Spice up your Salads with Herbs

Herb Plants Best Used in Salad Dishes

Just a really quick blog to give a brief insight into the best herbs for salad dishes. Some are well known salads, some you may well have not heard of before. The list is done in order of popularity (in my opinion) of the salad dish.
These are lists of what can go with each dish - do not put all in and hope for best - sure there are recipes on-line, or you can try...

Salad (general)
Basil, bergamot leaf, bergamot flower, borage flowers, calendula petals, chives, cress, mints, nasturtium leaf, nasturtium flower, parsley and thyme (lots of flavours can be used)

Potato Salad
Basil, caraway seed, cayenne, chives, fennel leaf, oregano, tarragon

Rice Salad
Calendula petals, cayenne, chives, dill leaves, garlic, parsley, rosemary and tarragon

Tomato Salad
Basil, cayenne, chives, fennel leaf, oregano, parsley, rosemary, tarragon

Tuna Salad
Cayenne, chives, dill leaf, fennel seed, horseradish, parlsey

Egg Salad
Cayenne, chives, horseradish, nasturitium leaves, parsley, summer savory

Flower Salads
Bergamot petals, borage flowers, calendula petals, dandelion petals, nasturitium flowers, lemon thyme flowers

Bean Salad
Garlic, parsley, summer savory, common thyme

German Potato Salad
Chives, dill, parsley

Mushroom Salad
Basil, cayenne, chives, parsley, sage

Dressings

Mayonnaise
Basil, cayenne, chives, horseradish, oregano, tarragon, lemon thyme

French Dressing
Basil, chives, parsley, summer savory

Herb Butter
Chives, garlic, parsley, rosemary, summer savory, tarragon, thyme common and thyme lemon

Vinegars
Basil, cayenne, chives, dill, garlic, ginger, horseradish, mint, rosemary, tarragon, thyme

 

Plants which you may not know - explained

Cayenne - otherwise known as chilli pepper or red pepper
Calendula - otherwise known as marigold
Bergamot - just a herb which is readily available, but not that well known - only for use in cold dishes, and to be honest doesn't taste too great
Borage - excellent annual herb which re-seeds inself, lots of kitchen uses - and a long history (one day I will blog it ...)
Nasturtium - otherwise known as Indian cress. Not always the easiest herb to source - very short availability period in the UK. Lovely flowering herb