Nutrition Facts Of Healthy Herbs

 

Everyone loves pasta, especially me. I don't just love to eat them but I love to cook them too. That is the reason why I strongly believe that gardening and cooking should be partnered. Because whatever vegetables, herbs or fruits that you have planted on your backyard might be part of the ingredients of your meals. It's a practical way to save money, while making sure that you and your family is eating healthy and organic foods only. Also, it saves your time and effort on going to the market and standing in long lines just to pay could also be strenuous. That is the reason why, it really pays off to have your own garden of fruits and vegetables at home.

Another good thing about having your own garden is that, your ingredients are readily available whenever you need them. They are freshly picked from your garden, which means the fresher the ingredients, the better is the taste of the meal you are cooking. Just like the herbs, your food will not only taste great but they also holds an important role in our wellness. Good thing, some of my friends were able to give us some herb kits for indoor gardening. One, that I love most is the genovese pesto plus herb kit. It was given to us by a friend during our house warming party. With the genovese pesto plus herb kit, I can definitely make or create three delicious pesto recipe that go wonderfully with everything form pasta to paninis.

Adding herbs to your food or everyday meals is simply not just adding special flavors and spicy taste, but rather they contain many anti-microbial substances that help keep our food protected form these agents. They also contain unique anti-oxidants essential oils, vitamins, phyto-sterols ans many other plants derived nutrient substances which helps boost our immunity level. Herbs are, in fact, medicines in smaller dosages.

Growing Your Own Fresh Herbs Indoor

My husband and I are certified food lover, We love to eat and cook as well. While looking for a new food recipe online that we can cook at home, we saw these lovely Genovese Pesto Plus Herb Kit that is being sold by Emily's plants. It can also be given as gift, but we decided to rather grow it at home instead of giving it. It is perfect for making pesto sauce, it is a sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy, and traditionally consist of crushed garlic, basil, and European pine nuts blended with olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano or also well known as Parmesan cheese, and Fiore Sardo which is another cheese but is made from a sheep's milk. The name pesto is contracted past participle of the Genoese word pestâ which means to pound or to crush, in reference to the original method of preparation, with marble mortar and wooden pestle. 

Pesto is commonly used on pasta and is sometimes served on sliced beef tomatoes and sliced boiled potatoes. Because pesto is a generic term for anything that is made by pounding, there are various other pesto that were made, some were traditional and others were already modern. A slightly version of the sauce exist in Provence, where it is known as pistou which is generally made with olive oil, basil and garlic only, cheese can be added but nuts are not included unlike the traditional pesto, since there are no pine trees that grows in their place to provide nuts. Pesto rosso or red pesto is a sauce made in Sicily, it is similar to pesto genovese but with the addition of tomato, almonds instead of pine nuts and much less basil. There are other more varieties of pesto all over the world and are too many to mention but the original pesto recipe is still the best and is still used in most pasta recipe.

The herb kit will surely be a big help since we will be growing fresh herbs in the kitchen. I am so glad that all the information is posted on their website. We will be expecting the delivery within 2-3 business days and the prices are also posted so we are sure how much we are exactly paying for the kit.