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The Most Fascinating Way To Pretty Up Your Dishes: Edible Flowers

Many people love flowers. Some of them for decorations, some of them for their garden. But do they know that some flowers are edible? There are many kinds of flowers that could be eaten or used as decoration for your dish. Mostly, flowers are used in salads or decorations but can be fried or cooked as main dish as well. It is known that you cam make rose lemonade or lavender lemonade and that’s not all. You can make wonderful cocktails, cakes, pasta, pizzas or meat with flowers. Flowers can have really good taste, just like their look.

Mostly used flowers for salty food are squash blossoms, asparagus and zucchini flowers and they can be combined with cheese, meat, pasta or salads. They are amazing decorations and your meal will look splendid. With rose, carnations, honeysuckle and lavender you can make delicious desserts that will have floral flavor and natural look. For example, there are violet macaroons, pansy pancakes, lavender cake, floral popsicles etc. Many flowers are used for drinks. There are lots of recipes for floral cocktails, juices or teas. These drinks will cheer you up with their flower power. Every food or drink with flowers is beautiful and worth to taste it.

1. Pansies

Pansiessource

2. Carnations

Carnationssource

3. Pea Flowers

Pea Flowerssource

4. Honeysuckle

Honeysucklesource

5. Daylily

Daylilysource

6. Echinacea

Echinaceasource

7. Chives

Chivessource

8. Squash Blossoms

Squash Blossomssource

9. Asparagus Decorated With Edible Flowers

 

Asparagus Decorated With Edible Flowerssource

10. A Salad Of Flowers

A Salad Of Flowerssource

11. Zucchini Flowers And Ricotta

Zucchini Flowers And Ricottasource

12. Honey Lavender Cake

Honey Lavender Cakesource

13. Wild Rose Petal Sangria

Wild Rose Petal Sangriasource

 

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WIP Editorial Team

Ideas, guides and real budgets for home, garden and travel, published on World inside pictures since 2013.

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