Showing posts with label herbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label herbs. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Beans!

Beans can be beautiful. I have always thought they were boring and kinda gross but here are some cheap ways to flavor up your beans. All recipes serve 1

Lemon beans:

  • 1 lemon
  • 1 garlic clove - use less or none if you don't like garlic
  • 1 cup of beans
  • salt and pepper.
  • 1 tsp of oil
  1. Place your beans in a bowl and add 1cm of water. Microwave for 2 mins covered.
  2. Meanwhile zest and juice lemon. 
  3. Drain Cooked beans.
  4. Pour 1 tsp of oil over cooked beans along with 1 tsp of lemon juice and 1/2 tsp of zest. Salt and pepper beans. Toss beans and taste. Add more lemon juice/zest if need be. 

Minted green beans:
  • 1-2 tsp of butter
  • 1 cups of beans.
  • a couple of mint leaves.
  • salt and pepper
  • Garlic - 1 clove if you love it. - half if you enjoy it or none if you hate it.
  1. Place beans in bowl and add 1cm of water. Cover and cook on high for 1min in microwave.
  2. Chop garlic and add to peas. 
  3. Return peas to microwave for 1min.
  4. Meanwhile chop mint. 
  5. Drain cooked beans.
  6. Stir the butter, mint and salt and pepper. 

Garlic green beans - Yum!
  • 2-3 garlic cloves (depending on size.)
  • 1 tsp - butter or oil.
  • salt and pepper.

  1. Place beans in bowl and add 1cm of water. Cover and cook on high for 1min in microwave.
  2. Chop garlic and add to peas. 
  3. Return peas to microwave for 1.5min.
  4. Drain cooked beans.
  5. Stir the butter and salt and pepper. 

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Herbs

Growing your own herbs is amazing, it's rewarding (with minimal effort!) and they are delicious.
Setting up your own herb station is easy peasy no matter where you are living. It's totally worth it because buying fresh herbs aren't worth the price.

I started off with herbs in little pots just hanging out on my windowsill. Doing this is great if you are flatting or in an apartment.

What you need to get your windowsill herbs started:
  • The window needs to get at least 6 hours of sunlight. 
  • Choose your herbs. Think about what you are going to use often and whats in season. I currently have basil, rosemary, mint, sage, thyme, oregano and paisley.  
  • Buy the herbs, seeds are definitely cheaper but more timely. If your like me and can't be bothered with seeds buy small herb plants. 
  • Buy the pot, at least 12cm deep pot.
  • A small bag of potting mix 
Setting up:
  1. Fill in your pot until it's a quarter of the way up and then place your herbs in,
  2. Fill the rest of the pot up with dirt.
  3. Water and place on your window.