Wrigleys Extra Peppermint Sugarfree Mints (Pack of 24)

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Add it to your tea. You can add fresh tea leaves to your pitcher as you brew it for a slightly minty flavor, or use it as a garnish on a fresh glass off tea so you can get that restaurant feel while you’re at home in quarantine. Or, use our favorite Nashville recipe, and mix 1 part sweet tea, 1 part lemonade, and 1 part orange juice with a splash of ginger ale and some mint leaves. It’s addictive. To cut After Eight hearts… Take a small, sharp-edged (metal is best) heart fondant/cookie cutter that fits the mint and cut down straight and firm. Discard (ie eat) the ‘waste’ from the edge. 🤫 Or serve in a (gluten free) cone… Another way of preserving mint is to separate the stems and layer between paper kitchen towels. I store these in a sealed plastic container and find they will last quite happily in the fridge for about a week. Use as a decoration. Add several sprigs of fresh mint to a glass pitcher of water. Set on your table for a nature-based decoration. Notably, nearly all research showing IBS symptom relief used oil capsules rather than raw mint leaves. Summary

Studies have shown that applying mint to the skin can help relieve pain associated with breastfeeding.

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Mint is a particularly good source of vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin that is critical for eye health and night vision ( 2). You can easily add mint to green salads, desserts, smoothies and even water. Peppermint tea is another popular way to incorporate it into your diet. Blitz them with coriander, green chillies, salt onion and tomato for chutneys. (Mridula Rani Sharma) Make infused water. Add strawberries and mint leaves to cold water and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator. It’s delicious!

Make mint chutney. One of my favorite condiments for Indian food is a delicious mint chutney, and it’s an easy recipe you can make with your extra mint then store in the fridge. It adds a boost of flavor to veggies, is delicious on some flatbread, and goes great with some lamb or even steak off the grill. This recipe for mint chutney at The Forked Spoon is bright and a little spicy, and she has great tips for how to store it too. Once the base custard is made (and before adding any grated chocolate or After Eights), pour into a large, freezer-safe container and freeze until the custard has started to become mushy (but not hard). Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream seems to be ‘traditionally’ flavoured green… Even though this is not its natural colour. I guess the association with green mint is considered to be appealing. However, as this is homemade ice cream, you have the choice on whether to colour or not! It will taste great either way. One study found that 75% of patients who took peppermint oil for four weeks showed improvements in IBS symptoms, compared to 38% of the patients in the placebo group ( 7). Alternatively… Serve in a good old-fashioned cone! There are plenty of gluten free cones now available that are safe for people with Coeliac Disease( Celiac) and other health-related conditions.Although treatment for IBS often includes dietary changes and taking medications, research shows that taking peppermint oil as an herbal remedy might also be helpful. For anyone unfamiliar with After Eight Mints, they are an iconic thin chocolate-mint sweet that was first created in the UK in 1962. A sweet soft and gooey mint fondant centre, enrobed in chocolate, they are particularly popular at Christmas, although available all year. And yes… They are gluten free and designated suitable by Coeliac UK.

Make a sugar scrub. Freshen up your dry skin for summer with a mint and cucumber sugar scrub at Creations by Kara. Keep it close to your shower for a DIY spa treatment at home right now. However, many of the studies showing the health benefits of mint didn’t involve eating the leaves with food. Instead, mint was taken as a capsule, applied to the skin or inhaled via aromatherapy. Freshen your pet’s breath. I was surprised—and I have to say, a little excited—to find this recipe for doggie breath mints at The Nerdy Farm Wife. This is a clever and really useful way to use it up. Mint may become a bit sad if left in the same pot for more than a year. The roots can fill up the container and it runs out of energy. To rejuvenate it, take the mint out of the pot and divide it into half or quarters. Repot each bit into its own pot, add some fresh compost, and, hey presto, your mint should be happy again. As a bonus, you’ll have extra extra mint plants for your container garden - or to give away to friends (lovely present, particularly if you can find a particularly tasty or unusual variety of mint).Mint is a brilliant and easy crops to grow in containers. For tips on who to make yours thrive, see the bottom of this post. I find that using herbs when I cook is much easier when I have herb scissors. It makes a much more uniform cut and saves a lot of time snipping herbs into little pieces. Finally, it also makes storing fresh mint leaves a lot easier.