(1) In a blender, blitz together the balsamic vinegar, thyme leaves and garlic.

(2) Grey mullet is popular in Mediterranean dishes and goes well with rosemary, thyme , garlic and fennel.

(3) It was often burned with juniper and thyme as a means of cleansing a room of witches and bad spirits.

(4) Squeeze out the excess liquid with your hands and add the beaten egg, salt, flour, parsley and thyme leaves, mixing well.

(5) Basil, marjoram and thyme grow well in small containers; bay, lavender and rosemary need larger ones.

(6) Dishes are mostly enhanced with lemons and fresh or dried mountain herbs such as thyme and oregano.

(7) When shopping for thyme plants you will use for cooking, pinch off a piece of leaf to taste before you buy.

(8) A rare delight is a pig's kidney the size of a fist baked slowly with thyme , tarragon, cream and snippets of bacon.

(9) Rosemary, thyme and dill are also good decorative herbs to plant with cabbages.

(10) Toss on a mass of fresh herbs, such as thyme or basil, or rub it with garlic and olive oil.

(11) Over a medium heat, in a large pan, soften the onion, bay leaves and thyme in the butter for one minute.

(12) Home grown herbs would have included coriander, dill, thyme , opium poppy and summer savoury.

(13) I usually have a pot of parsley on the kitchen windowsill, as well as some tarragon and thyme .

(14) For the ham, boil in water with thyme , garlic, bay leaves, onions and leeks for two hours then break into largish pieces.

(15) I also ignored the dried thyme that was provided in my bundle and used fresh thyme and rosemary because I had it on hand.

(16) Add all the spices, parsley, thyme , bay leaf, shallots, garlic, vanilla pod and lemon slices.

(17) I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.

(18) I prepared chicken stock with bouillon cubes, adding sprigs of thyme and bay leaves.

(19) In front of the beech hedge, a patch of un-cultivated land overflowed with flowering thyme , rosemary and gorse.

(20) The air is sweetened by the thymy odours of mountain and moor.