Eat flowers as part of a healthy diet

Broccoli and cauliflower, many people do not think on the incorporation of flowers to your healthy lifestyle eating.

Colorful flowers are full of pigments that have many health promoting factors, but I think that it is reduced in the absence of the people of knowledge as to which the flowers are edible and about how to use them in recipes.

The new book teaches people how to eat your roses, more than 50 types of edible flowers used as part of a healthy diet.

The first part of the book is dedicated to educating readers on the benefits of eating flowers, meeting and preparation tips, as well as some rules to eat flowers, including a list of flowers not to eat.

The following section of the book describes each of the 50 + edible flowers, why are attractive, some possible uses for them and a photograph.

At the end of the book there are recipes that incorporate the edible flowers in the diet. The recipes are divided into categories like appetizers, dishes, electric network, desserts etc. offering a variety of great looking dishes and drinks even.

Rose petal jam
This delicately best pink Marmalade is made with fragrant flowers red or rose of good color. Perfect to make a warm Croissant for a treatment of winter or serve with tea biscuits. half pound dark red, red, or black rose pink petals2 cups granulated sugar4 half cups water½ Cup of lemon juiceRemove the bitter white bases of rose petals and then rinse petals and drain completely. Placed in a container of glass or stainless steel. Lightly spray a small amount of sugar on the petals, covering them completely. Cover with plastic and sit overnight.

Place is sugar, water and juice of lemon in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Stir in rose petals and boil 20 minutes. Increase the heat to medium or high and bring to a rolling boil. Keep boiling for 5 minutes until thick mixture and the temperature in a candy thermometer is 220 ° f. Remove jars of jelly and process in a bath of hot water and heat.

Eat the Roses is a great resource for anyone wishing to incorporate flowers in a healthy diet. Add flowers can add many new flavours, aromas and micro nutrients to the diet.

I would have liked to have seen more nutritional information in regard to each type of flower and many of the recipes were not developed low calorie or low fat. However, the recipes use natural fresh ingredients and everything that most healthy.

Eat the Roses by Denise Schreiber is available on Amazon and other book stores.

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