In the United States, the American people take their food very seriously. They create unique and delicious meals, they document their creations on various social media platforms, and they even draw inspiration from fine dining establishments. In fact, in terms of fine dining, the average American individual will willingly spend $28.55. In addition to that, in the restaurant industry fine dining makes up around 10% of U.S. restaurant sales. Therefore, it’s very understandable that many individuals aspire to, and make dishes of food that have the aura of a fine dining experience. If you’re someone who documents your creations on social media, and desires to make presentations like ones seen in fine dining, here’s who flowers and leaves can benefit your next meal.
Edible Flowers
To begin, there are around 100 types of garden flowers that are in fact edible. It may sound odd, but many types of edible flowers add various benefits to your meals. Here are some of them:
Borage Blossoms: Some individuals haven’t heard of borage blossoms or star flowers (they are blue and shaped like a star). Borage blossoms are edible flowers for salads. They taste much like cucumber so this is why it’s ideal for your salads. In addition to their flavor, these blossoms add beauty to your salads. If you want an elegant presentation, garnish your next salad with borage blossoms. It’s important to note that borage blossoms can also be used in drinks such as lemonade.
Calendula: Calendula is known for its saffron like flavor. You can cook calendula for meals, or it can be used as a flavorful, pretty garnish on hors d’oeuvres such as deviled eggs.
Hibiscus: Hibiscus is a popular flower, although some do not know this flower is edible! The petals of this flower are extremely sweet and have a flavor similar to cranberry. Therefore, hibiscus is great for drinks such as teas (iced or hot), and cocktails. Additionally, hibiscus makes your drinks look incredible!
Sugar Flowers
This expands the varieties of edible flowers. Sugar flowers are edible candy flowers and they come in many shapes and forms. Some of these flowers include, but are not limited to, a crystallized pansy, a crystallized rose, a crystallized viola, edible blossoms, and many edible flower petals- just to name a few. Much like real edible flowers, sugar flowers benefit your sweet meals.
Cakes And Cupcakes: Sugar flowers are excellent for decorating and garnishing cakes and cupcakes. This is because which each flower, you can ensure that your sweet treat is truly unique. If you desire a breathtaking, social media worthy cake or cupcake, use sugar flowers as a decoration.
Wedding Cakes: This is specific sweet dessert that can benefit from sugar flowers. Your wedding is quite possibly the most important, memorable day of your life. In addition, the presentation of your wedding cake is equally as important. Therefore, the wedding cake reveal should be nothing sort of astonishing. Needless to say, your guests should be left speechless. Sugar flowers for wedding cakes will ensure you receive this response from all of your wedding guests. You can decorate your wedding cake with your favorite flowers, flowers that match the color scheme of your wedding, and even flowers that match the centerpieces of your wedding theme. Anything is possible with sugar flowers!
True Leaf Microgreen
Microgreens are different than the edible flowers. Microgreens have actually be around for a long time (20-30 years). So what are microgreens exactly? By definition, microgreens are tiny, edible, green plants. They come from very young vegetables and herbs. In terms of size, they are about 1 to 1.5 inches long. Therefore, a true leaf microgreen is ideal if you want to garnish your meals (for breakfast, lunch, and dinners).
A true leaf microgreen is typically utilized in meals found in fine dining establishments. However, if you are an individual that makes meals in inspiration of fine dining, a true leaf microgreen is for you! You can use a true leaf microgreen in salads, to garnish eggs, to garnish burgers, and to garnish sandwiches- just to name a few. It adds flavor and beauty to all meals.