Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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So I was wondering if edible flowers are Paleo? Should they be eaten a little less, like fruit, or can the be indulged in like veggies?

Thanks!!

flag	asked Mar 7 2012 at 23:08 Elle 610●5●25

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Edible Flowers = definitely paleo! – FED at LiveCaveman.com Mar 7 2012 at 23:25

How do you eat them? Raw, or how would you use them in a recipe? – Lady_Arwen Mar 8 2012 at 0:54

Usually raw Lady_Arwen, but you can stuff zucchini blossoms and cook them. – henny Mar 8 2012 at 2:54

Elle, if you do a search for "edible flowers", you'll find all sorts of scrumptious things. I eat chive blossoms regularly, and dandelion blossoms, and chickweed flowers, and.... I grow perennial herbs and always enjoy the flowers. – PaleoGran Mar 8 2012 at 17:45

jesuisjuba - paleorepublic.com · Answer 1 · 2012-03-08 03:45:09Z UTC

I eat blossoms as long as I can get them. Today I had sheep's-milk yogurt topped with berries and some edible pansies that I picked up.

Squash blossoms, nasturtiums, pansies, chamomile, garlic and chive blooms, violets, marigold, rose, et al. If they're organic and not sprayed then they're going in. I don't eat a ton with every meal, just a sprinkling on certain dishes, but I love the colour and flavour they add to my food. Always fresh - never cooked unless I'm making an infusion, dessert, preserving. The squash blossoms, tho.. I eat the hell out of those. Same with garlic and chive blossoms. YUM.

Blossoms fall into the "real food" category for me so.. enjoy :)

Note: I have some permaculture notes and not sure what updates may have occured, but might be of some interest.

Flowers are rich in nectar and pollen and studies have shown pollen to be nutritious with vitamins and minerals. Roses and especially rose hips, are very high in vitamin C. Dandelion blossoms are high in vitamins A and C while the leaves are loaded with iron, calcium, phosophorous and vitamin A and C. Marigolds and Nasturtium have vitamin C. Flowers are 95% water.

Rogue Nutritionist · Answer 2 · 2012-03-07 23:18:15Z UTC

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I say a long as the flowers are organic, eat them to your heart's content! They're lovely, delicate, tasty and special...and you must be very blessed to have access to enough to indulge in like vegetables!

answered Mar 7 2012 at 23:18

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I hope I can find an abundance! I did get zucchini blossoms a few times in my veggie box last year.. yum!! I just love them, so I'd try to hunt them down. Or maybe grow them when I get back to Florida! – Elle Mar 8 2012 at 0:35

henny · Answer 3 · 2012-03-08 02:52:43Z UTC

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Nasturtium petals and leaves are peppery good in a salad. And pretty too! I have used violas and also rose petals to make salads into showpieces.

answered Mar 8 2012 at 2:52

henny

	One of the most delicious things I've ever eaten was fatty eel doused with bone marrow on a Nasturtium leaf – Bread-Eating Beelzebub Mar 8 2012 at 15:26
	Oh yum! Next time call me over Melissa! – henny Mar 8 2012 at 16:44

Ebice · Answer 4 · 2012-03-07 23:18:31Z UTC

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Flowers sound good to me.

I wouldn't make them a core item, but as part of a variety of veggies they sound good.

answered Mar 7 2012 at 23:18

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The Loon · Answer 5 · 2012-03-08 01:18:43Z UTC

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Yes, they are paleo, but I wouldn't worry about the sugar content. You would have to eat a ton of them, and they are pretty strongly flavored, so eating that many isn't so fun.

answered Mar 8 2012 at 1:18

The Loon
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	flowers may look sweet but I've never met one that tasted sweet. – gydle Mar 8 2012 at 14:27
	well, that's what they bees go there for, so they are all sweet in the inside. – The Loon Mar 9 2012 at 16:17

Honest Organic · Answer 6 · 2012-03-08 14:40:56Z UTC

Many flowers are edible. Not all of them taste great, many are somewhat bitter. Some are delicious and they are worth experimenting with.

Remember that organic growers spray more pesticides than conventional. They don't want people to know the truth. Their pesticides are generally older toxins that are not targeted to a specific class of insects, so a broad spectrum or shotgun effect requires a lot more spraying to kill certain bugs. Conventional farms use modern materials that are designed to address specific insects so the need for spraying is much less due to the increased effectiveness in targeting the problem. This overall is much safer for consumers and for the environment.

Edible Flowers - Paleo?

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