I wanted to grow my own basil for caprese and pastas and salads, right?
so i march down to the store, and pick a pack of seeds. It said
"Basil" so i was off and on my way. its been a few months and the
stuff is really flourishing, however, the leaves are kinda small, and
it doesn't really smell like the kid of basil you make italian food
with... I looked at the package the seeds came in. Its "Lemon Basil"
- some kinda variation of Basil. - totally different than the kind you
use in italian or asian cuisine.

turns out Lemon basil is best for teas and desserts!!!

not my favorite thing to make myself. I'm more of a breakfast lunch
and dinner cook - i don't usually mess with desserts too much. I let
the specialty folks at the bakeries do that. HOWEVER, i want to dabble
since I have all this fresh lemon basil... i'm hoping to make
something great with it, like cheesecake, or ice cream, tea, or maybe
even a twist on the mojito. i don't know...

so here's my problem:

I'm looking online for some recipes that use "lemon basil" - but
everything that comes up is a recipe that calls for the other kind of
basil (the italian food kind) and lemon. I can't find any recipes for
"lemon basil" this crazy heb growing in my garden!!

CAN YOU HELP?

Other wise the next post is going to be "Lemon basil for sale!! - FREE
SHIPPING to the pacific northwest"

Sincerely,

Peter