Flowers are not just mere garnishes to food to make it more colorful and aesthetically pleasing. Now, you can see edible flowers being added to salads, cakes, teas, and other food and drink items. In this article, we will share with you some of the flowers you can prepare and serve when you cook sumptuous meals in your beautiful kitchen in Solviento Villas in Cavite.
If you find a flower on this list, don’t eat one right away, especially if you bought it from a flower shop. It would be best to ensure that the flowers you consume are free from chemicals such as insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers before eating. Thus, it would be best to buy and eat flowers that are produced organically.
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Sunflowers do more than lift your mood. These blooming sunshine are edible from root to leaf, sprout to stalk. The sunflower roots can be roasted, sliced thinly and fried, shredded, steamed, added in mashed potatoes, or chopped raw and added into salads. The stalks can be compared to celery and can be added to your green salads or eaten raw with your favorite dips, such as peanut butter and hummus. The sunflower’s sprouts can be prepared the same way as soybean sprouts and alfalfa. It adds nuttiness to the food you will add it into, such as sandwiches and salads. The leaves can also be boiled similar to spinach or baked like kale. The petals add a bump of cheerful color to your salads and add a bittersweet taste to them, which perfectly complements sweet flavors. And the seeds can be eaten raw or roasted.
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You can eat hibiscus raw, but it is usually added in tea, relishes, jams, or salads. All parts of this flower are edible, and it gives off a floral and tangy taste. Adding it to your meals is undoubtedly refreshing! So if you are interested in planting some hibiscus in your mini garden in Solviento Villas, you have a new tasty addition to your home-cooked meals.
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There are plenty of species of edible roses. If you want to eat delicious roses, make sure to choose the ones that smell great. Adding roses to your meals will give your food a floral and slightly sweet flavor. It can be added as a fresh ingredient in your salad, or dry it and add it to your herb mix and granola snacks. You can also create jams and jellies out of rose petals.
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Bougainvillea is one of the common flowers to find in every Filipino household garden. These colorful and easy-to-grow blossoms don’t only make your home attractive. They can also be a beautiful element in your dishes. You can add this flower to your salad, deep fry it in batter, and even steep it into your drinks such as lemonades and teas!
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There’s a lot you can do with squash blossoms. You can eat them raw, deep fry them in batter, stuff them with cheese, or add them to your pasta dishes. You can also eat the stem of this flower, which tastes like a mild version of celery with a succulent texture.
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As a kid, you might have tried tasting the sweet nectar. But did you know that you can also eat the flower? Eating Santan has health benefits since it is considered a herbal plant. It can cure hiccups, sore throat, diarrhea, boils, cuts, and control hypertension. You can boil the Santan roots and use them as tea you can drink or gargle, make a patch using crushed Santan leaves, and make a tea out of its flowers. You can also fry the Santan blooms in batter or add them to your garden salads.
These are just a few of the many edible flowers you may find within your garden or community. Hopefully, when you add these beautiful blooms to your food, you will find it not only beautiful but also tasty.
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