One thing in my garden that really delights everyone who comes over is my chocolate mint. It smells exactly like an Andes chocolate mint. My guests are always stunned when they take a whiff! Growing Chocolate Mint Mint needs very little to thrive. You gotta love a self-sufficient queen! It’s the perfect herb for beginner…
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Mint Chip Milkshakes
There’s just something so refreshing about a mint chocolate chip milkshake! This classic flavor is a soda shop favorite for a reason: it’s delicious! I wrote this up for two milkshakes but the recipe easily halves for a single shake and doubles/triples easily to blend up shakes for the whole family. Obviously my milkshakes are…
Greek Tabbouleh Salad
Words cannot even describe how much I love this recipe. Let’s put it this way: for about eight years, I ate this for lunch most weeks. I’ve fallen out of the habit in recent years but in a quest to bring you some of my all-time favorite recipes, I’ve finally written up my recipe for…
Tabbouleh
I just adore tabbouleh. It’s healthy, flavorful, easy to make, and goes with so many different things. What’s not to love? If you grow mint and/or parsley, this is a wonderful way to use those fresh garden herbs! This bulgur wheat salad is the perfect dish to make in the summertime when you have an…
Homemade Mint Extract
How fabulous is homemade mint extract? All you need is two ingredients: fresh garden mint, vodka, plus 6-8 weeks in the pantry. This takes just minutes to make. In fact, I made this extract while a sauce was simmering one evening. It’s that fast! This would be a lovely homemade gift for the bakers in…
Mint Simple Syrup
Mint simple syrup is one of my all-time favorite ingredients! Homemade mint simple syrup is so easy to make! Just heat sugar, water, and mint leaves until the sugar dissolves, let it cool, then strain the mint leaves out. You’re left with a delicious simple syrup that’ll keep in a jar in the fridge for…
Andes Creme de Menthe Cookies
Super soft chocolate cookies with Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips These chocolate pillows of mint heaven are easy to bake and so delicious! They’re quite minty even though the only mint in them is the Andes baking chips. I saw a bag on the shelf months ago and grabbed it to play with on…
Mint Julep
A southern classic perfect for Derby Day What is more quintessentially southern than a mint julep? I am a bourbon lover through and through and just adore a refreshing mint julep on a warm day. I make mine with a mint simple syrup. Don’t balk if you’ve never made simple syrup before. It can be…
Mint Julep Brownies
Love a good mint julep? Then you’ll love this dessert! I turned my love of mint juleps into a brownie dessert for my Kentucky Derby Party. Dark chocolate mint bourbon brownies are topped with bourbon whipped cream and drizzled* with dark chocolate mint hot fudge sauce. *I use the term drizzled lightly here, as we…