Add nutrients to your diet with edible flowers

comestible flowers

Flowers have made a bold and flavorful statement on the dining table and dinner plate since Roman times. Royalty and the elite took pride in decorating their lavish parties with rose petals. Violets, gladiolus bulbs, nasturtiums and marigolds have been a part of English salads since Victorian times. The edible flowers can be candied and are commonly used in the preparation of jellies, drinks, essences and soups.

Not all flowers are edible

Before you head out to your garden and start hunting and plucking all the flowers for tonight’s dinner, it would be wise to keep a few important notes in mind. Not all the flowers you see are good for consumption. There are many that are toxic and some can even poison one to death. Buying edible flowers at farmers markets and grocery stores is a much safer option. Alternatively, look for organic fresh flowers that do not contain pesticides. Also, some of you may be allergic to pollen, so it’s best to remove them before eating.

popular flowers

Used in cuisines around the world for their amazing flavors, flowers are reservoirs of many valuable nutrients. Here is a list of some of the more popular edible flowers:

daisies
or panties
or day lilies
or Sunflower
or yarrow
lotus
or Borage
or dandelion
Artichoke
or banana flowers
or Chamomile
or skin tones
or Chicory
Yucca

medicinal flowers

Edible flowers not only make a dish look more appetizing, but also add a distinctive flavor to it. But then this is not all about these flowers. Most of these flowers also have medicinal properties and are widely used in medicine to cure various diseases and disorders. In many cases, if the petals of a flower are used to cook or decorate food, the stem or pollen of the same flower can be used to prepare medicines.

Some of the examples are:

or yarrow
pink
lotus
or Angelica