Cooking with Herbs and Spice Cookery

Adding more flavors to cooking is a culinary challenge for those who loves to cook.  Putting herb and spices enhances the  dish flavor that makes it more exciting and palatable.  For  better cooking results, here are some tips in storing and using herb and spices:

Buy herb and spices in small quantities and make sure they  are stored in tight containers to keep the flavors.  They have the volatile flavors that are lost if kept too long, the longest is six months.

Cutting, crushing, or mincing fresh herbs are good to bring out the volatile oils and true flavors.

Experiment with herb and spices until you learn what is good and what is not to your cooking needs.

Try with these herb and spices

Herbs – bay  leaf, basil, chives,marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary, sage, savory, and thyme.

Spices – cinnamon, cloves, curry, ginger, dry mustard, nutmeg, paprika and pepper.

Other flavoring – almond, lemon, maple, orange, peppermint and vanilla.

Here are some recommendations for cooking meat, fish, eggs, and vegetables with herbs and spices:

Lamb – curry,garlic,mint,onion,oregano,parsley,rosemary,thyme,mint jelly

Beef – bay leaf,lemon juice, marjoram, dry mustard, mushrooms,nutmeg,onion,green pepper,thyme

Veal –bay leaf,curry,dill seed,ginger,marjoram,oregano,summer savory

Fish – bay leaf,curry,dill,garlic,mustard,onion,paprika,pepper

Eggs – basil,chives,curry,parsley,green pepper,rosemary,diced tomato

Vegetables

Potatoes – chives,onion,parsley,green pepper

Sweet Potatoes – cinnamon,nutmeg,brown sugar

Squash – basil,ginger,mace,onion,oregano

Tomatoes –basil,oregano,parsley,sage

Read more about  How to Start a Gardening Herb Collection for Your Kitchen