I have a small patch of thyme in my garden and a few sprigs in a vase/glass near my kitchen window. I thought about what dishes I put thyme in and they are dishes I make often.

I like to add thyme to stews and soups every week.

This week's potato and onion soup.

Roland's Potato Onion Soup

Diced potatoes, sautéed onions and cream sauce.

Ingredients

- 3 to 4 cups diced, peeled russet potatoes

- 1/2 softball-sized onion, diced

- 3 tablespoons butter

- 3 tablespoons flour

- One cup chicken broth

- One and one-half cups milk

- One and one-half to one-half cups heavy Cream

- 1 to 2 sprigs of fresh thyme

- 1/8 teaspoon of Tony Creole seasoning

- Salt and black pepper to taste

Peel and dice potatoes and onions.

Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan or pot and sauté onions until soft.

Sprinkle flour over onions, stir well, and simmer over moderate heat for 3 - 5 minutes.

Add the liquid and heat to a simmer, thinning with milk if needed.

Add the potatoes, nutmeg and red pepper. Heat to boiling and simmer for 15 minutes or longer, until potatoes are tender.

Adjust the consistency of the other liquids, adding the milk and flour slurry if too thin.

Thyme goes well with roast chicken, rosemary and a bit of lemon.

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Other Dishes:Thyme goes well with pork, beef, lamb and fish.

1. Plant Description

Thyme is a perennial half-shrub plant, the plant grows to a certain time, the lower branches will be submitted to lignification, the plant is small and simple, easy to grow aerial root branches, roots near the soil part of it is easy to grow in a packet or a piece of soil. Pink or lavender flowers, and a group of open state, if the plant children's patio paths or both sides of the stone cracks will be very beautiful, and it can also be used for herbs.

2. Plant Propagation Mode

Thyme can be propagated by sowing seeds and cuttings, sowing seeds, preferably in March to April, prepare the seedling substrate, flower the seeds evenly soil, the amount of soil is just less than the right amount of seeds to make a watershed of soil moisture, and put it in the appropriate lighting position, basically 1 week. Lighting position, basically about 1 week can germinate; if it is a branch, directly cut off a thick section of the branch, inserted in the moist soil, will soon be able to take root.

3. Planting Management Matters

After sowing,when the seedlings grow to about 5cm,sparse treatments are necessary,don't need to be too dense,keep the spacing of 10 - 15cm is the best,the seedlings grow to 15cm can be treated so that they give birth to more branches. If it is potted, it is recommended to plant 3 - 5 small pots at 15 cm in diameter, the best.