Freezing herbs and saving their flavor.

 

A very cool way to save herbs for later use:

Freezing this way they do not darken or lose flavor and aroma:
Steps to freeze the herbs in olive oil or unsalted butter (melted)

1.Start with fresh herbs, preferably from the market or your own garden.

2.Be sure to chop them well, or leave them on branches and larger leaves. In the photo, the herbs are finely chopped.

3.Place in ice cube trays (about 2/3 full of herbs).

4.You can mix herbs (sage, thyme, rosemary).

5.Fill with extra virgin olive oil or unsalted melted butter over the herbs.

6.Cover with plastic wrap and freeze.

7.Remove frozen cubes and store in small containers or bags to freeze.

8.Make sure to label each container or bag with the type of herbs (and oil) inside!

9. Use in baked goods, baked potatoes, etc.

A great way to save them and use them for just about anything at a later date.

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Bath Tea recipe for varicose veins

I've done a little research on varicose veins and have read some different herbal remedies online. I am currently testing this recipe out, but would like to go ahead and share it to see if anyone else benefits from this wonderful natural bath for varicose veins. I've just recently started getting the unsightly boogers and want to try and keep from getting anymore :-( I'm sure my many years of jobs in which I was on my feet all of the time have contributed to this.

So please if you try this out let me know how it goes for you?

2 tbs dried ginger or 4 tbs fresh sliced ginger root
4 tbs juniper
2 tbs rosemary
4 tbs dried lemon peel or 1 whole lemon quartered and squeezed into bath

I prefer to use the fresh ingredients to the dried, but if you only have the dried it works just fine.   I put all the fine ingredients in to a muslin bag and put in to the bath, but I like the fresh lemon and ginger to float in the bath rather than putting it in to a bag.  This is just my own personal preference, but you can do it any way you like to.

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