Flavor Guide: Island Herb Blend (Green Seasoning)

Making green seasoning is a refreshing process. Let’s set the scene. Imagine a kitchen filled with piles of fresh, green herbs. For us, we’ve been lucky to source most of our herbs for our green seasoning from local farms in Prince George’s County, Maryland and Washington, DC. We’ve coined our green seasoning as Island Herb Blend. One thing you notice when opening up a bottle of our green seasoning is the delicious aroma that wafts from the inside. It’s the same aroma you’ll notice when you pluck fresh herbs from a garden. To make our green seasoning, we blend our piles of freshly washed herbs with aromatic bulbs and roots such as onion and ginger. To preserve the mixture, it is then blended with apple cider vinegar. As you can imagine, our kitchen is very fragrant at the end of this process.

An alternative to sodium

Unfortunately, without the benefit of additional herbs and spices, we tend to overuse salt. We’ve mentioned that green seasoning is such a great way to add that extra flavor to food without all that sodium. Too much sodium in the diet can lead to health conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. We made the conscious decision to leave salt out of our Island Herb Blend, because we believe it’s up to you as the consumer to control your salt input. If you’re someone who uses a lot of salt in your diet, we encourage you to start slow and replace some of the salt you use with our Island Herb Blend. Eventually, you’ll be able to be less dependent upon salt, and realize the power that fresh herbs and spices brings to dishes.

How to use

So, by now you may be wondering how exactly you can use green seasoning. As it is a puree, it is fairly easy to use. When using as a marinade, we recommend adding two teaspoons to every pound of meat, fish, or vegetables that you have on hand. The flavor of green seasoning intensifies the longer it is left, so oftentimes, we’ll leave food to marinate overnight. However, you’ll still get a good flavor even if you marinate your food for thirty minutes. When adding to beans and rice, we tend to err on the lighter side and use less. Of course, the amount of green seasoning you add to your food will depend on personal taste.

We’ve created a handy video to show you just how easy it is to marinate chicken. See below and let us know if you’ve tried it!