** FOR USE WITH AP WEEKLY FEATURES ** Refreshing, stimulating and cooling, mint's bright green leaves add unique flavor and color to more than just lemonade and garnishes. There's something about mint that also makes it the quintessential herb for summer. Its wide variety of uses around the world include vegetable salads, cold soups or tea, and even curries, chutneys, spring rolls, salads and stir-fries. (AP Photo/Zack Seckler)

If you bought mint for julep use last weekend and have some leftover, here are a few other things you can do with it:

• Add chopped mint to a pineapple juice-soy sauce marinade for grilled pork.

• Make a Cilantro-Mint Chutney.

• Add it to a shrimp salad sandwich.

• Make Mint Julep Strawberries.

• Or try this drink recipe:

Pineapple-Mint Batido

1/2 cups diced fresh pineapple

1/2 cups crushed ice

1/3 cup Coco Lopez or other sweetened coconut cream

1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, plus 2 large sprigs for garnish

Combine the ingredients in a blender and whir until smooth. Pour into tall glasses and garnish each with a sprig of mint. Serves 2.