I had decided to make a detox drink that included mint leaves so when I went to the grocery store to find the mint leaved I was very disappointed. Every bunch of mint leaves were wilted beyond repair! I thought to myself how are these still up here being sold. I bought a bunch, anyways and took it home along with my cucumber and grapefruit.
I washed the bunch of mint leaves, cucumber and cut half of the grapefruit and put all the left overs in one zip lock bag (don't even ask me why I didn't just throw away the rest of the wilted mint leaves).
Two days later I decide to make another batch, again hopefully using the most likely even more wilted mint leaves. I pulled the bag out and reached in for the mint. I felt something thicker that expected. To my surprise... A full thick bunch of fresh mint leaves!
I really wish I would have taken a picture of the wilted bunch that looked like had zero life left in them.
I don't know what caused it to come back to life? Could've been the moisture from washing them and sticking them in the zip lock bag? Could have been the power of the cucumber or the grapefruit that was with it? Who knows!
So don't get discouraged when you see wilted mint at the store! You can save it.
Here is what I did to save mine
*everything was freshly washed*
Stick leftover mint, cucumber & grapefruit in a ziplock bag and I guess let it do it's thing!