Nasturtium salad

Nasturtium is a delicious edible flower. In fact not only is the flower edible, the whole plant is edible. The leaves, stems, seeds and flowers are all tasty. The leaves and flowers are peppery tasting and taste great in salad.

I made a simple nasturtium salad. My recipe is:

2 cups washed nasturtium flowers

1 cup baby spinach leaves

1 cup washed nasturtium leaves

1/2cup chopped carrots (I used the last of the carrots from my garden.)

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes

Dressing of your choice (I used Catalina.)

That's all I added and it tasted great with Catalina dressing but you can add more add-ins like:

Mushrooms

Feta cheese

Radish

Swiss chard

Sunflower seeds

Chicken chunks

Bacon

Etc.

I hope you have the courage to try to grow and eat this beautiful plant next year.

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