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mint leaves waht do you do with mint?
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 11/21/09 Posts: 2137	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 5/23/12 2:07 PM A number of years ago I bought a small mint plant. Only one little mint plant. Anyone who has grown mint must be laughing their heads off as they knew what I did not, the stuff grows like crazy. It goes everywhere. Each spring I think I have pulled it all up only to find more the next spring. Anyway back to the question. What can you do with mint? I have been using it in my ice tea but started thinking there must be something else you can do with it. Anybody have any good idea's? ------ Ada
BeeBeeSew Advanced Beginner MD USA Member since 12/13/07 Posts: 825	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 5/23/12 2:08 PM Mojitos
Michelle L   Intermediate MO USA Member since 1/20/08 Posts: 1293	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/23/12 2:09 PM make mojitos! ------ Michelle http://cheapandpicky.blogspot.com/
Nikki   Advanced MD USA Member since 4/8/02 Posts: 2426	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/23/12 2:13 PM Small potatoes (like new potatoes) roasted in the oven with sea salt and then fresh mint chopped and sprinkled on at the end. Mint juleps. Mint is a neurotoxin to bees, wasps, and hornets, there might be a way to use it to keep unwanted bees away from an area. ------ mmmmm woooool
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6946	Login to reply to this post In reply to AdaH << Like this post Date: 5/23/12 2:27 PM Put in a popourri with a little lavender. Years ago we used to put it in rooms of very sick hospital patients to help pep them up & help with odor. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
Soolip Advanced CA USA Member since 6/18/08 Posts: 1995	Login to reply to this post 4 members like this. Date: 5/23/12 2:29 PM Oh gosh, mint must be my favorite herb! Cumin-roasted cauliflower with salted yogurt, pomegranate seeds and chopped mint. HEAVENLY. I use Greek yogurt for this: Recipe The wild mushroom pizza with roasted garlic, fontina and mint is amazing. Can be found in the New Basics Cookbook (Rosso and Lukins). I'm lazy, so I use a Boboli. Baked chicken with potatoes, fennel and mint from the Gobbi's is awesome: Recipe Minted salmon — really good! Recipe I could go on, but you get the idea. Oh, as a bonus, here is my recipe for Moroccan Lamb with Israeli Couscous: 4 servings For the lamb: lamb leg, trimmed of fat and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes, about 2 pounds salt and pepper cooking spray or olive oil 2 cups diced yellow onion (Trader Joe’s sells diced onion in packages, just the right amount) 1 cup dried apricots 1/2 cup pitted prunes 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup filtered water 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 cloves garlic, crushed, peeled and minced freshly grated zest of 2 lemons 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint For the couscous 1 1/2 cups Israeli couscous (larger than regular couscous, available at Trader Joe's) 1 3/4 cups filtered water handful of chopped parsley handful of unsalted sliced toasted almonds salt to taste 1 tbsp butter (optional) 1. Salt and pepper the lamb, preferably a day ahead. 2. Spray the bottom of a 6 qt. pressure cooker with the cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat, then add the onions and saute until soft and slightly browned, 2-3 minutes. Add the lamb and cook until it is no longer pink. 3. Add the wine, water, apricots, prunes and cinnamon to the pot. Lock the lid and bring up to pressure over high heat. Lower the heat to maintain pressure and cook for 14 minutes. Release the pressure and unlock the lid. 4. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir to thicken the sauce. Correct the salt. Just before serving add the lemon zest and mint. 5. While the lamb is cooking, spray the bottom of a saucepan with cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat and add the couscous. Toast, stirring, until browned, about 5 minutes. 6. Add the water, reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 12 minutes. 7. Add the almonds, parsley and butter (if desired). Salt to taste. 8. Serve the couscous alongside the lamb in wide bowls.
poorpigling Advanced TX USA Member since 12/28/07 Posts: 10059	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/23/12 2:34 PM If you put dried mint in your cabinets etc it will keep the bugs out..
jannw   Intermediate WA USA Member since 9/3/06 Posts: 7392	Login to reply to this post In reply to AdaH << Like this post Date: 5/23/12 2:40 PM Mint jelly, mint in cooked peas or carrots. You might try making your own teas. ------ 2009-113.25 yds 2010-115.5 2011-80.25+30+donated 2012 86.3 yds.. 2013 21.0 Everyone who sews seriously has a stockpile of fabrics, because it is natural to purchase more than can be sewn in any one season" Singer, Timesaving Sewing, 1987
rmusic1 Advanced Beginner UNITED KINGDOM Member since 7/3/10 Posts: 703	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/23/12 3:51 PM make some fresh mint tea. It is lovely! a few cups of that a day, and you will soon get through some of it. Wish my plant would hurry up and grow as fast as yours!
petro   Intermediate FRANCE Member since 6/24/07 Posts: 2204	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 5/23/12 3:52 PM Couscous salad is always made here with chopped mint and lemon in the couscous, as well as some chopped up tomato and pepper. Mint in the following simple salad works well - grated carrots, grapefruit segmented, sliced red pepper, olives. Soolip - thanks, great recipes. I have a flourishing spreading mint patch too. ------ so many patterns, clamouring to be sewn http://patternpandemonium.wordpress.com/

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