Somebody on our floor brought me some lavender from their garden today, because I'd said I had a cobalt blue bottle to put it in.
As I was stripping off the lower leaves to put the flowers in the bottle, it occurred to me that you can use lavender as an herb. In a quick perusal of the intarwebz, I found out that you can use it as a substitute for rosemary (tho a little apparently goes a long way...). I have about 1/2 cup of the leaves, so I should be able to try several things.So my question is twofold:
1. Anybody ever made anything with lavender leaves? Any recipes to share? Most of the ones I saw call for using the blossoms, which I'm not going to do since they're currently brightening up my desk at work.
2. Other herbs you like and use a lot? I've got basil and chives growing on my balcony, but I tend to forget they're there.
In the past, I've grown sage, marjoram and dill, as well. (Nothing like picking a couple of fronds of dill from the windowsill for your salmon steak. 
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