Your herbal harvest is at its peak-but you've got your hands full with other tasks. How can you capture all that flavor? It's easy! Blender-process 2 cups of herbs (one herb or a combination) with one-half cup mild-tasting vegetable oil. Spoon into an ice-cube tray and freeze. Unmold into labeled freezer bags.

• To flavor soups, dressings, marinades: rosemary, thyme, basil, mint, tarragon.
• To flavor cookies and cakes: rose geranium, orange mint, lemon balm, lemon verbena