I love cooking with herbs -- even when I make a super-simple dish, adding fresh herbs makes it seem more special somehow. I spend so much money on fresh herbs that I'm starting to think I should grow my own. The only problem is that my apartment is severely lacking in proper kitchen/dining room window-ledges {and my cat likes to munch green things}...If I had a perfect sunny ledge right over my kitchen sink, I would definitely fill it with :: Design Night's cute, versatile Nature Planters. You can grow multiple herbs in one modern, little pot!
But, in the meantime, the Cuisipro Herb Keeper is a really clever way to preserve my leftover herbs, which always seem to wilt before I have the chance to use them.
Do you have any favorite recipes using fresh herbs?? I'm always on the lookout for easy dishes with sage, dill, or rosemary {my favorites}.
::Here is a yummy recipe for Sage Pasta, one of my favorite go-to recipes:
Ingredients
A small bunch of fresh sage {torn from stems}.
A package of fresh cheese tortellini.
Shredded Parmesan.
Olive Oil.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
Boil the tortellini until al dente. In a pan, heat 2-3 table spoons of olive oil. Add the pasta and the sage. Stir pasta gently with sage and oil until coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Continue cooking until the sage is soft and aromatic. During this process, you can also add some shredded parmesan {as little or as much as you like} and stir with the pasta and sage...or you can wait until the pasta is done cooking and let each person top the pasta with the cheese.
I usually just serve this with a simple Ceasar Salad. Voila!! So easy and yummy.
