Chives Salt

Chives salt herbal recipe:

1. In a small glass baking dish mix 4 ounces coarse sea salt with 4 Tablespoons of fresh chive snips. (snip chives so they're about 1/4" long.)
2. Bake sea salt and chives mixture on very low heat.(warm setting) This will dry the chives and the salt with absorb the chives flavor. (if you do not have warm setting just set your oven to the lowest temperature.) Baking times will vary by oven so just keep checking the mixture to prevent burning. When the chives turn a dark green they should be dry enough.
3. Remove chive salt from the oven and let cool.
4. When the salt is cool to the touch, store in a small glass jar. Mixture will keep for a long time.

Use chive salt in recipes in place of regular salt, dash on french fries, or rub on steaks.

Note:
Just remember that while sea salt offers many minerals it does not contain iodine. However, if you consume a lot dairy, seafood, or processed foods you have probably gotten you iodine needs from those sources.

chive flower oil

Chive flower oil herbal recipe:

1. Add 1 1/2 ounces chive flowers in 1 quart of olive oil.
2. Refrigerate for 1 week or until oil turns a light purple color. (lilac)


Use Chive flower oil on salads, in cooking, on french fries, or any time a recipe calls for olive oil.

Oil will keep for up to 1 week (after infusing) in the fridge.

Old Fashioned Peppermint sauce

Old Fashioned Herbal Food Recipe:

Peppermint Sauce:

1. Coarsely chop peppermint leaves. (2 bunches)
2. Brew a batch of black tea using 5 tablespoons of black tea leaves.
3. Mix black tea and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar in a saucepan.
4. Simmer over low heat until sugar dissolves; stir constantly.
5. Remove from heat and stir peppermint leaves and 6 tablespoons of red-wine vinegar into the tea mixture.
6. Add a pinch of salt; stir and serve warm over meats and vegetables.

Herbal butter

Herbal Recipe:

1. In a food processor, mix 2 sticks of butter with a pinch of salt, a clove of garlic, and your favorite herb(s).

Most common choices are:
parsley, oregano, lavender, basil, coriander, sage, cloves, anise, dill, caraway seed, and chives.

2. Blend until everything is mixed well and has a smooth consistency.
3. Once mixed, spoon into a glass jar with lid and store in refrigerator.

Peppermint vinegar

Herbal Recipe:

What you need:
4 ounces of fresh peppermint leaves
1 12 oz glass bottle with a lid.
1 1/2 cups of white-wine vinegar.


1. Put peppermint leaves into glass bottle.
2. Warm white-wine vinegar and pour into bottle with leaves.
3. Let cool and cap the bottle tightly.
4. Steep for 2 weeks. Strain into a new bottle. Enjoy!