Posts tagged with "culinary":

Are your basil plants looking beautiful and ready to use? Want some new ideas for how to enjoy the basil in your herb garden or patio pot? Here are three recipe ideas for you to try! What do you like to do with the basil from your yard? Basil Recipes Watermelon, feta, and basil salad Ingredients: 4 cups watermelon (cubed) ½ cup crumbled feta cheese (substitute cotija cheese for a different flavor profile!) ¼ cup Italian basil leaves, cut in chiffonade Seasoning to taste (salt, pepper, drizzle of balsamic...

Something I love about arranging flowers for weddings is incorporating native plants and herbs into my creations. Not many of my events pass by without snippets of rosemary, olive branches, or bay laurel foliage. I also love to cut herbs to use in cooking and baking or to bring a fresh scent into the house. In my yard, I have oregano and rosemary growing year-round, and sage and mint that thrive during wetter times of the year. I’ve also had gardens where I grew chocolate mint, lemon thyme, basil, and...