Top ten tips for ‘herb’ novices:

1. Add a few sprigs of fresh mint leaves to fresh strawberries. Sprinkle with icing sugar
2. Rip a few leaves and stalks of coriander and add to a ready-made chicken curry just before serving. Simply stir through. Coriander really enhances the aromatic flavours of Indian and Thai foods
3. Use fresh basil leaves to transform a cheese and tomato sandwich, or toasty
4. Chop Italian parsley and add to buttered, boiled potatoes
5. To create the simplest starter, slice up some large tomatoes and mozzarella and layer on plate, add a leaf of basil to each slice and sprinkle balsamic vinegar
6. To add extra flavour and aroma to a salad, finely cut some chives and sprinkle over Chives also really transform a potato salad. Peel and chop potatos. Boil, once cooked, allow to cool. Mix in with lashings of mayonnaise and finely chopped chives
7. Strip some leaves from the stems and drop into mushrooms while they sauté