When LoweCo. gives you Lemon Mint, make Lemon Mint Curd
LoweCo.’s new Herb Cards That Grow™ are as versatile as the herbs that sprout from them. You can give them as condolences, celebrations, ‘just because’ occasions and whoever receives them will have a spectrum of recipes to cook with them after they become the staple in the house we know they’ll be. We wanted to show you which are some of our favorite culinary ways to use our new and exciting Cards That Grow™.
Our Herb Cards That Grow Collection in macho size.
Photo of Brisket with Fennel and Herbs by Alex Lau, food styling by Pearl Jones and prop styling by Sophie Strangio for Bon Appetit
Parsley
‘OH SO VERY GRATEFUL’ blind-embossed on blue tinted plantable paper
Parsley has multiple health benefits - reduces your cancer risk, improves your immune function, beats inflammation, fights disease, and protects your blood vessels. It also makes your food picture perfect. All important things and we are OH SO VERY GRATEFUL :) Here are a couple recipes to utilize your card in some of our favorite ways — and just like our benefits, functional and too good to pass up.
‘Better Than Celery Juice’ Juice
Tangy Brisket with Fennel and Herbs
Is your mouth watering yet? Same.
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Lemon Mint Curd: Photo above and recipe below by Taste of Home
Lemon Mint
‘YAY’ blind-embossed on yellow tinted plantable paper
Lemon Mint is also called Horsemint, Lemon horsemint, Plains horsemint, Purple lemon mint (the flowers are actually purple) , and Lemon Bee Balm. It is not the same as what we call just plain “mint” but it’s related to the mint family. It has a refreshing minty-lemony flavor so you can use it to replace any other mint with garnishes and seasonings, especially when you need a hint of citrus. Use crushed lemon mint in curries, Greek dishes, and lamb roasts, or as flavorings for jams, jellies, and canned fruit recipes. Mix chopped lemon mint with your fruit smoothies, or toss with summertime fruit salads. Once your leaves start to sprout and you have some to spare, throw some fresh, crushed lemon mint in your iced tea, infuse it with vodka or make homemade lemon mint iced tea and sorbets. Lemon mint is a delicious complement to berries, melons and goat cheeses. I know I don’t need another excuse to eat chevre, do you? And YAY, here are some gourmet recipes you can use your card’s leaves for:
Just looking at those recipes makes me want to fill my whole house with lemon mint plants.
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Photo of Peach Focaccia with Thyme by Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini
Thyme
‘(GIFT ICON)’ blind-embossed on off-white tinted plantable paper
Thyme. What a gift. Well, that and actual time. Our thyme plantable card is truly one of bestsellers because it’s versatile, chic and GROWS INTO THYME. This particular product can be given for nearly any gifting occasion and oh how the thyme will fly (off the shelves). With a shelf-life of three years, I would hoard all these plantable cards for literally anyone that you fancy and dole them out constantly because driving to the store just for a last minute card? Ain’t nobody got thyme for that.
This herb is extremely adaptable and has a lovely and gentle flavor that blends beautifully with just about anything. It's taste is a bit earthy with lemony and minty tones and we always think about adding the flavor to recipes in the winter thyme. (Too many thyme inserts? You should just be glad we don’t have all the thyme in the world to keep going.) Click the links below for two gourmet recipes by the NY Times — so you know they’re good — and shop our cards while you salivate. Oh and the second recipe has TWO of our herbs in the ingredient list. Party time. It’s parsley thyme.
Roasted Carrots with Parsley and Thyme
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Photo of BA’s Best Pesto by Alex Lau for Bon Appetit
Basil
‘BEST DAY EVER’ blind-embossed on green tinted plantable paper
When you make these recipes from the plants you grew through our cards, it’ll be the BEST DAY EVER. We’re huge basil fans over here — I mean, it is one of the most popular herbs in existence so of course we’re fans. It can be used in all types of cuisine: Italian, Thai, Modern American…it truly is the King of Herbs and our most popular card of the collection for good reason. We didn’t have enough space to showcase all our favorite recipes and ways to cook with the basil grown from our plantable card, but below are two of our top ones. Bon Appetit!
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Catherine Giudici Lowe with her Un-Fried Rice Recipe for Glamour Magazine, 2014.
Before our Founder Catherine Giudici Lowe was the owner of our luxury stationery brand, she was a graphic designer and a food blogger in Seattle. Her love of food and design collides in this article and the new Herb Cards That Grow™ Collection. If you have any additional recipes you’d like to share with us using the herbs that grow from these cards, please comment below. We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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Lemon Mint Source: MySeedNeeds.com