By Ranita Ray
Instead of giving just a bouquet of blooms this Valentine's Day, woo your partner with foods made with flowers. Express your love with the flowers' hue, fragrance and flavour. Use these food ideas to let your romance blossom as you two indulge in a flower feast.
Always carefully wash the flowers before using them in cooking. It will ensure there is no dust or insects. Since most of the flowers are delicate, be gentle while handling them.
This dish undoubtedly wins your bae's heart if they are gourmands and love crispy munchies. You may pick dandelions, courgettes, daylily flowers, night jasmine, acacia flower, and elderflowers.
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Why not romanticise the idea of salad? A platter of veggies and protein salad can include flowers such as pansy, nasturtium, tulip, hibiscus, and lilac. You can add these blooms to fruit salads too.
Intensify the bond between the two of you by preparing easy-peasy chia pudding. Use chia seeds, coconut milk, chopped dragon fruits and honey. Rose, blue pea flower and elderflower make a good choice.
Include a roasted turkey. On Valentine’s Day, add a floral twist to your stuffing by inserting fresh lavender sprigs, or blend the flowers with honey and oil to create a gloss.
One of the artiest ways to present flowers is by blending flowers with cakes. Consider blue pea flower, rose, and lavender. Think of flower muffins, cupcakes, cheesecake or cream cake.