It’s not just the vegetables and fruit growing in our gardens that we can eat. Discovering the other edible treats we grow can prove interesting, especially for children. The vibrancy of colours and flavours can give the foods we prepare an extra special taste and touch of glamour.
We’ve recently been growing nasturtiums in a pot and have discovered that they provide a generous harvest as you can eat their flowers, leaves, buds and semi-ripe seeds.
The flowers have a mild, peppery taste that even young palates enjoy alongside the fascination that SOME flowers in the garden can be eaten. They are delicious served in a salad, cooked in omelettes, frittata’s, mixed with butter, cream cheese and grated beetroot. I am sure there are endless possibilities.
The leaves are reputed to be high in vitamin C and rich in antibiotic properties. In history they were used to treat scurvy.
It’s great exploring food options found outside the supermarket and feeding children’s fascination about real food and why it may be beneficial for our health and well-being. The exploration continues…
