do we call it Buck Tea?

Years ago my older kids gave it that name in order to terrorize their younger siblings.

We raise goats and know very well the gross behaviors that bucks(intact male goats) engage in. Continue reading

Herbed Bar Nuts

…these Rosemary glazed nuts are beautiful and simple to make. Continue reading

Peekaboo Chives

The potted chives that have been dormant and resting in the snow for a few months are ready to get growing again. For them Spring has Sprung-even if they come indoors during a January blizzard! Continue reading

Herbs in Bread

Gluten free herbed bread, that is… this is a recent dietary adjustment at our house.

I combined a gluten free bread mix from Bob’s Red Mill along with another GF bread recipe I found. I tossed in some herbs, ( see below) a variety of seeds, and baked the… Continue reading

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