Spice Plants Everyone is fond of spice gardens; mint, oregano , basil, hyssop, lemon grass, rosemary, thyme, roquette and much more of these wonderful, fragrant cooking aids are the ideal for your home garden.
Consumer price: spice plant prices range from 1.50$ to approximatley 5$.
Trees: there are hundreds of tree types available to the private consumer; Citrus Tree,Trees for Shade,ever-green trees,ornamental trees,fruit bearing trees and many more. Consumer Price: the price here varies between nurseries and ofcourse the size of the trees. the prices range from 20 dollars to 500$.
A creative and original solution, for those of us who are tired with conservative flower bouquets, as pretty as they might be.
sweet bouquets, are bouquets that look like flowers but they're bloom is made of chocolate; pralines or truffles, and the man receiving them gains double the pleasure, the aesthetics of the bouquet and the sweet flavour of the chocolates. many stores sell such bouquets and make deliveries,but this bouquet too, belive it or not, you can make on your own in the comfort of your home.
Requirements
*a wide container
*wooden skewers
*a sponge fit in size to the container (this will later use to plunge the stem-like wooden skewers ) *pieces of colored paper,see through or white,in a size fit for wrapping chocolate and some more than that too.
*seethrough sticky tape.
*room temperture chocolate; not warm enough for it to melt, and not too cold so it wont break when we plunge the skewer-stem into it.
Preparation --------------
plunge the skewer into the middle of the peace of paper, and insert it in a way that will leave room for plunging in the chocolate too, while at the same time the paper will be beneath the chocolate.
coil the 'plunge' area in the paper around the skewer in order to eventually leave a designated area for petals, attach the paper to the skewer using see through sticky tape, as gently as possible. plunge the chocolate onto the skewer and wrap using the paper. seal the edge of the paper using gentle decorative tape,wrap the sponge in the bowl with decorative paper as well and plunge in the premade chocolate flowers. bon apetite!.
Check out these cool recipes for food with edible flowers
Bloom Salad Recipe : 3 Cups of rinsed lettuce , dried and cut up to straps. 1 Cup of Judas Tree flowers 2 Table Spoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 Table Spoons of Olive Oil
Preparation: Mix The lettuce and flowers gently in a bowl,before serving add spices, olive oil and lemon juice. decorate with a few garden cress flowers.
Preparation: melt the butter in the microwave for a minute, add the tablespoon of calendula butter and mix well using a wooden spoon (you may add spices at this point too). Spread the butter on small buns or small slices of baguette. decorate with white cheese and begonia flowers.
Here is another recepit of a bloom salad in a video file:
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When we come to pick flowers from our domestic garden, one should bring into consideration thatthose flowers that have multiple uses - Edible Flowers. much like the spice weeds that we know of,edible flowers add flavour and shade to food and they're colorfulness is great : sweet,bitter,hot and sour,perfumed and more. what else is that clearly they make the dish and meal much more aesthetic(for we as humans eat primarily with our eyes). however, before you go on with your harvest, remember this :
not every beautiful , fragrant flower is edible.flower may be combined in cooking only when we are comletley positive that they are edibleand NOT Toxic, Dont Eat flowers picked up on the side of the road. one may presume that these flowershave gotten sprinkled by insecticides and other toxic materials. if you have astma or allergies be carefulwhen you eat flowers and do so in very small quantities, step by step. check which part of a flower is ediblesome of them you can eat whole , while for others , only the petals are edible.
This blog is exclusivley dedicated to the usage of flowers in the food we eatthis trend has been growing more and more recently and has invaded even the average familly's plate.in this blog you will find suggestions for flower that may be used for cooking,recipes and more fun flower and food informationif you have any questions or comments for me please send em over to emiliewoods1978@gmail.com
