i have a rosemary shrub in my front yard...?

Question

it was there ever since i moved to that house, and only recently i found out it was rosemary :]
i'm glad abut it, but what can i use it for?
also how do i wash it and prepare it for eating?
what are the nutritional benefits to rosemary?

Answer 1

YUMO I grow it too. I strip it from the stalk and mince it up with garlic to stuff leg of lamb. I use the whole stalk with lemons or limes inside the cavity of whole chickens. I mince it up with garlic and butter and stuff it under the skin of chicken. I dry it and give it as gifts to my neighbors and put it in pretty little jars or tins. It has a woody flavor and it tastes great on oven roasted veggies. Nutritional value, I don't really know. I do rinse mine off with water before using it. I've also used it to make wreaths by attaching the woody stems to styrofoam forms. It usually lasts about a week, but smells really nice when you go through the door.

Answer 2

Rosemary is an amazing herb and has lots of uses:

Medicinally you can use rosemary leaf tea for depression, headaches, migraine and nervous exhaustion. Pregnant women should restrict intake to 1 cup per day. Use the same tea externally for muscle pains, dandruff, as a mouthwash and a hair and skin tonic.

In the kitchen you can use sprigs or leaves with lamb, pork, chicken, grilled fish, aubergines, marrows, soups, stews, gravy, muffin batter, peas, potatoes, turnips and in small quantities in biscuits and jams. You can also use them to flavour vinegar or oil. Rosemary also makes a flavoursome tea and is used for Rosemary wine.

Rosemary is attractive to bees and butterflies. It is a companion plant for bean, brassicas, carrot, sage; a pest deterrent for bean beetles, cabbage root fly, cabbage whites, carrot flies, Mexican bean beetle and many other insects.

Finally, it can also be used as an everlasting, a moth proofer, as an ingredient in pot pourri and a dye plant.

Answer 3

Hi:
Rosemary is a wonderful herb that has many different things you can do with it. If you live in a warmer climate this bush will stay evergreen year around and produce flowers in early spring or late winter.

It is a great herb for bringing in cuttings and putting them in a vase and smelling their aroma.

Rosemary is also fantastic on top of a beef or pork roast. I cut a few sprigs off and arrange them on top of the roast and also on the bottom of the pan.

I have different articles on herbs on my website. I will direct to my Landscape Article page where I have articles about different aspects of herb growing, cooking, drying and preserving. Also have a gallery of plant section where you could also see eight basic culinary herbs. I hope this has helped some and best of luck using your Rosemary. Feel free to contact me anytime.
Kimberly
http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/landscape.html

Answer 4

You are so lucky to have that already growing there! You can use Rosemary in a lot of recipes. It is especially great with fish and chicken. Below are several links that deal with rosemary. Enjoy!

Answer 5

Rosemary can be used dry or fresh. Typically it is used in meat dishes and stews. Here is a nice article about rosemary including a section on unusual facts.
http://www.all-foods-natural.com/dossier/rosemary.html
Here are the nutritional facts about Rosemary:
http://www.nutri.info/nutrition_facts/Rosemary,%20fresh.htm
Recipes using rosemary:
http://www.cookitsimply.com/groups/recipes-using-rosemary-0040-0c30.html