enchanted green: my herb garden

Cooking from the Garden

Featured Cookbook:

500 Treasured Country Recipes
from Martha Storey & Friends

Starting with breakfast specialties, Storey tips her hand that her anthology holds more than typical midwestern farm recipes by including jalapeño omelets. Other recipes adapt hearty country dishes to today's demand for lighter, healthier cooking. Thus, she bakes butterscotch brownies with whole-wheat flour and wheat germ. Storey recognizes that today's cooks don't have any time to waste, so she makes good use of the microwave when appropriate. Nevertheless, Storey advocates such old-fashioned skills as sausage making and canning, plus includes a section on arts of the country home to offer instruction in crafts for decorating and for gift giving.

Herb Recipe Index | Fruits, Vegetables & Flowers

Lavender Mint Tea

This mint tea recipe adds a twist by adding in some lavender. Instructions for making mint iced tea are also given. From the book, 500 Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey & Friends

In a teapot, combine the lavender flowers and mint. Pour boiling water over the mixture; steep 5 minutes.

Three ways to Make Iced Tea Brewed Tea. Make tea approximately double strength and steep only 5 minutes. Pour into a pitcher over an equal amount of ice. (If you are using a glass pitcher, let the tea cool before pouring it in.) If you sweeten the tea while it is hot, you'll need only half as much sugar.

Refrigerator Tea. Follow the procedure for sun tea, except let the mixture brew in the refrigerator overnight. This method has two advantages: When it's done, it's already cold, and no matter how long it sits, it doesn't get cloudy.

Sun Tea. In a glass jar or pitcher, place 1 teaspoon of loose tea or 1 tea bag per pint or tap water (with sugar, if you wish). Cover and set in the sun for 1 hour or so. Timing is not critical - because the water doesn't boil, the tea will not get bitter.