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| Edible nasturtium seeds |
One of the greatest joys of designing my edible landscape has been discovering new and unusual edible plants and using them in my cooking. Below is a list of plants I currently have in my garden that you may not know are edible, along with how to eat them, and links to recipes using these plants on my blog.
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| Wolf Eyes Kousa Dogwood Berries are edible, |
Trees and Shrubs
Wolf Eyes Kousa Dogwood: Use the berry pulp in baking or as a condiment for chicken.
Recipe: Kousa Dogwood Muffins
Bearberry: Use the berries to make jam.
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| Ripening lingonberries |
Lingonberries: This berry is not commonly found in New England but can be used like cranberries. They make delicious jam and syrup and are used in traditional Swedish cooking.
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| Black Lace Elderberry has dark purple leaves and pink flowers |
Black Lace Elderberry: Elder flowers are used in Europe to make Elder Flower Cordial, while the berries make a nutritious and medicinal syrup as well as a delicious jam.
Recipe: Elder Flower Cordial
Flowers
Edible Flower Petals - try sprinkling them on your next salad!
Batchelor's Buttons
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| Edible calendula petals |
Calendula
Nasturtiums
Lemon Drop and Gem Marigolds
Borage
Bee Balm
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| Batchelor's Button petals are edible |
Edible Flowers for baking:
Borage flowers, candied and used as cake decorations
Violas, candied and used on cakes
Lavender: Press into cookies or sprinkle sparingly on ice cream
Recipes: Honey and Lavender Ice cream, Lavender Cookies
Edible Flower Seeds:
Sunseed Sunflower: Roast and salt the seeds
Recipe: Roasted Sunflower Seeds
Hungarian Bread Poppies: use the seeds in baking
Nasturtiums: Pickle the seeds and use like capers.
Recipe: Poor Man's Capers
What unusual edibles do you have growing in your garden?
Sue
Nice flower
ReplyDeleteDid somebody specify nourishment? It should clearly be a great opportunity to enjoy a reprieve from work and EAT! Nibble time rules! This late spring my diminutive person cherry tree, which becomes outside my composition studio, had the biggest yield of fruits in its twelve-year history. By some marvel, possibly my surly old feline, the winged animals didn't get to them first.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most interesting and fun things that you can do to your landscaping in Phoenix or the surrounding area, and one that will make your landscape not just textured and interesting, but also unique--is edible landscaping. Edible landscaping is essentially making use of some of the more beautiful plants that also produce--or are--edible products.
ReplyDeletevery nice presentation about edibles
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