6 basil herb tea Recipes

butter, room temperature, cream cheese, room temperature, goat cheese, room temperature, parsley, chopped, mixed herbs, chopped (basil, tarragon, rosemary, etc), salt, pepper, bread, thinly sliced with crusts removed

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, buttermilk, eggs, beaten, granulated sugar, oil from the sun-dried tomatoes, coarsely chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, chopped green onions, chopped fresh basil leaves, chopped fresh parsley leaves, chopped fresh oregano leaves, minced garlic, grated provolone, parmesan, tomato-herb bread, fresh ricotta cheese, drained, cream cheese, softened, extra-virgin olive oil, minced garlic, fresh lemon juice, salt, freshly ground black pepper, chopped kalamata olives, baby spinach, rinsed and spun dry, stems removed, sliced capacolla, sliced bresaola, sliced salami, sliced soppresata

real maple syrup, aged balsamic vinegar, strong earl grey brewed tea, cooled, dijon mustard, salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste, mixed greens (mesclun ), fresh baby spinach, fresh cilantro, chopped (about 2 cups), fresh basil, chopped, fresh mint, chopped, sliced green onion, sliced (scallions), bosc pears, thinly sliced or 3 tbsp raisins