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Herbs enhance the foods we eat, capturing the lure of uplifting fragrances and the hint of romance. They give us an appreciation of subtle foliage, flowers, and flavors. Although the vitamins and minerals herbs provide may be minute in quantity, it is the taste, mood-enhancement and health benefits they give foods that make them so valuable.

Mexican Mint Marigold Vinaigrette

2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup light sesame oil or grape seed oil

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

2 tablespoons Mexican Mint Marigold leaves and flower petals, finely chopped

4 tablespoons chopped parsley

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon honey

Salt and Pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a blender and mix well. Drizzle over tossed salad greens and mixed edible flowers and server.

Rosy Cooler Recipe

From: Along the Garden Path

This is an excellent drink for Summer garden parties or Late Spring, especially since it is not too strong to go to your head too quickly!

1 bottle Rosé wine

1 cup organically grown, strongly scented white, pink and red roses

1/4 cup vodka

Raspberries to taste

1 bottle of 7-Up, Sprite or Ginger Ale

Chill wine and Rose petals in a glass bowl. Add the vodka, raspberries and lots of ice cubes. Chill for one hour. Add the carbonated drink at serving time.

Yields 6 - 8 servings.

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Relax and unwind at bath time.

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Cooking with Lavender - check out these refreshing recipes using our Lavender Champagne Vinegar!
Basil Cheese Snax	Basil Blush Sweet Fruit Vinaigrette
Four Bean Epazote Herb Salad	Fredericksburg Cool Cucumber Lavender Salad
Sage and Cheese Torta	Lemon Balm Lemon-Aid
Lavender Salad Dressing and Herb Salad	Absolut Tarragon
Rosemary-Peach Chicken	Savory Blue Cheesecake
Heart Beet Salad	Mojito - refreshing mint, lime and rum drink
Ginger Pumpkin Cheesecake	Rose Geranium Buttermilk Pie
Lemon Verbena Sweet Biscuits	Rosy Cooler Recipe
Mexican Mint Marigold Vinaigrette	Focaccia Bread
Rose Milk Bath Recipe	Homemade Turkey Stock
Bay Rum Custard	Dandelion & Bacon Salad
Fredericksburg Spiked Cranberry Punch	Basil Tomato Pie
Fresh Herb BRINED Turkey	Lavender Ice Cream
Sage Pesto	Spicy Grilled Shrimp - Recipe from Inter Courses, an Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge
Lemongrass & Potato Soup	Rosewater Pound Cake
Cool Cucumber & Dill Soup	Minted Melon Potion
Chile-Peach Pesto	Molé Spiced Grilled Tuna Steaks & Jumbo Shrimp with Lemon Herb Sauce
Rose Geranium Tea	Cilantro Dip
Parsley and Mushroom Soup with fried parsley garnish	Cool Peppermint Refresher
Arugula Salad with Pistachios	Red and Yellow Tomatoes with Basil Blossoms
Roasted Garlic	Lobster Bisque Chowder
Calendula Vinaigrette	Goat Cheese & Herb Dip
Rancho Eslabon Recipe: Grilled Asparagus, tomato, cucumber salad with Orange Cilantro Dressing	Baked Love Apples
Lemon Verbena Margarita	Roasted Tomato and Garlic Dip
Poached Balsamic Pears with Rosemary	Semillon Herb Pie
Walnut, Thyme and Gorgonzola Crostini	Flower Power Fruit Dressing
Old Fredericksburg Cheese Spread	Cooling Peppermint Drink for HOT Weather
An Apple Bouquet of Herbs	Simnel Cake (or Mothering Cake)
Camembert with Edible Flower Preserves	Lavender-Lemon Sugar Cookies
Omelette Au Fines Herbs

Our concern for health is inseparable from our pursuit of beauty. What is it that makes us want to squeeze or slather or pat on our outsides the things that cause us to feel good on our insides? This impulse isn't all that illogical. The oldest cosmetic formulas offer advice on the virtues of fruits, vegetables and herbs in enhancing and preserving our appearance.

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"You may consider yourself happy whsen that which is your food is also your medicine," wrote Thoreau.	Along the Garden Path	He was far from being the first to claim health from the garden. For thousands of years, physicians of the body and spirit--today's doctors and priests--were gardeners and botanists first, healers of aches and pains second.

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