Pressing Dried Herbs

You have a recipe that is asking for fresh herbs to be crushed with a mortar and pestle. Well, you don't have one of those, what do you do. There are a couple of options that you might be able to use.

You can use a garlic press to crush larger items like pepper and other seed type herbs.

For leafy and seed herbs you can also use a small food processor. My Braun Multiquick came with a miniature one that works great.