How to Use Chives
The ability to step outside to the herb garden and cut a few snips of fresh chives for your baked potato is reason enough to grow them. However, adding flavor to a favorite dish is far from their only use. They have other medicinal and ornamental applications. Does this Spark an idea?
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Consume chives to lower blood pressure and as an anti-septic. Chives contain sulfur oil, which has anti-septic properties and lowers blood pressure.
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Use chives to add a sweet onion flavor to dishes. Chives complement other spices such as marjoram and tarragon. They also go well with carrots, artichokes, asparagus, cauliflower and spinach. Chives best complement salty and sour tastes. To keep them crisp, add chives near the end of cooking soups and stews.
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Add the pretty, purple flowers of chives to salads or plates as a garnish. In addition to bringing color to your dishes, they are as flavorful as chive leaves.
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Plant chives in ornamental gardens or use them to make vegetable and herb gardens more attractive. Chives produce purplish flowers and their leaves have an attractive grassy look. Use them in flower gardens or to border vegetable gardens. Cut back the leaves and flowers when you want to use them and they'll produce more flowers soon.
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Place chives near roses to keep away aphids. Aphids, attracted by the smell of roses, are confused by the smell of chives.
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Tips & Warnings
Use chives to bundle together cooked vegetables, such as carrots and asparagus. Chives complement these vegetables and their use as a tie makes for a distinctive decoration.
Use chives for their high amounts of vitamin A and vitamin C.
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