Lovage leaves, stems and seeds all taste like celery.  The leaves can be used fresh in salads and fresh or dried in soups, stews, and sauces.  The stems can be chopped and added to salads, cooked and pureed, candied, or used like celery stalks.  The seeds whole or ground as needed, are used in pickling brines, cheese spreads, salads, salad dressings and sauces.  Lovage loves potatoes, tomatoes, checken, rice, creamed soups, savory pies, and steamed vegetables.  Lovage relieves indigestion, bloating, and colic.  It also improves appetite.  Well what do you think?  Sounds like a herb you might want to try, doesn’t it?

Until next month.  The Herb Lady