Growing a Themed Kitchen Herb Garden

I really like learning to cook meals from other countries, especially some of the best Mexican dishes. Do you enjoy tasting yummy international dishes? You can try your hand at planting a yummy themed kitchen herb garden.

You can cultivate the major herb plants in your own garden and have the freshest ingredients to add to your recipes, or experiment on your own.

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You do not need a special location for your themed kitchen herb garden. You can grow them in containers or in your usual garden bed.

Look no further than these suggestions for your own themed kitchen herb garden:

Asian: From Thai and Vietnamese to Indian and Chinese, Asian cooking has a lot of flavors and spices to select from. Try raising lemongrass, cayenne pepper, cardamom and anise in your Asian kitchen herb garden. The licorice taste of anise adds a warm sweetness to baked goods, soups and Indian dinners. You can brew it with your tea and add it to your cookie dough for a special treat. The growing popularity of Asian cuisine has helped it fall back into favor in the US in the last few years. Mexican: Not a week goes by when I don't chow down on a Mexican meal. I love to eat my favorite Mexican meals, such as burritos, fajitas or quesadillas at least once a week. The best Mexican recipes usually include these: Cayenne pepper, Cilantro and Garlic. Italian: What is your favorite Italian dish? My favorite is lasagna, of course. Among the best herb plants to use in your Italian dishes are basil, fennel, parsley, garlic, marjoram, oregano, rosemary and thyme. You can add garlic to all your favorite Italian dishes and savor the oniony taste! You can add garlic to your mashed potatoes and even roast it with some olive oil to eat it by itself. Do not overcook your garlic because it loses its flavor the longer it cooks. Middle East: If you haven't tried any of the exciting and flavorful foods from the Middle East and Northern Africa, you are missing some fantastic dishes. There is such variety in the array of herbs used in Middle Eastern cooking. Add chick peas, couscous and figs to your pita and herbed yogurt sauce for something extra special. These herbs are often to be found in the recipes for Middle Eastern meals: cardamom, garlic, parsley, rosemary and saffron. German: You can have your own Oktoberfest any time you like if you have got all the right German herb plants. These are a few of my favorite and most often used in authentic German dinners: chives, dill, horseradish, sage and thyme. Horseradish, which is in the mustard family, is a wonderful condiment, opening the sinuses while adding tang to the taste buds. Use it to add an extra twang to beef, fish, cream cheese spreads, potato salad, mayonnaise and meat loaf.

One of the fantastic things about herb gardening it that herbs are a gift that keeps on giving. If you remove a few leaves from your sage plant, it will grow back. Oftentimes it can grow back bigger and fuller than it was before.

Good luck with your herb gardening. Be sure to let me know how your herb garden grows

Growing a Themed Kitchen Herb Garden

Tom Talbott is an Herb Garden enthusiast. Here is more information on Fresh Herb Gardening. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Herb Garden Tips.

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