Weekend Herb Blogging Round-up
I just wrote up the round-up for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging…and then my computer died, so I have to start over 
What can I say about this week’s round up? We’ve got a variety of entries and ingredients, from basil to truffles and the dishes cover everything from scrambled eggs to risotto. Thanks to everyone who submitted entries to this week’s edition of Weekend Herb Blogging, and I hope that you will enjoy the round-up as much as I did!
Also folks, bear in mind that next week, this event returns back home to where it was created, over at Kalyn’s Kitchen. Entries need to be up by June 2nd, and can be sent to kalynskitchen AT comcast DOT net and the rules for entries can be seen here.
And now, without further ado, onto the round-up!
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From Myriam at Once Upon A Tart, we’re treated with a recipe for Basil Oil, which can be used to add a boost of basil flavour to any dish. |
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Neil from At My Table gives some interesting reading on the topic of preserving basil to use in your kitchen. Head over to read about preservation in oil vs. salt. |
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Valentina from Trembom celebrates asparagus in a delightful Asparagus salad with brown butter and lemons |
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Vanessa at What Geeks Eat harnesses the power of black sesame to add nutrients and flavour to a Ginger Black Sesame marinade for her perfectly cooked chicken. |
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Joey from 80 Breakfasts treats us to a visual feast, while lamenting the lack of recipes for one and consoling himself with a beautiful Crispy Sage and Brown Butter Pasta. |
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Susan from Food Blogga extolls the many virtues of fresh cherries, and gives us a delightful dish to try them in with her Quick Chocolate-Cinnamon Mousse with Cherries |
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Amy at Nook & Pantry brings us a buttery golden Honey & Lavender Brioche, giving a new twist to a familiar favourite with the use of her lavender. |
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Kalyn, author of Kalyn’s Kitchen and creator of this marvellous event, brings us a dish that melds together many flavours in her Greek Style Roasted Mushrooms with Red Pepper, Oregano, Mint, and Feta |
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Patricia from Technicolor Kitchen uses ingredients on hand to make a lazy Sunday lunch of Tomato, broccolini and basil risotto |
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Emily from Superspark gives us a new alternative to the old artery-clogging potato salad, with a French potato salad with baby greens, blue cheese, and walnuts |
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The Trinigourmet educates us on the flavour and versatility of ginger with her delightful Friendship Cookies. |
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The Chocolate Lady from In Mol Araan creates a delightful gesture to hummus with her Hemp Seed and Tahini Salad |
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Sarah from Avenue Food delights with a warm and hearty Orange Lentil Soup with Curry Powder and Spinach, utilizing her newfound orange lentils. |
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Pam over at The Backyard Pizzeria shows off her haul of homegrown veggies and combines them to create Baked Sage and Bacon Mushrooms |
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Truffle from What’s On My Plate shares with us a recipe for Spinach and 3 Cheese pie, a dish that she promises us is very easy and ready in (relative) flash! |
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This week’s entry marks a special occasion for Haalo from Cook (almost) Anything, as it means that she has taken part in this event for a whole year without missing a single week! She celebrates this momentous occasion by making some delightful Stewed Quinces. |
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Meanwhile, Ulrike over at Küchenlatein bemoans the loss of her tarragon and lemon balm to the backyard pests, but makes some yummy Courgette Fritters with Tomato and Mozarella using her salvaged basil. |
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Chris from Mele Cotte provides information on why butternut squash is good for us and hints on how to pick a good the perfect squash. Putting this knowledge to use, she presents a Quinoa Butternut Squash Casserole |
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Astrid from Paulchens FoodBlog makes dinner in a flash with a very tasty dish she’s named Catfish ‘all in a pot’ |
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Pookah from What’s Cooking in Carolina provides a delightfully light and summery dish with her zucchini carpaccio with avocado, lemon thyme and pistachio oil |
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Ed from Tomato takes Scrambled Eggs and pimps them up with some a 22g, $53 chunk of Western Australia grown black Perigord truffle. Head on over to see his perfectly scrambled eggs, I think Bill G has some competition! |
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After Claudia from Fool for Food discovered that there were preservatives in her beloved Lemon Pepper spice mix, she set out to make her own that she could use worry-free! |
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The KitchenMage educates on a delightful yet sorely underappreciated herb called Lovage, and provides a recipe for Halibut with Apple, Leek and Lovage Ragout. |
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Katie from Thyme for Cooking proves that her garden yields are organic with a little garden pest, and uses her haul to create a Salad with Sausage and Quinoa. |
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Burcu from Almost Turkish Recipes provides a delicious recipe for Baked Zucchini |
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Christine from Christine Cooks shares a newfound love of beans with us, singing their praises for their many health benefits as well as the flavour that is to be tasted with good-quality produce. |
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Helene from News From The Kitchen provides hearty fare with her Rabbit As Cooked by a Hunter’s Wife |
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Last of all, I present to you a recipe for Mushroom Ragout, a rich and hearty dish that tastes great at any time of day. |
I hope you’ve enjoyed the round up, and make sure to head on over back to Kalyn’s Kitchen next week to see what culinary delights spring up for next week’s edition of Weekend Herb Blogging!
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Comments
What a wonderful job you’ve done! So many interesting things this week too. I’m happy tomorrow is a holiday in the U.S. so I have more time to read the ones I’ve missed. Thanks again for hosting. (Now you can get back to studying! Good Luck!)
Thanks for hosting and doing this wonderful round-up. There are always so many interesting recipes to try!
Aren’t computers the worst sometimes? Thanks so much for hosting and doing the round-up… twice! Looks wonderful!
Thank you for this wonderful round up.
So many delicious recipes I’ll be busy reading all of them for hours.
Very, very nice round up! I like your layout very much and your comments showed that you read each post very carefully. Thanks so much! 
Sorry to hear what your naughty computer did. Great roundup, I only hope my entry doesn’t kill someone!!!
Great round-up! Very easy to read and view. love your site too!
You can’t with computers, but you really did a great job!
Bad, Bad computer….
Lovely round-up…..
Don’t you just hate doing things twice? I really hate doing them a 3rd time…
Great round Up! Thanks for all your work on this.
Hi Ellie,
What a great roundup! Yours and Helene’s recipe really caught my eyes. Not that i’ve eaten rabbit before…
So many to visits… got to go!
Fabulous entires!
Certainly can appreciate doing it twice is no fun. Double praise for an excellent round up!!
Thanks to everyone for their messages! I’m slowly working back into the blogging thing now so the reply is late, but they’re all very much appreciated and thanks to everyone for participating and reading
Thanks so much for hosting this
So many new recipes to try 
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