Do you love or hate cilantro? If you love it, you are in the right place!
I am definitely in the “I love cilantro” camp. I love to eat it and I also love to inspire others to use it in their culinary endeavors.
Let me inspire you to use cilantro!
Cilantro is also called Italian parsley or coriander. When cilantro goes to seed, the seeds are the spice known as coriander. Cilantro is the young leaves of the coriander plant.
Many spices are warming and heating to the body whereas cilantro is cooling. People are often already overheated with stress and toxic foods and the addition of lots of hot spices can be aggravating.
Cilantro is the perfect herb to eat throughout the summer;
it helps to cool the body down a bit on really hot days.
Culinary traditions in warm climates all over the world pair cilantro and lime. Topping your food with fresh lime and cilantro is one of the best things you can do for your belly, it cools you down, disinfects your food and supports optimal digestion of nutrients.
The pleasant taste of cilantro fades quickly with heat. The frilly leaves wilt into nothing if you cook them. Cilantro really is best added raw as a garnish or put into sauces for foods that have already been cooked.
Chopped cilantro is easily added as a garnish to:
- tacos
- spring rolls
- salads
- soups
- rice dishes
- stir fries
- and fish
I love minced cilantro in salads. We also use cilantro pesto instead of mayonnaise on our sandwiches. You really don’t need basil for your pesto if you have cilantro.
Cilantro aids digestion and can relieve nausea. This tender leafy herb can help you with a headache, gas, bloating and an upset stomach.
Like other carminative herbs, cilantro can relax sphincters in the digestive tract and help to expel uncomfortable gas, making it the perfect fresh garnish for beans and bean soups. When you want to put it into soups, just add fresh cilantro right before serving the soup.
This light green leafy herb not only adds delicious flavor to your food, it is also heals your belly, cools your body and enhances digestion.
How do you like to eat cilantro?
There are so many dishes in Thai food that have cilantro in it. 60-70% I would say. My best recipe is a dipping sauce making from finely chopped of a few bunch of cilantro , 4 cloves of garlic, 5-6 fresh Thai chilli peppers then add 4 tablespoons of lime juice, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce or soya sauce (you can use 1 tablespoon of Himalayan salt instead then you have to add 2 tablespoons of water), 1 tablespoon of honey 🍯. Let me know if you like it you can put it on everything especially seafood.
I absolutely adore this wonderful herb in salsa,when my children came home from school their very favorite snack was salsa …so healthy with fresh onions oregano jalapeños cilantro and wonderful, spices to make it all come alive,,,,ummm I think I’ll go make some for now and eat light thank you Kami for the inspiration …
Enjoy!
I make a fresh crunchy pico of sorts with cilantro jalapeño Vidalia sweet onions and lime… on occasion fresh Roma tomatoes …add it to mini corn tacos and homemade carnita Tapas ….we crave them here in the summer …so fresh! Easy and delicious,
Great!
Love those southern Visalia onions!
We love cilantro as well! It is very popular in French Guiana, the Antilles and Brazil. We make what is called sauce chien or dog sauce. No idea where that name comes from !
Chopped Cilantro is mixed with finely diced onions, tomatoes, green onions and garlic. Squeeze lime juice, pour some olive oil and then add a bit of water to make a sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. It is great on salads and the traditional red bean dish of Brazil called faijão. It could top chili too! Great on grilled fish or chicken. Yum!
this sounds good….
Juice it almost daily.
I use it in guacamole , Mexican style shrimp cocktail, even add it to omelettes if the craving hits, it’s been one of the main cravings since doctor put me on medications, it’s also really good with enchiladas, combined with ginger,Cayenne pepper, garlic,turmeric, pepper and Italian seasonings in a roast and wow what a boost