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Grow Your Own Veggies: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Seeds Indoors for a Bountiful Harvest
Starting vegetable seeds indoors is an excellent way to get a head start on your vegetable garden.
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How to Plant Guide: Thai Basil Care and Use
Thai Basil (Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora) is a cultivar of the basil plant. A member of the mint family, its flavor is sweet, similar to sweet basil but with hints of anise, black licorice and spicy cinnamon. It has dark green leaves lightly variegated with a dark burgundy purple color where they branch off from the dark purple stem. The leaves are more narrow and pointed and the veins more prominent than in its sister Sweet Basil plant. The blossoms are dark purple to pale pink, lavender in color. Where Does Thai Basil Come From It is a type of basil used typically in Southeast Asia. It has been around for thousands…
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Best Herbs de Provence Recipe on the Internet
Herbs de Provence is an aromatic mix of fresh or dried herbs used in savory cuisines. This recipe will give you the basic ingredients to make your own Herbs de Provence. Lavender Lavender is becoming more and more popular thanks to food bloggers who like to try something a little bit different or unusual. I love when people try lavender in their cuisine for the first time. It’s definitely a flavor that you have to get used to but then again so are a lot of herbs and spices tried for the first time. In making this herby mixture I recommend dry roasting your lavender buds before adding them to…
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Farm Fresh Herb Mozzarella Cheese You Can Make at Home
Homemade Cheese Fresh cheese, aged cheese, homemade cheese, any cheese I’m hooked! This cheese is so easy and so fresh you’ll wonder why you didn’t try making it before. We love to eat our fresh cheese on homemade pizza or use it as a paneer in our Indian food. We even made fresh Burrata which is a fresh mozzarella with a creamy cheese center. It’s amazing! Burrata is delicious on pastas, breads, and pizzas (really I think it’s good with everything). Homemade cheese is worth making. Especially when you have fresh herbs on hand to put in your cheese and make it amazing. What You’ll Need Let’s talk about how…
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The Best Lemon Curd Recipe
This recipe for Lemon curd is so versatile and can be used in hundreds of desserts. I love to just eat it by itself even. But add just a hint of lavender and you’ve got yourself a rare delicacy. What is Curd Lemon curd is a pudding like dessert that is made with butter, eggs, sugar and fresh lemon. Cooked over the stove to thicken into a curd texture and then used as a filling for many different desserts. What Can I Use it In You can use this curd to fill any dessert that pairs well with lemon. Some of my favorites are Lemon Lavender filled Crepes, Lemon Tarts,…
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23 Essential Tips and Tricks to Relieve Anxiety
Anxiety is a terrible thing to suffer through, and it affects millions of people around the world. Here are some tricks I use to help me when I’m feeling anxious or actually going through a panic attack. Read to the end of this post to see the top 3 tips from this list that everyone is loving. If you suffer from acute anxiety or have constant, unrelenting anxiety and panic attacks then you should see a medical professional. This article is to be used to help relieve symptoms of but not diagnose or cure anxiety disorders. Let’s start with some of the reasons we feel anxiety. I’m going to narrow…
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The Best Strawberry & Cream Rhubarb Cake
Have you ever wondered what to do with the beautiful rhubarb you have been growing in your garden? Or you come across some beautiful stalks at the farmers market and just want to try them? If so, then rhubarb cake is the first recipe you should make.
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The Best Roast Turkey with Fresh Herbs
An Amazing recipe for roast turkey with fresh herbs a thanksgiving must-have. A juicy, tender turkey slowly roasted with fresh bright herbs straight from the garden. This recipe combines the freshest, straight from the garden herbs with the best complimentary flavors to make your turkey mouth-wateringly delectable.
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Top 7 Tips to Start a Garden
Are you overwhelmed with where to start in gardening? Do you need help knowing how to make a garden or what plants to grow? this article will help you understand the basics of where to start.
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Protect Your Herbs This Winter, Here are 7 ways.
Do you want to have fresh herbs year round but live in an area that has cold, hard winters? You need a way to protect your herbs over winter. I love fresh herbs in all of my recipes so over the years I have tried many overwintering methods and weeded out the ones that just won’t do. What is Overwintering Overwintering is the process by which some organisms pass through or wait out the winter, or pass through that period of the year when winter conditions make normal activity or even survival difficult or near impossible. In some cases winter is characterized not necessarily by cold but by dry conditions; passing…
