Hi Elizabeth

Beautiful salad! It is so good to use all the parts from a plant, nothing goes to waste.

Salads with flowers are not only nutritious but colorful and delicious!

The flowers look a little bit like the asian green golden choy sum which flowers are very good.

Silvia

Hi Silvia,

Thanks for the response! Asian green golden choy sum look lovely. How else do you use them?

Elizabeth

When very young Choy sum can be chopped for salads, at the point where it gets flowers I use it in stir-fry dishes. Sometimes I coarsely chopped and saute only with the water from the washed leaves. When done I add seasonings like soy sauce, just drops of sesame oil and either some citrus or sushi vinegar, sometimes hot sauce.

Here is a dish with golden choy sum, they have different varieties and they are very mild. In this dish I used garlic and ginger also.

Silvia

Silvia, I wish I had just 1/2 of the knowledge you have about edible plants. Really, just amazing! I would probably goof up and eat some poisonous weed if I tried to grow edible flowers. LOL.

Sharon

I will be growing soybeans this season, if they do good for me, I will be able to share some seed with you. And after that maybe we will be making tofu.:o)

It is very good marinated and on the grill! But don't try to convince the man to eat it.lol

One time we had a BBQ, and had the usual hamburgers, hot dogs and our Asian friend brought tofu. Each time that we asked the guests. Do you want some grilled tofu? All the man laughed!

Here is a carrot cake with candied borage flowers

Borage after the freeze

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Silvia

Silvia,

That cake is absolutely gorgeous. Would you post (or send) the recipe for making the candied flowers please?

Elizabeth

Thank you, Elizabeth.

The recipe for candied flowers is pretty much the same. Any edible flower can be used. And it is really easy.

After washing and cleaning the flowers, they are painted with an egg white with a fine brush, then sprinkle some sugar. Let it dry in a parchment or wax paper.

Borage is very easy to grow in this weather and was untouched by the freeze. The one I have growing now is a volunteer from last year.

Borage in my garden, it is between the 2 clay pots. And I will be using more carrots today, yesterday I did Thumbelina carrots with baby potatoes roasted in the oven. Today I am doing carrot muffins.

Silvia

Here is a link that might be useful: candied flowers