Vegetable Flowers Tutorial

Want a wonderful accent for your salads and vegetable plates? Try these simple vegetable flowers to add that extra special touch. They don’t take long to make. Adding the vegetable flowers as a garnish, makes a plain vegetable tray or salad look fabulous!

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Veggies Needed:  green zucchini or yellow squash, radish, carrots, spinach or lettuce leaves

Materials Needed: Sharp small knife, round toothpicks

First, cut small zucchini in half and cut 4 or 5 petals down.  You’ll be able to make two flowers out of one small zucchini.

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Next, make vertical slits with your knife on each petal to give it a fringed look.

Carve down the inside of the zucchini.  (I scored it with the knife and used a spoon for this step)

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Place in ice water.

To make the radish flower, cut a slice off the bottom.

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial  grandparentsplus.com

Leaving just a ring of red at the top, cut petals with a knife.

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial  grandparentsplus.com

Place in ice water and leave it there for the petals to open up. When ready, stick a toothpick in the bottom of the radish flower to secure it in the zucchini. These vegetable flowers may be made the day ahead and kept in ice-cold water until ready to use.

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Using a yellow squash, your vegetable flowers will look like this.

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial   grandparentsplus.com

Cut the base straight or at a slant to show it off.

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial  grandparentsplus.com

Another way is to use a carrot for the middle.

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial  grandparentsplus.com

Vegetable Flowers Tutorial   grandparentsplus.com

Be sure to check out the Tomato Flower, too!

Have fun and enjoy!

Phyllis

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