Healthy Food Ideas

Posted By admin on May 8, 2010

It’s time to harvest chives and garlic chives before they flower. Just use scissors to snip off the plant leaving 2 inches of foliage so the plant won’t go into shock. Chive plants are very hearty and will start producing new springs in a few days. I actually waited too long because my chives do have buds but that won’t hurt anything because I can use them in a bud vase in my office. 

After you snip the chives you’ll need to rinse them under cold water to rinse all the dirt off. Place chives on a paper towel to drain all the excess water off. Next you can dry them in a dehydrator or dry them on a cookie sheet in the oven by preheating to 110 degrees. Start out with one hour and then check the chives. They should be brittle when done if they are not brittle then they need more time to dry. They may take 3 to 6 hours depending on how many are on the cookie sheet and how they are spaced out. When they get close to being done let them cool on the tray and when completely cook place the dried chives into a glass jar with a lid and store in a cool dry place.

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