Is everyone enjoying this beautiful summer we are experiencing? My garden is absolutely loving all the sunshine, particularly, as previously mentioned- my mint plants.
What is one to do when your mint is beyond plentiful?
Stuff it in everything you possibly can!
I finally revived my long-neglected cooking blog to share a recipe for gluten-free chocolate mint muffins.
They are TO DIE FOR.
Click on over to FAT GLAM KITCHEN to see the recipe
Of course, the real reason I sat down to write today, was to share today's project:
Home grown mint TEA!
After grinding up my test batch of 3 types of dried mint, I used a metal tea steeper plus about a spoonful of dried mint- and voila! Delicious, flavorful, soothing tea! Much better and tastier then store bought!
It was time to cute a generous amount of all 5 varieties of my mint (Mojito, spearmint, chocolate mint, berries and cream, and english mint) to be strung up and dried, to make a powerhouse 5-mint tea blend!
Our mint was grown for the sole purpose of enjoying a refreshing mojito every now and then, and has evolved into playing a major role in our kitchen. Spinach gets tucked into almost every dish- from smoothies, to omelettes, to stir fry. Green beans are snacked upon, free off the vine, or tossed into salads, stews, or steamed for a delicious side.
What is your favorite thing growing in your garden this year?
xox
Lenora
1 comment:
YUM YUM YUM! We have a couple of pepper and tomato plants and some flat leaf parsley on our little deck but it faces a major through-way and we have been concerned about passerbys vandalizing so we didn't go whole hog this summer (it's our first summer in the spot). We do have a teeny tiny little garden patch that is overgrown with wildflowers that we were thinking about putting potatoes in, but again, that'll be next summer. As of now, we are just enjoying the fruits of someone ELSE'S garden by buying at our local farmer's market, and my favourite thing would be PEAS.
I did send you a Facebook message, I believe, a while back, but as we are not friends on FB, I suspect it went to your "other" folder. I would be interested to know if you would like to guest blog for me and that information is mostly in my message to you.
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