Culinary Trio

Think beyond basil when it comes to creating your culinary delights. We have an array of local plants that also offer a celebration of flavour and make wonderful gifts for the culinary enthusiast.

We have made getting going with cooking with our local herbs easy with 3 of our favourites. Click all 3 of pick and choose from:

1. Wild garlic – with her pretty lilac flowers she is easy to grow. Simply chop the leaves finely and add as a garlic substitute. Add the flowers to salads or cocktails as a garnish.
2. Spekboom – this plant may be best known for her ability to help fight against global warming, but she is also a medicine and is edible. High in vitamin C and harnessed with a zesty flavour, add a sprig to stews and bredies toward the end of cooking or raw leaves to salads and/or smoothies
3. Blue sage – this easy to grow shrub can be used in any dish where you would ordinarily use sage. Chicken dishes are the obvious choice.