A few weeks ago, I did a book review called Flower Recipes, about arranging flowers in new and creative ways. If you missed it, by all means, head back here.
So imagine my delight when I stopped into our local Chapters bookstore and found this delightful newly released cookbook:
This delightful cookbook is chock-a-block with over 100 recipes for cooking with flowers. They all look very yummy:
How about little tea sandwiches with little violets, pansies and nasturtiums?
or:
Stuffed zuchinni flowers? These are reason I actually grow zuchinni....
or:
candied violets on cupcakes:
There are recipes using roses, lilacs, elderflower, calendulas, nasturtiums, herb flowers, etc. Of course the key is to grow these flowers from scratch or buy from an organic grower so that you can be assured that they have no pesticides. I am fortunate; most of the flowers in this book I already grow and I am most definitely an organic gardener. It has inspired me to plant a few more from seed that I don't have. And while I have eaten dandelion greens for years, I have never used the flowers, but will now!
We have used flowers in our cooking before - my kids have always gotten a kick out of finding a nasturtium or chive flower in their salad or topping a dish. But this book takes it to a whole new level and the pictures - as they should be - are drool-worthy in this cookbook.
What's on for today? Well I have some summer bulbs to plant, some dusting to do, a bit of writing to get done and there will be a good walk in there at some point. What are you up to today? Oh and grilled pizza - yum!
How about you? do you cook with flowers? Does this cookbook interest you?
Have a great day and stay safe out there!
So imagine my delight when I stopped into our local Chapters bookstore and found this delightful newly released cookbook:
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How about little tea sandwiches with little violets, pansies and nasturtiums?
or:
Stuffed zuchinni flowers? These are reason I actually grow zuchinni....
or:
candied violets on cupcakes:
There are recipes using roses, lilacs, elderflower, calendulas, nasturtiums, herb flowers, etc. Of course the key is to grow these flowers from scratch or buy from an organic grower so that you can be assured that they have no pesticides. I am fortunate; most of the flowers in this book I already grow and I am most definitely an organic gardener. It has inspired me to plant a few more from seed that I don't have. And while I have eaten dandelion greens for years, I have never used the flowers, but will now!
We have used flowers in our cooking before - my kids have always gotten a kick out of finding a nasturtium or chive flower in their salad or topping a dish. But this book takes it to a whole new level and the pictures - as they should be - are drool-worthy in this cookbook.
What's on for today? Well I have some summer bulbs to plant, some dusting to do, a bit of writing to get done and there will be a good walk in there at some point. What are you up to today? Oh and grilled pizza - yum!
How about you? do you cook with flowers? Does this cookbook interest you?
Have a great day and stay safe out there!
