Edible Flowers: Lavender

Ok, so I’ve been thinking a little more about this edible flower thing.  And come to think of it, I have eaten an edible flower before.  I’ve eaten Lavender!

Lavender is such a lovely fragrant plant with so many uses!   It is a featured ingredient in Herbes de Provence {which I’ve always purchased in the past but am determined to grow my own this year!}.  Here is how you make it:

Herbes de Provence

5 tablespoons dried thyme
3 tablespoons dried savory
2 tablespoons dried marjoram (or 1 tablespoon oregano)
5 tablespoons dried rosemary
1 1/2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers

Combine all ingredients and store in an airtight container.

I love my herbes de provence on pork and especially roasted  on those delicate baby red potatoes with a little olive oil and salt.  Yummy!  Of course I have also used it in homemade chicken noodle soup ~~I’ve even used it to flavor my homemade noodles for the soup with fabulous results!  I guess you could say I just adore this little herb combination!

Lavender is also lovely when used in sugar.  It adds such a intriguing taste to sugar cookies and it is super easy to do!

Lavender Sugar

Place dried lavender flowers into your sugar storage container.
Sift lavender out before using sugar.

Think of it as your secret ingredient.  It reminds me of this Hallmark holiday movie I watched once where the wife would give out her award winning recipe to people but always leave out her secret ingredient and no one could make the dish quite like hers.  Apparently the wife feels bad about it after she dies and has to come back to make things right with some of those people.   It was a cute movie and I think that was just a little side note in the movie, not the main theme of it, but thats what I think of when I think of Lavender Sugar Cookies.

So I think you should all go out and order some Lavender today!  Not only does it smell delicious and look pretty, but it is fun to use as well!