All-Purpose Herbed Butter - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature (1/2 pound)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh chives, snipped or 1 tablespoon green onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced (optional)
1 pinch fresh thyme, chopped or 1 pinch dried thyme
1 dash lemon juice
fresh ground white pepper

Preparation

Whip room temperature butter with a fork in a bowl.
Blend in parsley, chives or green onion, garlic if using, thyme, lemon juice, and white pepper to taste.
On wax paper, shape mixture into a log. Wrap again in plastic wrap and chill until serving time. Or just use plastic wrap but wrap the log twice.
Chill in refrigerator until serving time.
Or bag, label with date, and freeze. To use, simply slice off as much as you need, then rewrap and store remainder in freezer until needed next time.