Growing lots has been blessed with mint! Well sorta…depending on how ya look at it. Mint is a pervasive weed at our lot next to costal seafood. When we first started farming that lot a rogue patch of mint had almost entirely taken over our veggie beds. With some persistence we’ve been able to get the weed pressure of mint under control, and have come up with abundant ways to use it along the way.

Mint can be used to flavor a salad, or make a dressing. It can be used as tea both fresh and dried making the most refreshing drinks. It can also be pureed into dips and pestos. My personal favorite way to use fresh mint is with ice cream! Muddle mint in milk and make the best shamrock shake known to man, mince it up finely and mix it into a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream! You can also make a mint simple syrup to not only cover ice cream, but to mix up into your favorite summer cocktail!

Cocktails

11 Essential Mint Cocktails

Ice cream/ smoothies

Energizing Cucumber Mint Smoothie

Strawberry Mint Smoothie

Coconut Kale Smoothie With Ginger and Mint

Fresh Mint Chip Shake

Salads

Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Radishes Mint and Ricotta

Mediterranean Tabouli Salad

Fennel Slaw with Mint Vinaigrette

James Beard Fennel Mint Salad