Making Herb Infused

Wine Vinegar

Making Herb Infused Vinegars Is Really Very Easy and 

A Great Way To Recycle Some Of Those Pretty Wine or

 Syrup Bottles You Have Been Saving.

 I Even Found A Way To Recycle The Wire "Cage" That

Was On One Of My Champagne Bottles!  I Thought It Made A Cool Embellishment To The Top When I Added The "Cage" Along With One Of My Custom Galvanized Sheet Metal Tags

 I Thought Some Of You Might  Like To Make Some Herb Infused Vinegar So I Added The Instructions To This Post.

Start By Gathering Up Some Of Those Pretty Bottles You Just Couldn't Bring Yourself To Get Rid Of And Sterilize Them

These Bottles Were From Flavored Waters, Wine 

And Coffee Syrups

Supplies Needed

~ Empty Sterilized Bottles ~

~ Herbs And Spices Of Your Choice ~

(The Herbs and spices I used were - Rosemary, Thyme, Flat and Curly Leaf Parsley, Basil, Black Peppercorns, Garlic and Mustard Seeds)

~ White Wine Vinegar ~

~ Cork  And Optional Champagne Wire Cage ~

~ Labels and or Tags ~
(I found the free graphic for my label at The Graphics Fairy, I used Photoshop To Embellish It and Add The Words)

Useful Tools

~ Small Plastic Funnel ~

~ Long Wooden Chopstick ~

Step 1 ~ Gather Up The Fresh Herbs You Want To Infuse

 Wash And Dry Them Thoroughly

Premeasure Additional Spice Ingredients

I Used About A Tablespoon Each Of  Black Peppercorns And Mustard Seeds and 6 Garlic Cloves

Now You Are Ready For Step 2

 Step 2 ~ Fill The Empty Steralized Bottle By
 First Adding The Spices...

Then The Fresh Herbs

The Herbs I Used In This Infusion Were

~ Curly And Flat Leaf Parsley ~

~ Thyme ~

~Rosemary ~

~ Basil ~

I Used A Wooden Chopstick To Push The Fresh Herbs Down

(Only Use Plastic Or Wood Utensils as Metal Ones React With The Acidic Vinegar)

Step 3 ~ Using The Plastic Funnel Pour The Vinegar Over The Herbs and Fill The Bottle, Leaving About 1  1/2 Inches Headspace At The Top

 Cork The Top And Add Embellishments

 
Add Your Label and You Are Done! 

Wasn't That Easy?

It Is Best To Let Your Vinegar Steep

For 2 To 3 Weeks In A Cool Dry Place Before Use

Enjoy !!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.  Until next time.....I wish you Peace.... 

Today's Lunch Was

Fresh Homemade Bruschette

But Let Me Back Up A Little Bit.....

Let me tell you what led to having this delicious Bruschette For Lunch...

It All Started When I Read A Blog Post and Recipe By Yvonne At Her Stone Gable Blog. You Can Find Her Recipe HERE For Making This Pesto Sauce...

After A Quick Look Through My Supplies ....

And A Quick Tour Of My Garden..

I Knew I Had Everything I Needed To Make Up

This Awesome Pesto Recipe I Found At Stone Gable's Blog

So I started Clipping The Tops Off The Basil Plants......

And Before I Knew It.....My Basket Was Full!

To Prepare The Basil I Cut Off The Leaves.....

Washed It.....

Then Spun It As Dry As Possible With My Salad Spinner

Then It Was Time To Gather Up The Pesto Ingredients

Pine Nuts...............

Toasted A Golden Hue

Freshly Shredded Parmesean Cheese, Olive Oil and Chopped Garlic...MMMMM

The Kitchen Was Beginning To Smell Pretty

Delicious!

The Food Processor Worked It's Magic!

At Last.......Presto....

It Was Pesto!!

So of course I Had To Make

A Custom Pesto Tag For My Jar

Well One Thing Led To Another......

and As The Aromatic Smells Were Sensually Drifting Through The House....

I Thought.....hmmmmm.... It's Lunch Time...

How About Some Bruschette???

And So....I Made Some!

It Was Delicious. 

All I Did To Make The Bruschette Was Chop Up Three

Roma Tomatoes, Add A Dash Of Fresh Ground Sea Salt and Pepper And A Bit Of The Pesto and The Bruschette Was Ready

 

The Recipe For The Pesto Can Be Found Here On Stone Gable's Blog.  Yvonne Has

The Most Wonderful Blog, Check It Out
You Won't Be Disappointed!

Thanks For Stopping By Today!  Until Next Time.......I Wish You Peace...

We Had A Wonderful Weekend !

Nothing But Blue Skies As Far As The Eye Could See!!

I Am So Thankful For Those Who Have 

Made It Possible For America To Stay The

Land Of The Free

We put our flag out for the holiday and I finally got a couple of hanging plants up too.  The windows you see across the top ridge of the house are the skyline windows at the top of my studio's vaulted ceiling. 

Last week in a previous post I showed you the little wren nest full of speckled eggs in this red basket of Geraniums and guess what.....

The little babies are hatching!!  I'll post more pics when they get a little bigger.

Summer is finally getting here, it's about 90 degrees here today and my tomato plants have more than doubled in size already!  Just makes my mouth water thinking about the coming harvest!

As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said..

Earth Laughs In Flowers!

Hope you are having a great week!!  Until next time.....I wish you Peace....