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Interesting SALAD IDEAS

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Creative and original, or tried and tested...

 

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    I've found this useful salad link!

     

    http://www.recipes.vegsoc.org/results.aspx?cMenu=0&keywords=&andor=all&cSalad=yes&submit=Search

     

     

                                       

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    There are definitely some interesting SALAD IDEAS here!

     

    Are there any here that other people like or are inspired by?

     

  • PeterE17PeterE17 Posts: 129

    Let a few radishes run to flower. Pick the fresh pods (before they go papery), add them to your green salads.

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Add flowers to your salads. So many are edible and it looks so lovely

    Add Nasturtiums and pods when green, Calendula, Borage, Chive flowers, Lawn Daisies, Centaurea cynaus (Cornflower), Basil flowers, Chicory flowers, Courgette flowers, Hemerocallis (daylilies) Fuchias and Evening primroses. Many more are edible thats just a taster image

  • PeterE17PeterE17 Posts: 129

    addict, do you know if melon flowers are regarded as edible? The net will not tell me ... but they taste like melons and because I have a profusion of male flowers on my plants, I will eat the odd one or two.

    I can only find reference to citron melon (colocynth) flowers which are not widespread in the UK. But if a courgette flower can be eaten, why not a melon flower.

    Evening primrose I find has a metallic aftertaste that night irritate some folks, so be cautious.

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Sorry Peter I don't but don't see why not. Found this site, whilst looking, which says most fruit flowers are and look at all the others you can eat! Am going to add so many more next time I make one image 

    http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    Suppose.... just in case... I should add that don't eat any flower that is roadside or sprayed with nasties!

  • PeterE17PeterE17 Posts: 129

    Thanks addict, I saw that site and it surprised me, but nowhere can I find a site that positively identifies melon flowers as edible.

    And thanks for the caution, better safe than sorry.

     

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