Cocktails

Herb Infused Cocktails

Happy happy Friday!  This weekend is supposed to be quite nice here in Charlotte so I have plans to do some planting of some things.  I intend to do a wide pot full of herbs again this year because I discovered that I made good use of the ones I planted last year. This year I am going to plant peppermint and lavender in their own separate pots and then parsley, basil, and rosemary all together again.  I don’t expect to use the rosemary much but I still have a super cute herb marker from last year for it so I figured why not?  I thought it might be fun to share some of the recipes I wanted to try with them this year and since it is Friday, I figured I better just go on ahead and discuss some cocktail type herb uses because I bet we could all use one.  There is nothing like fresh herbs to make a cocktail feel a little more special and taste extra fresh.  Here are some of the cocktails I would like to make using my herbs this year…

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Image credits:  basil / lavender / mint

Basil French 75

Lavender Lemonade

Elderflower Mint Margarita

Also, here is a little tip for how to trim your basil so it keeps growing all summer.

If those aren’t good motivation to make an herb garden, then I just don’t know what is.  Have a lovely weekend!

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  1. Stephanie

    Thanks Megan. It all looks good and I learned how to cut my basil!

  2. Kristen

    These look delicious! I am def thinking about doing an herb garden this spring. I’d love to have one outdoors somewhere near the grill. Happy Friday girls!

  3. rox

    loving this…that mint marg sounds so refreshing.

  4. Taylor

    Yeah these look exceptionally refreshing. The lavender lemonade! Yum!