Everlasting Gardener

Joanie Lapic Herb Specialist

Nasturtium blossoms and healthy Lemonade

Now is a great time to 'wow' your lunch or tea time guests with stuffed Nasturtium blossoms and Lemonade sweetened with Stevia("sweet leaf").
It's so easy to do!
Pick fresh Nasturtium flowers, cutting the stem just below the flower. Put room-temperature cream cheese, flavored with fruit (like pineapple or strawberry), into a baggie with a small hole poked into one corner. Then 'pipe' the cream cheese into the center of each Nasturtium blossom.
Refrigerate to keep the flowers fresh and firm.
Serve as an hors d'ouvre or as edible decoration for a garden salad.
The peppery flavor of the Nasturtium blossom is complimented by the fruity creaminess of the cream cheese filling.
Fresh Lemonade with Stevia as a sweetener:
Squeeze 4 to 6 lemons and strain the juice.
Dissolve about 2 to 3 teaspoons of powdered Stevia into about 1 cup of very warm water.
Add lemon juice to about 1 quart of cold water, add the Stevia water for sweetener, refrigerate.
When serving this delicious, extremely low-calorie, no glycemic index healthy drink, remember that you are also NOT serving toxic aspartame or splenda to your family or guests.

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