WHB – The Round-up!

 

Welcome to this week’s edition of

 

Weekend Herb Blogging!

 

Weekend Herb Blogging is a weekly event when bloggers from all over the world share their recipes featuring their favourite herbs, plants, veggies, or flowers of the week! This event was started by Kalyn of Kalyn’s kitchen.

Yesterday, I first published only about half of the entries. Tonight, 46 entries later, I present you with a FULL WHB ROUND-UP! Enjoy!!!

I hope I didn’t leave anyone out, but if I did, please let me know, and I’ll correct it as soon as I can! Also, if any of the links are not working, please drop me an email. Ta!

 

 

HERBS

 

Coriander

 

Baked Cheese with Cranberry Jam ~ Paulchen’s FoodBlog?!

Astrid (Vienna, Austria) shares an interesting twist on an old favourite of baked cheese with cranberry jam. She wraps the cheese in filo pastry and serves it with some lemon thyme and coriander! Yum!

 

Dill

 

Dill and Colby Mashed Cauliflower ~ Coffee and Cornbread

Sue from Virginia (USA) cooks a gorgeous cauliflower mash flavoured with dill from her own garden.

 

Classic potato salad & spanakopita ~ The Expatriate’s Kitchen

Dill is both a herb and a spice. The Expatriate Chef says: the seeds are used as a spice, the dried leaves are referred to as dill weed, and herb, and of course, the best of these, fresh dill as an herb. She prepares  two dishes featuring dill: a gorgeous-looking spanakopita and a classic potato salad. Tempting! 🙂

 

Ginger root

 

Meatballs With Ginger Root And Radish Greens ~ What did you eat

Don’t you think these babies look amazing? 🙂 This original recipe by Sher uses chicken mince, ginger and chili and garlic sauce. Lip-smacking yummilicious I say!

 

Lemongrass

 

Khmer Royal Catfish with Coconut Milk and Lemongrass 

                                      ~ I’ll Eat You

Reminiscing her honeymoon in Thailand and Cambodia, Lauren (from Philadelphia, USA) shares with us this gorgeous Cambodian dish with aromatic lemongrass and silky coconut milk sauce.  

 

 

Mint 

 

Green Vegetables Rice ~ Delectable Victuals

Mint is one of Sheela’s favourite herbs, so she shares a simple but flavourful recipe of rice with mint, garlic and ginger. Sounds like heaven to me! Sheela joins us from Portland, Oregon (USA).

Mint Smoothie ~ Diet, Dessert and Dogs

How I wish I had a glass of this gorgeous cooling mint smoothie now! Ricki (Canada) pairs mint with soy milk, agave nectar,  pear and lime (among other things), and it sounds absolutely gorgeous.

Red Lentil Dal with Mint and Garlic – two ways! ~ Maninas: Food Matters

And the hostess also chooses mint  for her entry! 🙂 I give you a gorgeous red lentil dal fragrant with garlic and lots of mint! Enjoy!

 

Oregano

Quick and Flavorful tomato sauce ~ Gluten Free Goodness

Oregano is very good for you: it’s antinflammatory, antibacterial, a good source of antioxidants, and has a lot of fiber, too. Cheryl makes it the star of her tomato sauce where it keeps excellent company with wine, kalamata olives and cayenne pepper! Delicious!  

 

Parsley

 

 

Freezing parsley ~ Foodielicious!

The Foodie (Houston, Texas) shares useful tips on how to freeze and store parsley. The same technique can also be used with other herbs. Thank you, Foodie! 🙂

 

Crisp Goat Cheese Salad ~ Sidewalk shoes

Pam’s (USA) salad is light, quick, pretty to look at and tasty. In short, another perfect summer dinner!

 

Rosemary

 

Balsamic & Herb Pork Chops ~ Apples and oranges

Jade from New York shares these succulent pork chops cooked with rosemary for an easy and delicious dinner.

 

Sage

 

Chicken Saltimboca ~ Bird Food

Sharona May cooks chicken wrapped in prosciutto, perfumed with sage, while we all sigh wistfully… 🙂

 

Tarragon

 

Composed Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette ~ Thyme for Cooking

‘Tis the salad season for Katie (Vendee, France)!  She normally adds meat, fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and just about any vegetable that’s in the fridge, and always makes her own dressing with fresh herbs from the garden, usually tarragon and chives. The secret behind this salad is that tarragon is great with mustard. Try it!

 

Tarragon-Mustard Deviled Eggs ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen

Here is another proof that tarragon and mustard are a perfect fit! Tarragon-Mustard Deviled Eggs from Kalyn (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)!

 

Mixed herbs and veg

 

Greek Salad ~ Kopiaste… to Greek Hospitality 

Ivy from Athens, Greece tells us what makes a Greek Salad. Check out her blog to find out more!

 

 

Mixed herb kasha salad ~ Living in the Kitchen with Puppies

Natashya has been known to use oregano in shameless proportions. Now she presents us with this herby extravaganza teeming with gorgeous fresh herbs –  thyme, lemon thyme, oregano, parsley and winter savoury – paired with kasha, roasted whole buckwheat groats. 

 

PLANTS

 

Apricots

Apricot Gratin in Sabayon ~ Dhanggit’s Kitchen

Dhanggit (France) wows with this delicious apricot gratin in sabayon. Check out her blog for the recipe!

Cocoa Nibs

 

Nibby Bittersweet Brownies ~ Lemonpi

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
– Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley.

This is the what Y from Lemonpi sings to her perfect brownies… 😀

 

Mango

 

Mango Chicken ~ Wandering Chopsticks

Unusual (to me) but interesting combination from Wandering Chopsticks (Southern California, USA)! I’m intrigued… 🙂 And glad that a nice bowl of mango and yogurt is heading my way, because this dish causes serious cravings….

 

Vine leaves

Haloumi baked in vine leaves ~ Once Upon a Feast

Ruth from Halifax, Nova Scotia invokes the sunshine of the Greek Islands with this stunning combination of haloumi baked in wine leaves with oregano. I adore this combination of flavours, and the cleverness of this recipe!

 

 

VEGGIES

 

Avocado

 

Mahi-mahi with avocado salsa ~ 1 tsp of love

Sara (Washington DC, USA) prepares a light and lively avocado salsa with her mahi-mahi, perfect for a summer meal. 

 

Guacamole ~ Lisa’s Kitchen

I was going to say guacamole is one of my favourite dips. How untrue. Guacamole is my favourite dip. I can’t wait to try this version from Lisa (London, Ontaria, Canada), one of my favourite bloggers!

 

Baby corn (and green peas)

Baby corn & green peas curry ~ Monsoon Spice

Sia (UK) whips up a colourful baby corn & green peas curry to to jazz up her dinner and her mood in the gloomy English weather. Well, Sia, I hope you made the most of this gorgeous weekend.

 

Baby lettuce

 

Soba Salad with Gochujang Vinaigrette ~ Blazing Hot Wok

Darlene from Portland, Oregon shares a recipe for this lovely baby lettuce and soba noodles salad. Perfect for a packed lunch, which is exactly what she did! 

 

 

Beets

 

Roasted Beet, Walnut and Goat Cheese Salad ~ Daily Unadventures in Cooking

Katerina (Vancouver, Canada) wows me with this gorgeous combination of roasted beets, walnuts and goats cheese. Try it yourself, but make sure to use gloves unless you want your house tinted the gorgeous purple of the beets.

 

Broccolini

Honey Scallops with Garlic Broccolini ~ Mele Cotte

The flavor of broccolini or baby broccoli is ‘sweet with a subtle, peppery edge; the texture is slightly crunchy. Although sweeter in taste, broccolini ’s nutritional value is parallel to its grown up relative.’ –  A truly gorgeous dish from Chris (USA). Not just for the luxurious scallops, but for the delicious flavour combinations.

 

 

Butter Beans

Butter Beans Kurma ~ Cooking 4 All Seasons

I love the way Srivalli (from India) describes her love of fresh butter beans. She says she ‘loves them to distraction’. Her kurma sounds gorgeous to me, too.

 

 

Chilies

 

Indonesian Sambal Terasi @ Simply Passion for Food

Sambal is a fiery Indonesian condiment, also used as a side dish, prepared with bird eye chilies and terasi or Indonesian dried shrimp paste. Many thanks to busylittlebee (Goa, India) for this beautifully photographed and informative entry! 

 

Courgettes

 

Black forest chocolate and zucchini gateau ~ Organically Cooked

What do you do when your fridge’s full of courgette, when there’s courgette on the kitchen work top,  and still more courgettes in the garden? Why, make this sumptuous chocolate cake, like Maria from Hania, Crete.

 

Fennel

 

Chicken pieces roasted with olives, preserved lemon and fennel ~ The Backyard Pizzeria

Pam (from Victoria, Australia) says that fennel can be a bit like coriander to some – you either love it or hate it. I know what she means, though I myself am a fan! In this lovely roast, fennel’s aniseed flavour marries perfectly with chicken, olives and preserved lemon.

 

 

Ganoderma (Ling Zhi)

 

Pork Bones With Ganoderma (LingZhi) Soup ~ Heart and Hearth

Ning from Manila, Philippines remembers her Chinese roots over a bowl of this healing and nourishing soup. Ganoderma or Ling Zhi, a type of mushroom used by the Chinese to promote longevity was reserved for the Emperors only in ancient times. Ning’s post contains that and many more interesting information about it.

 

Greens

 

Caribbean Chicken Salad with Honey Lime Dressing ~ The Spiced Life

Laura (Midwest, USA) is very enthusiastic about her greens. This time, she whips up this colourful zingy salad to create a perfect summery supper!

 

Green Beans

 

Green beans with truffle butter ~ Morsels and Musings

Anna (Sydney, Australia) prepares delicious, fresh green beans with truffle butter, a dish that never fails to impress.

 

Green Onions (Spring Onions)

Spring onions / Scallions / Green onions ~ Farmgirl Fare

This is a serious matter now. Because Farmgirl Susan has a serious problem – she has a glut of spring onions and she has no idea what to do with them! Personally, I really like her mate’s idea of roasting them with some garlic, but please visit her blog and help help help with your ideas and suggestions!

 

Jalapenos 

The perfect tomato salsa with roasted jalapenos ~ Jugalbandi

Two perfect bloggers and a perfect tomato salsa – what more could I want? 😀

 

 

Mushrooms 

Mushroom soup ~ Kits Chow

KC (Vancouver, Canada) recalls eating a gorgeous mushroom soup in Slovenia, served in a hollowed out bread loaf, and I think we might have gone to the same restaurant! In any case, this is her version of the soup, minus the bread, but I’m sure it’s very delicious.

 

Napa Cabbage

Stir-fry Napa Cabbage with Button Mushrooms and Carrots ~ Noob Cook

This gorgeous-looking stir-fry was sent to us by Wiffy from Singapore, including lots of useful information on napa cabbage (aka Chinese cabbage), how to cook it, and how to store it!

 

Red Dandelion

 

Catalogna and Chorizo Tart ~ Cook (Almost) Anything (At Least Once)

Haalo’s (Melbourne, Australia) cooks with deliciously bitter and visually stunning catalogna, spicy chorizo sausage, Spanish onions and sapphire potatoes to bake a tart to remember.

 

Rhubarb

 

Rhubarb fool ~ Closet Cooking

Though technically a vegetable, rhubarb is more famous for its use in sweet dishes. Kevin from Toronto, Canada uses it in this gorgeous dessert flavoured with orange for an extra zing!  

 

 

Savoy cabbage

 

Savoy cabbage with smoked meat ~ Palachinka

Marija from Serbia serves a gorgeously comforting bowl of savoy cabbage and smoked pork.  

 

Sprouted beans and lentils

 

Sprouted bean and lentil salad ~ Fun and Food

Mansi (San Francisco Bay Area, USA) serves up a deliciously heatlthy sprouted bean and lentil salad. Check out her blog to find out more about the dressing!

 

Watercress

Watercress and Sausage Frittata ~ Like to Cook

Did you know that watercress is one of the oldest leaf vegetables eaten by humans? (Wikipedia) Jennifer from France shares fascinating information about its health benefits, and a delicious recipe to make you want to have some even more!

 

Mixed Veg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sukiyaki ~ Erbe in Cucina

Graziana’s (Italy) blog has the perfect name for WHB – Erbe in Cucina, or Herbs in the kitchen! Sukiyaki is traditional Japanese dish, where ingredients are cooked after they’re served, by the guests themselves, on the ollar stone. I really like the idea of sharing and eating food in this way. Sounds like a very intimate dining experience, with a true communal spirit. Many thanks to Graziana for introducing us to this dish!

 

Kesäkeitto ~ A Wee Bit Of Cooking

Wendy from Scotland cooks up Kesäkeitto, a Finnish “summer soup”, saying:”Though quite easy to make at any time of year using mature vegetables or even frozen, this nourishing soup is really special when made with young, tender produce.  Prettier too.” I agree! 

 

 

FLOWERS

 

Elderflower

 

Elderflower ~ Almond Corner

As far as I’m concerned, drinks with elderflower  are perfect for the summer. Chriesi (from Zurich, Switzerland) shares not one but two recipes for elderflower drinks, one with, and the other without lemon, as well as an informative and interesting post about elderflower!

 

Lavender

 

 Lavender Chocolate Pots de Crème ~ The Well-Seasoned Cook

Did you know lavender pairs with chocolate? See, we learn something new every time with WHB, or at least I did! As a proof, Susan sends us these beautiful pots de creme.

 

 

And so we end on a sweet note.

Many thanks 

to everyone who took part in this week’s WHB!

It’s been a pleasure to be with you!  

 

 

Posted by Maninas on 9 June, 2008

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