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Home » Cook » Flower Recipes

Flower Recipes

Make every recipe more memorable and certainly more beautiful with edible flowers! Edible flowers are easy to prepare in a wide range of recipes including fermented beverages like kombucha, kefir, and home-brewed Wildflower Mead.

Edible flower recipes can be enjoyed as tea, cookies, infused honey (Lilac Infused Honey is amazing), Violet Vinegar, even popsicles like Lavender & Lemon Balm Herbal Popsicles.  You'll also find many Dandelion Recipes including Dandelion Mead!

Three flip top bottles of deep pink hibiscus kombucha, on a white countertop, surrounded by dried hibiscus flowers.

Hibiscus Kombucha: Second Fermentation

Hibiscus kombucha is a delicious tart and floral flavored brew with a beautiful bright pink color. Boasting a refreshing fizz, benefits from hibiscus tea, and healthy probiotics, this brew will be in your regular rotation! Quite Possibly The Best Kombucha Saying something is “the best” when there’s clearly so many good options is strong words,…

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Rose kombucha, red in color, in flip top bottles. With dark pink roses in the background.

How to Make Rose Kombucha: Second Ferment

This rose kombucha recipe is a lovely second ferment, and is a wonderful way to enjoy the sweet flavor of summer. With a perfect light fizz along with rose benefits and tons of probiotics, you’ll sip this all season! Kombucha Second Fermentation Brewing kombucha at home is a delicious and fun way to add some…

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A jar of lilac syrup on a wood cutting board surrounded by fresh lilac flowers and leaves.

Lilac Syrup: Light Floral Flavor of Spring

Lilac syrup is a beautiful and lightly floral tasting spring treat. Lilac season is short, so make this delicious lilac syrup recipe to preserve the flavor of these edible flowers! Lilac Season Floral Treats While I wouldn’t call lilacs elusive since they tend to bloom in abundance with the arrival of true spring, their season…

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A bottle of yellow dandelion syrup on a wood cutting board surrounded by fresh dandelion flowers, natural fabric, and a teal background.

Dandelion Syrup

This simple dandelion syrup is a perfect way to use fresh dandelion blossoms as they pop up during springtime. Made with dandelion tea, try this honey-sweet easy dandelion syrup in cocktails, on waffles, or in tea! Eating Backyard Dandelions If you have yet to try eating dandelions, it’s not too late! The season is just…

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Wild violet jelly that is pink, on a wood surface surrounded by fresh violet flowers.

Wild Violet Jelly: A Low-Sugar Spring Treat

Make wild violet jelly with spring’s first magical blooms! Wild violets are edible and delicious, and they make a flavorful flower jelly that tastes fruity, lightly floral, and full of spring’s beginning sun. Edible Wild Violets With tiny purple blooms and heart-shaped leaves, wild violet “weeds” are often the first flowers that you’ll see in…

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An oval plate with a natural napkin holding fried dandelion fritters, with chopsticks across the top of the plate.

Dandelion Fritters: A Snack From Your Backyard

Fried dandelion fritters are a nutritious and delicious snack foraged right from your backyard. With tons of vitamins and minerals, making these fried dandelions is a healthy way to enjoy the honey taste of dandelion blossoms with a savory batter. Eating Dandelions Dandelions are commonly known sunny-faced flowers that are wrongly seen as a nuisance…

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A fresh dandelion salad in a white bowl on a wood surface, top view.

Dandelion Salad: A Recipe from Grandma’s Time

Dandelion salad was a frugal and healthy recipe popular during the Great Depression. Dandelion greens are loaded with vitamins and minerals and, while a little bitter, make a delicious and nutritious foraged recipe. Recipes From the Depression Era During the Great Depression, foraging for nutritious foods was common and was the key to survival for…

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A glass jar of dandelion kombucha with ice, surrounded by fresh dandelion flowers.

Dandelion Kombucha: Second Ferment

Dandelion kombucha is the best kombucha flavor for spring! This second fermentation is made with dandelion tea, creating a bubbly and refreshing drink fueled with flower power. Kombucha Second Fermentation for Spring Flavoring kombucha with a second fermentation process is easy, and the results are delicious, full of bubbles and probiotics. It begins with a…

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A plate of fried Queen Anne's lace flowers on a white plate, outside on a wood table with fresh Queen Anne's Lace flowers surrounding.

Queen Anne’s Lace Fritters

Make these Queen Anne’s lace fritters for a delectable late-summer appetizer. These flower fritters can be made sweet or savory depending on your mood. Queen Anne’s lace flowers are edible and delicious, and this Queen Anne’s lace recipe is a great way to make use of them when they’re growing rampantly in your yard! Each…

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4 jars of sealed dandelion jelly, stacked in twos. On a circular wood cutting board surrounded and topped by fresh dandelion flowers, in front of a window with natural light.

Dandelion Jelly: Low-Sugar or Honey

Dandelion jelly is a spring treat in a jar, filled with sunshine! This dandelion jelly recipe is low-sugar and made with honey. If you’re looking for a dandelion recipe to keep some sunshine in your life year-round, this dandelion jelly is it! This homemade dandelion jelly is a wonderful way to capture the spring sunshine…

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