Uses Use summer savory to flavor beans, peas, pork, game and sausages. Finely chopped leaves can be added to soups and stews near the end of their cooking time. The herb makes a flavorful oil or vinegar. Medicinally, it is used as a tonic and digestive. Dried foliage and flowers are used in arrangements.
Summer savory is used as a companion plant for beans because it helps deter bean beetles.
Endorsed by The National Audubon Society.