Herbs and Oil

               

Herbs and oil...What oil should I use and should my herbs and oil be made to last? Yes..I say to me..
Herbs and oil to last..!!
I happened to find on, oooh gosh...lol." Pinterest" it was ..(yes I do love to peruse Pinterest). I found the  idea of putting herbs in oil and freezing then to store them..Here is how I went about this.

                             

 First I chose the herbs I wanted to chop up. Here is my Rosemary on the chopping block...I also chopped up Basil.  

Both the Basil and the Rosemary in this picture, all combined now it is....

I poured Grape seed oil in the small size trays...and then scattered the chopped up herbs over them..but I have to say, next time, I do believe adding the herbs first and then pouring the oil over would be a much better idea..

I am well enamored with parchment paper..so covered I the lot of it with parchment paper and used rubber bands to hold it in place.

My plan after they are frozen, is to pop them from the trays and store in the freezer in a closed container. I think either plastic baggies or a glass bowl with a fitted lid will do. So many people are going to glass as a better food storage tool. Plastics have developed a bad name in some circles..

Herbs de Provence 

Beings I was chopping herbs and having so much fun..and chopped loads...I decided to make a bit of dried herbs as well..adding culinary lavender, which I bought already dried and bagged...

I scattered the chopped up fresh Basil and Rosemary on paper towels and tossed some lavender buds in with them..I now have it all in a bowl. I go by it often to toss it with my hand or  give it all a shake now and again to help them dry all together...

Once they are all dried, the Herbs de Provence will be kept in a special little dark jar I have for it..

I love using Herbs de Provence on Chicken, Fish, Pork...it is lovely on most anything...