The best recipes begin in the home garden. In today’s post, I share my homegrown Herb Cheese Spread Recipe. This is a fresh herb ‘Boursin’ brand like cheese recipe you will love. There are many creative recipes you can add this spread to giving it that extra zing of flavor. I encourage you to check it out and tell me what you think in the comments below.
What is Boursin? We’ve all had the Boursin brand in grocery stores, right? I remember a few years back buy a sample pack at Costco to use during the holiday season. The trio set didn’t make it through Thanksgiving we loved it so much. I had to buy another pack for Christmas and New Year. That is when I got creative and decided to make my own version of this spread.
A Few Creative Ways To Use Fresh Herb Cheese Recipe
The photo on this page with the steak and potatoes is where I added the spread and it was Yummy!
For today’s post, I am mixing this up to use as an appetizer with crackers before dinner tonight. You could also use this in the following dishes:
- Stuffed Mushroom Appetizer
- Stuff Jalapeno Peppers
- Mashed Potatoes with Boursin Cheese
- Cheese and Meat Roll-Up
- Stuffed Tomatoes or Mini Sweet Peppers
Get creative and tell me what you use your fresh herb cheese with!
Fresh Herb VS Dried
When using herbs in your recipes, there is a general rule of thumb to keep in mind. The ratio of fresh to dry: Because dried herbs are often more potent and concentrated than fresh herbs. Therefore you need less of fresh herbs. That means the correct ratio is one tablespoon of fresh herbs to one teaspoon of dried herbs
Fresh Herb Cheese Recipe
Super simple to make using ingredients from the summer herb garden. All you will need is a cow to make cream cheese – HA! Joking of course! But who doesn’t have cream cheese on hand in their refrigerator? Be sure to print this recipe and tell me what you think in the comments below.
I can’t wait to make this up again when we are having friends over. This goes amazing with steak and potatoes. In fact, you can mix this herb cheese spread recipe in with mashed potatoes for an amazing treat.
Growing Your Own Fresh Herb
My herb garden is all over my home and garden. There is no wonder I whipped up this fresh herb cheese recipe often. I grow herbs inside under lights (the legal kind), in my 20′ geodesic bio dome, in containers, raised beds and directly in the ground outside. Below are a few post on my site featuring ways to grow herbs in home and garden. Be sure to check them out and leave comments telling me what you think!
Let’s Connect
I would love to hear from you so be sure to comment on the post below. Tell me what you think about cream cheesee and fresh herb dips. Did you use this recipe?
Happy Dipping,
Bren
