Recipes with mint
Enjoy the freshness of mint by preparing some unique healthy recipes with mint.
Sparkling mint lemonade:During the hot days of summer we nourish our kids and ourselves with soda. This is actually a healthy alternative to soda. Use this recipe rather than using sugar or other beverages. Herbal sodas are actually prepares by full strength infusion and then adding sufficient honey to give it the syrup form and finally add sparkling carbonated water and your home made soda is are set. Sparkling Mint lemonade is prepared exactly this very way. You can increase or decrease the sweetness by changing the amount of honey used. Chill the mixture and then add a cup of sparkling water with mint lemonade in the ration of 1:1. When you are about to drink, add immediately carbonated water so you get the right flavour you are looking for.
Mint iced tea:The major ingredients for this herbal tea are fresh chopped mint of 4 cups, good amount of water of nearly a gallon and a cup of honey. The process of preparation is quite simple. First of all simmer gently the chopped mint leaves for around 10 minutes in a covered pot. Covering is very essential as mint, being volatile in nature, lack of proper covering may lead to loss of volatile and all the aromatic oils present in the mint which ultimately reduces the flavour of the tea. Now add honey to it and continue stirring till it gets properly dissolved Cover the product and keep it to cool overnight or perhaps several hours. You can also chill it throughout the night as it helps in making it a high potent tea, by enhancing the other nutrients present in it. Serve chilled preferably with ice. You can also use mint leaves for garnishing.
Violet Mint Salad:To make this healthy salad first of all take around 2 cups of leaves of violet and cut them into thin ribbons. Then grate a carrot and take a cup full of mint leaves which are nicely chopped. Take a cup of dried fruits like raisins, dates, craisins, apricot etc, walnut and violet blossoms of each. Again the choice of dry fruits is dependents entirely on your choice. Once you have all these ingredients at your vicinity, blend everything together and garnish with your preferred dressing. One such attractive dressing may be using creamy violet dressing to make the salad really violet!!
Fresh Mint Lemonade:During the hot days of summer the best refreshing drink which nourishes your body is undoubtedly herbal lemonades and is perhaps the tastiest way to provide proper nourishments to your children too. The basic components include:
Fresh chopped mint of 4 cups
A gallon of potable water
Nearly 1lb of honey which is roughly 2 cups.
Lemon juice of one and a half cup
Now lets have a look at the procedure. The process is quite similar to mint iced tea. It is that by adding lemon juices to mint iced tea and chilling in the refrigerator makes it fresh mint lemonade. During the days of summer this recipe may come very handy. Some of the popular herbs for making lemonades are Red clover , Lemon balm and comfrey.
For preparing this salad you need to have some basic things, which are very easily available in your kitchen.
A pair of large cucumbers as the name suggests
Minced red onions of half cup. Chives can also be a good alternative
A cup of plain yogurt
One tablespoon of olive oil
A couple teaspoon of vinegar may be herbal if you
Two tablespoon full of freshly chopped mint leaves
Salt and pepper as required and depends entirely on your taste
The procedure is really simple. Start with slicing the cucumber in thin round shapes. The shape is really up to your choice and will make no difference with the salad. Mix it properly with minced onions or chives as used. Now after you are done, mix yogurt, olive oil, vinegar, mint and salt and pepper, as per requirements, properly. Now mix the dressing with cucumbers and onions and serve. Your salad is ready. Try to make it in small batches as the taste would decrease if stored.
Cooked lentils of 4 cups. If you are taking dry lentils, then take 2 cups of it.
Quarter cup of olive oil
Quarter cup of lemon juice
Half teaspoon of salt or as needed
Half a cup of fresh minced mint
One third cup of minced red onions
Three fourth of a cup of chopped walnut
Half a cup of chopped olives
Crumbled feta cheese of half a cup
One fresh juicy tomato
Now let us have a look at the process of preparing this healthy salad. Start with chopping and mincing of all the above ingredients. This recipe is flexible and hence you can also add few other ingredients as per your choice which may render the salad tastier. You can also add other natural herbs like Chickweed, Violet leaves, Lambsquarters, or Purslane which will further boost the nutritional value of the salad. Tabouli with Fresh mint:
Make this tasty in the late days of the summer when fresh and juicy tomatoes and cucumbers are available in the market. Make this wonderful salad and nourish your body and soul. Let us see the ingredients:
A cup of dry bulgur. Of course can easily substitute rice, quinoa or other grain
A quarter cup of olive oil
Quarter cup of lemon juice
Three fourth of a cup of wild greens. You may also use parsley as a good alternative.
Three fourth cup of fresh mint
Some cloves of garlic
Fresh and juicy tomatoes and cucumbers
Quarter cup of green onions properly crushed
Chopped olives of half a cup
Salt as needed
Now let us have a closer at the method of preparing this delicious healthy salad. First of all start with cooking bulgur or other grains, whichever used. After it is cooked, let it cool of properly. After that blend it with olive oil, lemon juice and salt so that the grains get coated. Now properly chop cucumbers, tomatoes, green onions, and olives. Also mince wild greens or parsley, whichever used mint and garlic very thoroughly. Now mix all these ingredients with the bulgur and serve chilled immediately.
In place of parsley, you can also use Lambsquarters, Purslane, Chickweed, Violet leaves or any tender and mild green...