Herbal What to do with pineapple sage, sage and lemon verbena

[Emilys]

My neighbor cut down her pineapple sage, sage and lemon verbena and gave them to me. They are drying, on my enclosed porch. Anyone have good ideas what to do with them? I made a tea from the fresh pineapple sage last night. It was all right, I'm not a tea fan, though, not enough kick.

Obviously, I will use them for seasoning when they dry, but I'm curious if there are any potent health applications for them.

 

[Emilys]

Wow, my BIL just stopped by and dropped off a boat load of fresh thyme and rosemary to dry. He says there is more if I want it. I'm really raking it in! I don't believe this. Now I just need some parsley

 

[Sacajawea]

Lemon Verbena can be mixed with other lemon-y herbs for tea - or to help flavor medicinal teas. Sage is an astrigent and antiseptic herb - was used for wounds in WWII to help prevent infection.

 

[Emilys]

Thank you!

 

[Parakeet]

It sounds like you have more than enough to last you a while, but if you have the room in your freezer, I like to mince my extra herb(s), put 1 tablespoon per cube of an ice cube tray and add enough water to cover the herb. Once frozen, I pop them out of the tray and store in a freezer bag in the freezer. Super convenient to pop one out of the freezer and add to a recipe during the cooking process.

Note: One tablespoon of fresh herbs is equal to 1 teaspoon of dried.

 

[Emilys]

It sounds like you have more than enough to last you a while, but if you have the room in your freezer, I like to mince my extra herb(s), put 1 tablespoon per cube of an ice cube tray and add enough water to cover the herb. Once frozen, I pop them out of the tray and store in a freezer bag in the freezer. Super convenient to pop one out of the freezer and add to a recipe during the cooking process.

Note: One tablespoon of fresh herbs is equal to 1 teaspoon of dried.

Great idea! Thank you!