Cedar House Farm
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Chive Blossom Compound Butter
One of my favorite and a simple ways to use fresh chives is to make chive blossom compound butter. I grow common chives with delicate purple blossoms, but yours may be white, pink or even crimson. Any variety can be used for this recipe. Compound butter can be used to add a delicate buttery onion flavor and splash of color to fresh-baked bread, savory biscuits... -
Chive Vinegars
Chives are always among the first spikes of green to peek through the soil in my garden. It’s such a treat to see them because it means longer, warmer days are just around the bend. With these recipes, you can choose if you’d like a bold or delicate base flavor of vinegar. -
The Potent Potable Pot
Wittingly named by my Jeopardy-loving husband after the category “Potent Potables” on the show, this pot is the perfect hostess gift! A classic planter is filled with starter herbs that can be used to infuse, muddle, shake and garnish your favorite cocktails, lemonades, and other botanical drinks. -
Herbal Fire Starters
Simple things made beautiful. These botanical fire starters give me the opportunity to rummage through my dried apothecary shelf and kitchen pantry to pull herbs that have expired or are discoloring. -
Six Culinary Herbs to Incorporate into Floral Arrangements
Foliage truly anchors an arrangement. It draws all the elements together, frames your focal flowers, fills in the gaps, hides mechanics, and often provides flutter AND fragrance all in one stem. Better yet, when you use culinary herbs as your foliage, you gift yourself (or the lucky recipient) something that’s not only beautiful but useful too. Here are my favorite culinary herbs to use as foliage: -
Jess's Top 10 Favorite Ways to Use Lemon Balm
I am a huge fan of lemon balm and am on a personal mission is to inspire everyone to grow and use it. A member of the Lamiaceae (mint) family, lemon balm has vibrant green heart-shaped leaves with toothed margins and a bright lemony scent and flavor. -
Botanical Sugars
This simple and beautiful botanical sugar recipe ignites all the senses, adding a hint of color, sweetness, fragrance, and herbal tones to your favorite drinks or baked goods in just minutes. In addition to using botanical sugars to coat the rims of drink glasses, try stirring a spoonful into hot and iced teas, or using it to make lemonade for a sweet and colorful twist. -
Lavender Lemon Balm Lemonade
This herbal twist on the classic is sure to hit the spot on these hot August days and is an excellent way to bring fresh lavender and lemon balm from your garden to your table. If you participated in the winter grow-along, you have plenty of lemon balm on-hand so let's get to it! Here’s how I make it: -
Aromatherapy Herbal Shower Bundle
This mood-lifting herbal shower bundle is a beautiful fragrant addition to any bathroom. They provide a rejuvenating aromatherapy experience each time you bathe or shower, improve the air quality of your bathroom space, and absorb extra moisture in the air. -
Candied Lemon Balm Sugar Cookies
Decorating baked goods with candied lemon balm is quite possibly my favorite use for this incredible herb and the technique for making them is very simple, with supplies and ingredients you likely already have in your kitchen. They are the perfect addition to my traditional sugar cookie recipe, which I have altered just slightly to include a hint of lemon. -
Homemade Calendula Salve
Last summer's calendula has been put to great use. In addition to saving hundreds of seeds, I have enjoyed making infused calendula oils, lotion bars and salves. To infuse oil in this way is to infuse it with history. Calendula salve is a wonderful skin care remedy to have on hand in your home, as it can help sooth dry skin, rashes, bug bites, minor cuts and scrapes, and minor burns too. It is versatile and gentle enough for all ages to use, making it great for gifting as well.
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Calendula Borage Lotion Bars
Nourish your skin with these bars, packed with the soothing properties of calendula and the moisturizing benefits of borage. These compact bars are crafted to provide a convenient and mess-free way to hydrate and rejuvenate your skin, with a luxurious texture that melts upon contact.
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