Garden Cocktails

In the article Container Gardening with Purpose – The Cocktail Container by Amy Meinhardt, she shares how she makes a garden container every year, with the specific intention of expanding her culinary portfolio.

Here comes some of the recipes that she has shared. We hope this gives you some inspiration on what to do with all the yummy treats that you can get from your gardening container.

Enjoy!

Cocktail container gardening

Bloody Mary

Ingredients

  • ½ pint (15 oz. 250g) – cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ounces (60 ml) vodka
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and pressed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme, stems removed
  • 8-10 basil leaves, stems removed
  • pinch cayenne pepper
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • dash Worcestershire sauce
  • dash hot sauce
  • juice from half a lemon

Instruction

  1. Combine all ingredients but vodka in a blender or food processor, blend until smooth.
  2. Fill glass with ice and 2 oz. (60 ml) vodka, top with Bloody Mary mix.
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Savory Margarita

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. (45 ml) red bell pepper juice (one medium bell pepper, one to three Jalapeno peppers, puree, and strain)
  • a handful of fresh cilantro leaves, no stems!
  • 3 oz. (90 ml) tequila
  • ½ lime, juiced
  • 2 teaspoons agave or honey
  • salt to taste

Instruction

  1. Combine all but tequila in a blender or food processor until smooth.
  2. Fill glass with ice and 3 ounces tequila, top with Margarita mix.
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Rosemary Bliss

Ingredients

  • 2-4 Rosemary sprigs
  • 1 Lemon, sliced for garnish
  • 1.5 oz. (45 ml) gin
  • 2 oz. (60 ml) sparkling water chilled
  • Simple syrup to taste

Instruction

  1. Using a cocktail shaker, add all ingredients but Rosemary and shake until blended.
  2. Strain into a highball glass containing Rosemary.
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Jalapeño Cilantro Lemonade Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 medium jalapeño chiles, sliced
  • 1/4 cup (0,5 dl) fresh cilantro leaves, plus 8 sprigs for garnish
  • 16 oz. (470 ml) vodka
  • 4 oz. (120 ml) fresh lemon juice
  • 4 oz. (120 ml) simple syrup
  • 33 oz. (1 liter) club soda, chilled
  • Ice

Instruction

  1. Add Jalapeños, cilantro to a cocktail shaker and use a muddler to break down peppers and cilantro.
  2. Add remaining ingredients and ice.
  3. Shake to mix, strain into glass.
  4. Garnish with Cilantro leaves.
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Lavender Mojito

Ingredients

Lavender Simple Syrup

  • 8 oz. (230 ml) water
  • 1 cup (200 g) sugar
  • 5 tbsp lavender, dried

Rest of the ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. (45 ml) white rum
  • 3/4 oz. (20 ml) lime juice

Instruction

  1. Bring the Lavender Simple Syrup ingredients to a boil, simmer 20 mins, and strain
  2. Mix the Lavender Simple Syrup with 1,5 ounce (45 ml) white rum and 3/4 ounces (20 ml) lime juice.
  3. Add mint leaves and ice to a glass.  Add remaining ingredients, stir and enjoy!
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Lemon Verbena Gin & Tonic

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces (230 ml ) water
  • 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar
  • 1/4 cup (0,5 dl) verbena leaves
  • 4 oz. (120 ml) gin
  • 4 oz. (120 ml ) club soda chilled
  • 2 oz. (60 ml)  fresh lime juice

Instruction

  1. Combine water and sugar in a small saucepan.
  2. Add Lemon Verbena to pan. Bring sugar mixture to a boil, stirring gently as needed to dissolve sugar evenly; cook 30 seconds.
  3. Remove from heat; cool completely. Strain.
  4. Combine sugar mixture, gin, soda, and juice.
  5. Serve over ice. Garnish with verbena sprigs.
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Do you want to cook from your own homegrown crops?

Make sure to keep track of all your crops in the Gardenize garden app to get the best possible harvest in the future. Available for both mobile and computer. Download it at the App Store, Google Play, or sign in on the web.

You can read all about Gardenize on the website website.

More recipes on Gardenize

Here you will find recipes that you can cook from what you grow in your garden!

Blackberry and apple crumble pie

Het chili och krämig kokos är en smarrig kombination som värmer mörka höstkvällar. Grönsakssoppa i sin enkelhet är en vardagsfavorit som kan varieras på otaliga sätt, beroende på vad du har i kylen eller i trädgården just nu.

Pickled Cucumber

When your greenhouse produces an abundance of cucumbers or, when the organic cucumbers are sold at a good price on the market, then it is important to take the opportunity to make your own pickled cucumber!

Baked Kale Chips

Baked Kale chips are wonderful low-calorie nutritious snacks, and like potato chips, it is difficult to stop at just eating one. They are thin, salty, crunchy, healthy! Great for parties and for upcoming Holiday Season. Enjoy!

Mascarpone parfait

Seal off the perfect dinner with this fresh and sweet mascarpone parfait topped with fresh berries from the garden

Cucumber Prosecco Cocktail

A hot summer day need cooling drink. Try this fresh, sparkling drink where the sour and sweet meets in perfect balance

Sautéed Mustard Greens

Great side dish made from homegrown greens, onions and garlic. You find plenty of nutriants in this green summer plate

Chicken Primavera

Tasty chicken with fresh vegetables all in one. Chicken primavera is the perfect dish for a Friday dinner, Sunday lunch or actually any day..