Salted Lime & Chili Mango Papaya Slushies

August 21, 2019 Plate Fete

Several weeks ago Mr. Pedantic and I braved the blazing Virginia heat and spent the larger part of a July Saturday at a taco festival.

It was as magical and as humid as you would suspect, and while the empanadas were a half-moon-shaped piece of Heaven, and the macaroni and cheese tacos as indulgent as we dared hope for, one of my favorite treats of the day was neither taco nor taco-inspired.

Lemon Balm Limeade

June 20, 2019 Plate Fete

When I tucked my little lemon balm plant into our overfull cart of verdant babies back in early spring, I had no idea what I would use it’s fragrant leaves for or in, but I just knew I had to take it home.

CREAMY MINT LIMEADE

April 8, 2019 Plate Fete

Limeade will forever be a reminder of sunny afternoons spent in my grandmother’s Buick, sitting in the hundred-year-old drive-in diner, sipping on styrofoam cups filled with pebble ice and limeade in its purest, 3-ingredient form.

It was pretty magical.