In addition to a myriad of herbal formula recipes Jim Long's book, Great Herb Mixes You Can Make, also includes a section on how to price herbal products for both the retail and wholesale market. Long mentions that "If you want to start an herb business, improve the business you already own, or if you simply want to make unique herb products for your friends, this book tells you how."
Great Herb Mixes You Can Make is available in a convenient spiral bound format, which allows the book to stay flat when opened to a particular recipe or formula. Recipes are included for a variety of herbal formulas including:
- Beverages and teas
- Herb seasonings
- Dream pillows
- Body care products
- Medicinal products
- Products for men
- Crafts
- Pet products
Sample Recipe From Great Herb Mixes You Can Make
The Good Seasoning Blend is a tasty combination of herbs for soups, stews and chicken, park and beef roasts. Use 1-2 tablespoons of Good Seasoning Blend for a pot of stew or roast, usually adding the seasoning in the last 30 minutes of cooking time. All the ingredients used for this recipe should be dried, not fresh. This recipe makes enough to share with friends and family, or to sell at the local craft fair or green market.
Good Seasoning Blend Ingredients
- 2 cups onion flakes
- 3/4 cup celery flakes
- 1/2 cup marjoram
- 2 tablespoons sage leaves
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- 2 broken bay leaves
- 1/2 cup basil
- 2 teaspoons thyme
- 4 cups parsley
- 1 cup rosemary
Good Seasoning Blend Directions
- Blend all the ingredients to a fine powder using either a blender or a food processor.
- A coarser version of the seasoning blend can be made using a mortar and pestle to blend all the ingredients by hand.
- Store in an airtight container until ready to use.
- Place smaller amounts of the seasoning blend in zip-lock bags, to sell, or to be used as gifts
About the Author
Long is the author of over 27 books, including How to Eat a Rose, Growing & Using the Top 10 Most Popular Herbs, and The Best Dressed Salad. Long's books are all published by his herb company, Long Creek Herbs.
Long has been a regular columnist for the Herb Companion magazine for the past sixteen years. His articles also appear regularly in the Herb Quarterly, The Heirloom Garden, and The Ozarks Mountaineer magazines. Long maintains a personal blog, called Jim Long's Garden.
Contact Information
- Long Creek Herbs
- P.O. Box 127
- Blue Eye, MO 65611
- 417-779-5450
- Website: www.longcreekherbs.com
About the Book
- Author: Jim Long
- Title: Great Herb Mixes You Can Make
- Publisher: Long Creek Herbs
- Date: 2003
- ISBN: 1-889791-13-X
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