If you’re like us, you’re forever looking for new and interesting ways to incorporate healthy and tasty herbs into your everyday cooking. Today, the versatile couscous is getting an herbal makeover involving rose petals, dried fruit and a few other herbs. Keep reading to learn how to throw together an quick, easy and impressive side …
We’re getting near the end of our little series of edible flowers. I hope you learned something and feel more confident in using a variety of flowers in your cooking and food preparations. The next three are probably very familiar to you, (or maybe not) but all of them are delicious used in a culinary …
From Shakespeare to nursery rhymes, the humble rose is loaded with symbolic meaning, often relating to matters of the heart. To the herbalist, roses are simultaneously uplifting and tranquility inducing, helping to soothe frazzled nerves and balance the emotional heart. Not only do they promote a sense of well-being, roses are also edible and quite …
In certain cuisines, the petals and hips of the rose are considered an indispensable spice. We’ve used rose hips in a number of our recent recipes, but today we’re turning our focus to the petals. For most of us, a long-stemmed rose is synonymous with love, romance, Valentine’s Day and matters of the heart. In Western …
