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Simple Uses for Dill

 

When you have a large crop of dill from the garden or farmstand, you don't have time to casually include it in complicated recipes or to frantically figure out how to use it up before it goes bad without getting sick of it.  You want to make the most of your harvest and to actually enjoy it.


Here at Plant to Plate, we like to keep things simple!  Here are some of my favorite ways to use or preserve dill:


  • Sauté it with chicken and lemon juice, lemon balm, or lemon verbena.


  • Add it to a stirfry or sauté.

  • Add it to egg dishes like omelets and quiches.

  • Bake it with salmon or another fish along with lemon juice, lemon balm, or lemon verbena.

  • Bake it with chicken and lemon juice, lemon balm, or lemon verbena.

  • Add it to soups and broths.  In addition to the leaves, dill stalks, flowers, seeds, and roots can also be used in soups and broths.

  • Add it to pasta dishes, stovetop or baked.

  • Add it to sauces, alone or with oregano.

  • Top homemade fries with dill and garlic powder.



  • Make tzatziki.  This amazing, classic Greek dip primarily consists of cucumbers, Greek yogurt, and dill.  Garlic and lemon juice can be added if you have them on hand as well.  This dip is best with a lot of fresh dill, so it is a great way to use up a large quantity of it!

  • Make a simple egg salad with dill, hardboiled egg pieces, avocado, and Greek yogurt or mayonnaise.

  • Make a simple potato salad with dill, diced potatoes, avocado, and Greek yogurt or mayonnaise.

  • Add it to chicken salad.

  • Add it to pasta salad.



  • Add it to other salads.

  • Make infused vinegar.  Dill-infused vinegar makes a fantastic salad dressing, among other uses.  Dill can be infused in vinegar on its own or in combination with other herbs such as: 

  • Make infused oil.  Dill is best infused in avocado, olive, or sesame oil, alone or with garlic, lemongrass, lemon verbena, and/or lemon balm.

  • Make a tea or add it to a tea blend.  Dill tea is best as an infusion.

  • Make a tincture.  The suggested herb:solvent ratio for a dill tincture is 1:5 in 40% alcohol.



  • Add it to pickles.  Dill pickled with cucumbers and garlic is a classic combination.  Dill goes well in other pickles such as those with carrots, radishes, or kale as well.  The entire plant (leaves, stalks, roots, flowers, and/or seeds) can be used in pickles.



Further Reading

Growing dill?  Check out these quick facts like its best growing conditions, companion plants, and expected yields.


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