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Balcony Herb Gardening
Recipes:
Easy, Healthy, Quick!
Few things are as satisfying as going out to your balcony or windowsill and snipping off some fresh leaves from your herbs and tossing them into your salad or sprinkling them onto your pizza!
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And of course, pesto and salad dressings can be your signature touches to special dishes.
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Let's start with a simple Dairy-free Herb Pesto!
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Two cups of basil leaves, two tablepoons of oregano leaves, two tablespoons of marjoram leaves, six sorrel leaves, six yarrow stalks, a small handful of Italian parsely, an option is a small handful of coriander (some people have a gene which can't tolerate coriander). For a spicey tang, two large nasturium leaves. two cloves of garlic, two salad onions.
Any or all of these:
Two tablespoons of almonds, cashews, wallnuts, pecans, macadamians.
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A teaspoon of Himalayan salt. Two grinds of black pepper. Two thirds of a cup of cold-pressed virgin olive oil.
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Rinse and spin the leaves or pat dry in a clean towel. Blend all the ingredients (except the olive oil) in a food processor and then as you continue processing, slowly add the olive oil. You can add more olive oil if the consistancy seems a little dry.
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Scoop out into an air-tight container and this will keep for two weeks in your 'fridge. Enjoy your first natural organic homemade pesto!
If you don't have all the different leaves just use more of what you do have and experiment!
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Avocado Herb Dip.
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One large ripe avocado. Two spring onions, two cloves of garlic, ten small basil leaves, a tablespoon each of oregano and marjoram, four smalll nasturtium leaves, three yarrow stalks, two sorrel leaves, four sprigs of Italian parsley, three tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, one or two hardboiled eggs, a half teaspoon of Himalayan salt, one grind of pepper.
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Scoop out the flesh of the avocado into the food processor. Add all the ingreients except the egg and blend until smooth.
Chop the eggs finely and mix in by hand.
Herbal Drinks and Teas.
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Teas made of aromatic leaves, flowers or roots steeped in boiling water have been used to make drinks of fascinating tastes and aromas for thousands of years,
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The most popular herbs are mints: spearmint, peppermint. Other favourites are lemon balm, lemon verbena, geranium, chamomile, sage and like the cockail in the photo, even rosemary!
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So be daring; experiment with small portions first of single herbs and then expand your taste!
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