Tag Archives: cooking with herbs
Herbs from the Heart – Happy Valentine’s Day

Everyone does chocolate at Valentine's Day, but what do you do when your Love may or may not have already been spoiled said with chocolate throughout the year. Why, gorgeous, red, heart shaped strawberries of course!!!
Refreshing Elderflower Liqueur

Continuing on from my previous post on making cordials and a natural cleaner, it is now time to bottle the Elderflower Liqueur I made. The original elderflower liqueur recipe that inspired me requires that you soak the herbs in vodka to
Elderberry Syrup



Ingredients: 1 cups dried elderberries 2 cups of boiling water 1/4 cup raw honey 1/4 lemon juice Put the elderberries in a non reactive saucepan, add boiling water – cover and leave to soak overnight. The next day simmer berries
Elderflower Cordial



Ingredients: 1.5 litres water 1.5kg raw sugar 7 lemons – peel & juice (although I use 1/2 limes and 1/2 lemons these days) 30ml apple cider or white wine vinegar 20 heads of elderflower (I used 20 teaspoons) Pour boiled
Dandelion Soup Recipe

If you search for dandelion recipes you'll often find Cream of Dandelion as a popular soup recipe. I wanted something a bit different and was very happy when I found a chicken and dandelion soup which sounded hearty and
Herb Pancake Recipe for Shrove Tuesday

These days we are not as reliant on the larder and length and severity of fasting all vary according to personal beliefs. Still, Shrove Tuesday is known as Pancake Tuesday around the world. What a great opportunity for
Cheers, New Year’s !

Some countries make elaborate feasts of national dishes which are eaten close to midnight. Others focus more on the social side of things, often involving the consumption of plenty of alcohol. Since drinking is a big part of most celebrations
Vegetarian Herbal Holiday Feast

The recipes on Herbology are meant to tempt you into trying herbs in new and different ways, to explore new flavours and techniques. .....suggestion for vegetarian recipes, just in time for the holidays.
Herbology in the media
Herbs play a large part in Anke Bialas' life. This mum of three uses herbs in food daily, both for taste and their healing qualities. Today she runs a website called Herbology.com.au where she advises on growing and use of