Mint is an herb. I decided to grow this herb in my garden this summer. Who knew how prolific it would be? Certainly not me!   You see, I don’t have a green thumb, and the fact that I was able to grown anything is amazing.

This year I decided to grow cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, basil, cilantro, butter lettuce, spring mix lettuces, swiss chard, kale, peppers, celery, oregano and zucchini.  For some reason, my oregano and zucchini didn’t cooperate, but my mint was simply out of control.

I typically use mint in a few recipes like Turkey Thai lettuce wraps (one of my family’s favs), mojitos and hot tea, but with the amount of mint I have, I needed way more uses for it than this.

I like that Mint adds a refreshing quality to beverages and adds an additional layer of flavor to recipes.

Got mint? Here are 20 great ways to use it

1. Make mojitos (a light rum adult cocktail)
2. Add it to hot tea or
3. Dry the leaves to make your own mint tea
4. Add fresh mint to lemonade
5. Add fresh mint to coconut water
6. Tear a few leaves off and add it to spring water by itself or
7. Enhance your water with mint, cucumbers and lime (my fav, it’s sooooo refreshing!!)
8. Make a cucumber mint frizz
9. Or try mint, fresh ginger and lemon together (love this too!)
10. Make mint simple syrup to keep on hand for cocktails
11. Add mint to salads
12. Dip mint leaves in melted chocolate for an easy dessert
13. Add mint to soups and stews and stir frys
14. make mint extract
15. Add fresh mint to homemade salad dressings
16. Make your own butter mint candy
17. Make a mint sauce for lamb recipes
18. Try your hand at mint chocolate chip cookies
19. or mint chocolate chip ice cream
20. And how about body products, grab a mint sugar scrub recipe from our pinterest board(see link below)

Many of the above suggestions are on our pinterest board called “MINT” hop over to see more ideas and grab a recipe or two. MInt on Pinterest

These are recipes, I can’t wait to try

Sauteed zucchini with mint, basil and pinenuts

Watermelon skewers with mint and feta

Grilled Salmon with basil and mint sauce

image credit and recipe click here

image credit: Pinteret board Mint-click the link for recipes

So how do we store Mint? Grab a few ice trays and…

• Store mint in olive oil
• Store mint in broth
• Store mint in butter

I love the idea from the Gardener’s eden. Store your mint in ice trays for year long enjoyment, then pop them in your fav recipes all year long.

image credit: the gardener’s eden.com

image credit:  pinterest

This Week’s Design Tip

Try something new. The color of mint, in the design world is a light pastel hue.  Perhaps this image will inspire you to use it or decorate with a new hue you wouldn’t ordinarily use.

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