Eat flowers

How to eat the flowers?

Flowers can not only decorate, but also enrich your menu. Certainly not surprise you to eat cauliflower, broccoli, and yet these are the edible flowers.



There are, of course, the flowers, which under no circumstances can not eat, because they are poisonous. It is therefore important to know which flowers are safe to eat, that will be a treat not only for your eyes, but also bring health benefits.

I serve as the flowers, which are suitable for consumption?

Pansy garden

It can be used to decorate cakes, salads, cheeses. It has a mild flavor, so do not change the taste of food. Your body can benefit from its presence in foods, because pansy cleanses the body and helps in the treatment of acne.

Besides the cold cheesecake decorated with tiny flowers pansies and flooded jelly looks very appetizing :)

Daisy

Thanks to the substances contained therein, facilitates expectoration, therefore, recommended in folk medicine infusion of flowers daisies in diseases of the respiratory system. They are extremely decorative, prove themselves as decoration fruit desserts, pastries and cakes.

Warning! Small flowers add to salads and salads. Large not serve in full to eat, but Trim them with flakes and as such, add to salads or sprinkle them a cake or dessert.

Dandelion

His young and small yellow flower petals impresses you with its delicate honey taste. For meals, you can add all the flowers, the whole flowers you can take and decorate pastries.

From dandelion successfully you prepare medicinal tinctures and cough syrup.

Nasturtium

It has a very distinct, spicy flavor. Therefore, you can use it to tighten the delicate taste of dishes. Nasturtium flowers can be added to sandwiches like lettuce. It is ideal for dishes with cheese, eggs and sausage.

Warning! Nasturtium provide you with minerals and fiber.

Quick salad with nasturtium flowers

Preparation: combine flowers with sweet tomatoes and lettuce leaves, sprinkle with lemon juice and olive oil, add a pinch of salt and pepper.

Nasturtium flowers worth eating the complexion problems, because they work bactericidal.

Flowers of zucchini and other vegetables

Eg. Pumpkin, green peas, chives, garlic, including rape - are ideally suited for enriching summer salads, omelettes, scrambled eggs, casseroles with meat.

Zucchini flowers are very decorative. Remove from them rods, rinse, dry, and you can fry in batter, grilled, stuffed any stuffing.


Warning! Flowers should be added to dishes just before serving because it will quickly lose their elasticity and fade, and then are not so appetizing.