8 violet green Recipes

onion, dried sausage, diced small, ginger, grated, toes garlic, minced or pounded, olive oil , fair amount, potatoes, diced, turmeric, chili powder, cumin, ground, coriander, ground, salt and pepper, honey vinegar, tomatoes, diced, hard boiled eggs, assortment of wild and cultivated greens and flowers some favorites, handful violet leaves, handful sorrel leaves, handful mint leaves, handful basil leaves, handful plantain leaves, handful purslane, marigold petals, st. john s wort flowers

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

unsalted butter, room temperature, golden brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground nutmeg, more) powdered sugar (about 2 1/4 lb), just whites (pasteurized powdered egg whites ), more) water, assorted food colorings , preferably wilton concentrated gel pastes in golden yellow, violet, moss green, red (no taste) and sky blue

green grapes, egg, beaten, butter, tapioca, sugar, allspice, pie crusts, unbaked

cucumber, coarse salt, carrots, peeled, onion, roughly chopped, red pepper , deseeded and chopped, cabbage, chopped, olives , a mixture of black, violet and green, lemon, olive oil, white wine vinegar, thyme , leaves picked, ground caraway seed, dried oregano, coriander seed, harissa

onion, dried sausage, diced small, fresh ginger, grated, garlic cloves (minced or pounded ), olive oil , fair amount, potatoes, diced, turmeric, chili powder, ground cumin, ground coriander, salt and pepper, honey vinegar, tomatoes, diced, hard-boiled eggs, assortment of wild and cultivated greens, and, fresh edible flower, handful violet leaf (optional), handful sorrel (optional), handful mint leaf (optional), handful basil leaves (optional), handful plantain leaves (optional), handful purslane (optional), marigold petals (optional)