If you cook with herbs at all, start with your pantry to see what you use most. This is my pantry list.

 

 Type of Herb

 

 Herb

 

 Frequency of Use

 

 Current Supply

 

 Annual

 

 Basil

 

 Always in Italian red sauce, some pestos

 

 ½ regular bottle

 

 Annual

 

 Cilantro

 

 Almost never – I don’t care for the taste

 

  

 

 Annual

 

 Dill Weed

 

 Always in tuna salad

 

 ½ std bottle

 

 Perennial but grown as Annual

 

 Garlic

 

 Used on steaks and other meats, in red sauce

 

 ½ bottle powered

 

 Annual

 

 Leaf Marjoram

 

 Always in red sauce, some on herbed chicken

 

 1/3 std can

 

 Annual

 

 Summer Savory

 

  Used on herb pork chops or chicken, bean soups, chicken soup, red sauce

 

 None

 

 Biennial

 

 Common or Curly Leaf Parsley

 

 Always in red sauce, often on pork chops, chicken, or in tuna salad

 

 ½ std bottle

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 Perennial

 

 Bay Laurel

 

 Used to use in red sauce

 

 None

 

 Perennial

 

 Chives

 

  On Baked Potato

 

 ½ bottle dried

 

 Perennial

 

 Rosemary

 

 Always in red sauce and on herbed pork chops or chicken

 

 ½ small can

 

 Perennial

 

 Thyme

 

 Sparingly in red sauce

 

 1/3 powered bottle

 

 Perennial

 

 Oregano

 

 Sometimes in red sauce or other Italian dishes

 

 ¼ bottle

 

 Perennial

 

 Sage

 

 Always in red sauce and gently with herbed chicken

 

 ½ std bottle

 

 Perennial

 

 Summer Savory

 

  Hearty bean soups or stews, rich meats

 

 None

 

 Perennial

 

 Tarragon

 

 Used for Chicken Tarragon

 

 ½ std can

 

From my chart of 16 herbs, I would start with basil, curly leaf parsley and Italian parsley, leaf marjoram, sage, rosemary, tarragon. Then add dill, both summer and winter savory, garlic and bay laurel later.

Checking the pantry is just my method, you could also research what is easiest to grow indoors or what looks like fun.  Google  - what herbs are easiest to grow indoors or the same with quotes around it.  This is a good Google query
what herbs are easiest to grow on a windowsill both without and with quotes.

http://www.richters.com is an excellent garden site too. Another site is http://www.guide-to-houseplants.com/indoor-herb-gardens.html