Mr. T.U.H. was grilling salmon for dinner. As I was walking around the garden taking note of what happened while I was at work, I noticed the lemon balm was growing like crazy. I figured it was time to pick some, but I was kind of at a loss as for what to do with it. I know you can use it for tea, but I am not a tea drinker; I grew it because I love the smell when you walk by. I figured, there had to be something I could do with it to put on the fish. I use basil to make pesto, so why not try it with the lemon balm? I typed it into google, read a few recipes, and this is what I put together.
Ingredients:
2 cups lemon balm leaves
3 or 4 cloves of garlic
1/4 to 1/2 half a cup of olive oil
the juice from 1 lemon
salt to taste
Directions:
Put all of the above into a food processor.
Process it. Process it a lot. The texture of the leaves means they need to be reduced to tiny dots in the processor.
It is going to taste ok on its own. When you put it on the fish, however – YUM!
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That is such a great idea to use lemon balm. I have so much and make use of so little. Mostly it’s multitudes of seedlings get composted. I prefer this idea.
I have never grown it before this year, but I really love the smell of it. I figured there had to be something tasty to do with it! Google to the rescue!
I found your blog while doing a google search for a lemon balm pesto sauce. I had one last year that used lemon balm and basil. Since we are having salmon for dinner tonight, I think I’ll try yours. Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know how you liked it!