Did you know your favorite vegetables have edible flowers?
These finger-licking good flowers also offer health benefits, making them the perfect garnish for salads!
Scarily, some vegetable flowers are toxic(like eggplant). That’s why I created a list of the tastiest vegetable flowers you should start cooking with!
1. Zucchini Flowers
Arguably the most popular type of squash, this plant’s flowers can be stuffed, battered, and fried to make a light appetizer.
Zucchini’s flowers are filled with antioxidants and help prevent sickness.
Check out this recipe:
2. Broccoli Flowers
Even though eating their stems and florets is normal, Broccoli’s yellow blossoms are often ignored.
Their flowers have a subtly sweet flavor and give you a healthy dose of vitamin K.
3. Radish Flowers
In addition to their crunchy roots, radish has peppery-tasting flowers!
These flowers give you a boost in potassium and calcium with a mouth-watering flavor.
Suitable for stir-fries, soups, and pickling recipes, radish flowers add a zing to dull meals.
4. Arugula Flowers
If you like spice, these vegetable flowers are a treat! Add arugula flowers to sandwiches and infuse them with oils and vinegar!
Optionally, you can try adding the arugula flowers to this shaved fennel salad.
5. Chive Flowers
Besides their beautiful purple color, chive flowers taste like onions and can ease digestive whoos.
Those were five of the tastiest vegetable flowers that’ll shake up your diet! Be sure to join our email list to get your free guide to growing better vegetables.