Sunday, December 14, 2025
You can flavor sugar and salt with homegrown herbs, fruits, and flowers from the garden. It is simple and fun. Let your tastebuds and creativity run wild. These are fun gifts as well.
Some ideas for flavored sugars:
Lavendar
Mint
Kumquat (the rind is sweet and citrusy)
Lemon
Lime
Rose hips or petals (gives off a beautiful fragrance in tea)
Sage
Berries
Dry your ingredients first. For citrus peels, rose hips, or rose petals, I let dry in the pantry on a paper towel. For berries, I would dry in a dehydrator or an oven. Since they have such a high moisture content, they can mold before drying if just left on the counter. Herbs I put loosely in a paper bag with the stems upright to dry. Harvesting and drying herbs After they are dry, you can use a coffee grinder to grind to a fine powder, crush the herbs by hand, or leave whole and mix 50/50 with organic sugar.
If you are thinking of starting a garden, herbs are the perfect start. Most are perennials (come back every year) and they thrive on neglect. You truly plant and forget. A bonus is that herbs give you tons each season so are a great cost saver.
Quick tip 8-start an indoor herb garden
There are many flowers that are edible. I love planting my edible garden in the flower beds. It does double duty, provides beauty and attracts pollinators to have a more productive garden. Here is a blog on varieties that are edible: Flowers that are edible It can do the same for sugar; add a pretty touch.
For ideas on growing your own fruit in small spaces, Fruit for small spaces
There are many flowers that are edible. I love planting my edible garden in the flower beds. It does double duty, provides beauty and attracts pollinators to have a more productive garden. Here is a blog on varieties that are edible: Flowers that are edible It can do the same for sugar; add a pretty touch.
For ideas on growing your own fruit in small spaces, Fruit for small spaces
For salt, you use fine sea salt to use out of a shaker or coarse sea salt to use in a grinder. Be sure if you are using a grinder to get one made for salt so it doesn't rust.
Ideas for flavored salt:
Hot peppers
Thyme
Oregano
Mint
Sage
Rosemary
My favorite steak and grilled veggie seasoning recipe:
5/8 cup coarse sea salt
2 tablespoons small hot peppers
2 tablespoons juniper berries
4 bay leaves
1 tablespoon rosemary
2 sticks of cinnamon or turmeric
1 1/2 tablespoons sage
This is great on anything you grill!
You can easily make pretty gifts for others using herbs and flowers from the garden in pretty containers.
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