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When you have a large crop of spearmint from the garden or farmstand, you don't have time to casually include it in complicated recipes or to frantically figure out how to use it up before it goes bad without getting sick of it. You want to make the most of your harvest and to actually enjoy it. Here at Plant to Plate, we like to keep things simple! Here are some of my favorite ways to use or preserve spearmint: Sauté it with garlic and leafy greens such as kale , spinach , or lambsquarter . Add it to soups and broths. Learn how to make a basic soup here. Add it to egg dishes such as egg cups and scrambles. Add it to a hot cereal with a base like oats , rice , amaranth , quinoa , buckwheat , or sorghum . See our Interesting Hot Cereal article here for more information. Toss it with amaranth , carrots , and roasted beets . Toss it with strawberries and blackberries for a refre...