Herb Companions for Kitchen and Garden

Herbs are great companions to food in your culinary masterpieces, and they are great companions in the garden, too.

ANISE
In the garden: Plant with coriander, which promotes its germination
and growth. In the kitchen: Use in cookies, cakes, fruit fillings,
and breads, or with cottage cheese, shellfish, and spaghetti dishes.

BASIL
In the garden: Plant with tomatoes. Repels flies and mosquitoes.
In the kitchen: Use in tomato dishes, pesto, sauces, and
salad dressings.

BORAGE
In the garden: Plant with tomatoes, squash, and strawberries.
Deters tomato worm.
In the kitchen: Use leaves in salads; flowers in soups and stews.

CARAWAY
In the garden: Plant here and there. Loosens soil.
In the kitchen: Use in rye breads, cheese dips and rarebits,
soups, applesauce, salads, coleslaw, and over pork or sauerkraut.

CHERVIL
In the garden: Plant with radishes.
In the kitchen: Use with soups, salads, sauces, eggs, fish,
veal, lamb, and pork.

CHIVES
In the garden: Plant with carrots.
In the kitchen: Related to the onion, chives enliven vegetable
dishes, dressings, casseroles, rice, eggs, cheese dishes, sauces,
gravies, and dips.

DILL
In the garden: Plant with cabbages. Keep away from carrots.
In the kitchen: Use seed for pickles and also to add aroma
and taste to strong vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, and
turnips. Use fresh with green beans, potato dishes, cheese, soups,
salads, seafood, and sauces.

FENNEL
In the garden: Plant away from other herbs and vegetables.
In the kitchen: Use to flavor pastries, confectionery, sweet
pickles, sausages, tomato dishes, soups, and to flavor vinegars
and oils. Gives warmth and sweetness to curries.

GARLIC
In the garden: Plant near roses and raspberries. Deters Japanese
beetle. In the kitchen: Use in tomato dishes, garlic bread, soups,
dips, sauces, marinades, or with meats, poultry, fish, and vegetables.

LOVAGE
In the garden: Plant here and there to improve the health and
flavor of other plants. In the kitchen: It's a great flavoring
for soups, stews, and salad dressings. Goes well with potatoes.
The seeds can be used on breads and biscuits.

MARJORAM
In the garden: Good companion to all vegetables.
In the kitchen: Excellent in almost any meat, fish, dairy,
or vegetable dish that isn't sweet. Add near the end of cooking.

MINT
In the garden: Plant near cabbage and tomatoes. Deters white
cabbage moth. In the kitchen: It is common in Middle Eastern dishes.
Use with roast lamb or fish and in salads, jellies, or teas.

OREGANO
In the garden: Good companion to all vegetables.
In the kitchen: Of Italian origin, its taste is zesty and strong,
good in any tomato dish. Try oregano with summer squash and
potatoes, mushroom dishes, beans, or in a marinade for lamb or game.

PARSLEY
In the garden: Plant near asparagus, corn, and tomatoes.
In the kitchen: Use fresh parsley in soups, sauces, and
salads. It lessens the need for salt in soups. You can fry parsley
and use it as a side dish with meat or fish. It is, of course,
the perfect garnish.

ROSEMARY
In the garden: Plant near cabbage, beans, carrots, and sage.
Deters cabbage moth, bean beetles, and carrot fly.
In the kitchen: Use for poultry, lamb, and tomato dishes, stews,
soups, and vegetables. Try it finely chopped in breads and custards.

SAGE
In the garden: Plant near rosemary, cabbage, and carrots; away
from cucumbers. Deters cabbage moth and carrot fly.
In the kitchen: Use in cheese dishes, stuffings, soups, pickles,
with beans and peas, and in salads. Excellent for salt-free cooking.

SUMMER SAVORY
In the garden: Plant with beans and onions to improve growth and
flavor. In the kitchen: Popular in soups, stews, stuffings,
and with fish, chicken, green beans, and eggs.

TARRAGON
In the garden: Good companion to most vegetables.
In the kitchen: Great with meat, eggs, poultry,
seafood, and in salad dressings, marinades, and sauces.

THYME
In the garden: Plant near cabbage. Deters cabbage worm.
In the kitchen: Use in casseroles, stews, soups, ragouts,
and with eggs, potatoes, fish, and green vegetables.