Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks: Herb Scissors
Herb Scissors are a must-have kitchen tool if you’re growing fresh herbs or just love using fresh herbs in recipes! And this is a favorite kitchen tool I love to give as a gift to friends who have herbs growing in the garden!
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Recently I was talking to my trainer about cooking with fresh herbs. I mentioned how much I love Herb Scissors, and was surprised she had never heard of them. And these Herb Scissors are absolutely one of my top five most-loved kitchen tools and it’s fresh herb season, so I decided I need to remind my readers about them!
This year I have basil, mint, and parsley growing out on my patio at the condo, and I’ve already been using these scissors quite a bit! If you’re cooking with fresh herbs, I bet you’ll love these scissors that make chopping herbs so quick and easy! And I especially love the thin strips of fresh basil I can get by using them..
Where did I get my Herb Scissors?
I love learning things from my readers, and I found out about Herb Scissors a discussion on the Kalyn’s Kitchen Facebook page. I’m such a fresh-herb lover that I immediately went to Amazon.com and bought some Herb Scissors (affiliate link), and I’ve been enthusiastically using them ever since! I found a variety of brands, but I picked RSVP Herb Scissors (affiliate link) partly because they had a cover to use for storing the scissors.
Why do I love the herb scissors so much?
Chopping herbs with a knife isn’t labor intensive, but I love the way the herb scissors gives even strips of fresh herbs that add to the looks of the dish! I’ve mostly used my scissors for mint and basil, but they’d also be good for making strips of sage or quickly chopping things like parsley, oregano, tarragon. I snip the herbs from the stem and wash them and spin dry in a Mini Salad and Herb Spinner (affiliate link). Then I stack up the leaves and cut into strips with the scissors. My nephew Jake is famous for his knife skills, but even he was impressed with how fast you could make strips of basil with the herb scissors.
Using the Scissors for fresh basil:
- Three Cheese Tomato-Basil Quiche
- Crustless Tomato Basil Tarts
- Chicken Salad with Basil
- Cauliflower Rice with Basil, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts
- Green Bean and Tomato Salad
- Cucumber Noodle Salad with Shrimp
- Artichoke Heart Salad
- Ratatouille Stew with Italian Sausage
- Thai Turkey Lettuce Wraps
- Easy Cheesy Zucchini Bake
- Zucchini Carpaccio
- Summer Squash with Feta and Basil
- Tomato Burrata Zucchini Noodles
Using the Scissors for fresh mint:
- Cucumber Avocado Salad with Chickpeas and Feta
- Thai-Inspired Turkey Larb Salad
- Thai Cucumber Salad
- Spicy Grilled Eggplant
More Recipes for Cooking with Fresh Herbs:
- Cooking with Fresh Basil
- Cooking with French Tarragon
- Cooking with Fresh Parsley
- Cooking with Fresh Mint
About Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks:
I purchased the RSVP Endurance Herb Scissors myself and this company has no idea that I’m writing about their product. All items featured as Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks are things I would happily buy over and over, and because I want readers to know that my opinions are completely unbiased, I don’t accept review products from the many companies who offer to send them to me. You can see my other kitchen and food picks in my collection of Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks.
6 Comments on “Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks: Herb Scissors”
Where did you purchase them?
I bought them on Amazon, see the link below where it says “WHERE DID I GET MY HERB SCISSORS?”
Gyrf, your choice of course. But at my house I see grasshoppers crawling around on the herbs so I would never eat without washing.
Lazy Cook Confession Time: I never wash the herbs that I grow at home. Since I'm the only one tending my herbs, I know exactly what's on them: nothing but rain water. And I harvest them on a dry day. This eliminates the annoyance of having to wash and dry them and makes using the herb scissors much less of a pain.
Just a thought . . .
Kathleen, that's interesting. I'm guessing the herb ones might have shorter blades.
I have a pair of these scissors, but they were labeled for shredding paper! I'll have to get a second pair for the kitchen.