According to juice advocate and Juicepresso CEO Daniel Winer, some flowers are edible and make for a flavorful addition to your recipe.
Hang on, there. Before you go digging up your flower garden, sharpen up on your floral knowledge with Winer’s tips below.
Things to look out for:
• Make sure the flowers you are purchasing and using are edible. It’s also crucial to buyonly organically grown flowers; flowering plants, because of their sweet scent, attract more bugs so they can be inundated with pesticides.
• Edible flowers also tend to be expensive; luckily, most recipes don’t call for a lot.
• Because the quantity is so small, flowers aren’t packed with nutritional value. Instead, they simply add flavor and beauty. However, roses (especially rose hips), marigolds and dandelion blossoms contain vitamins A & C.
• If you have asthma, allergies or hay fever, you shouldn’t include edible flowers in your juices as they could trigger a reaction.
~ Note: Except for the tulips, you should ONLY use the petal of the flowers ~
• Roses: Mild, fruity flavor.
• Marigolds: Varies from pungent to citrus.
• Chrysanthemums: Mild sweet flavor.
• Dandelion blossoms: Sweeter and more honey-like flavor than other flowers.
• Hibiscus flowers: Citrusy-cranberry flavor.
• Tulips: mild and slightly sweet with a more vegetable-like taste.
• Pansies are sweet. The entire flower is edible and has a minty flavor.
Refreshing Rose Juice
Ingredients:
1 kiwi
4 romaine leaves
6 – 8 strawberries
1 handful of mint
1/2 lime, peeled
4 organic rose petals
Directions:
Place all ingredients in a juicer and blend. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
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