Home-grown salads are a sure sign that spring is finally in full swing.

Salads are extra delightful when the ingredients include home grown spinach and kale, dandelion, oregano and tulips! We also included some pickled beets from the pantry for that extra zing and sprinkled a homemade vinaigrette over the greens.

You might be thinking that the flowers are there just to make the salad look pretty but they aren't! They add delicious flavours and textures as well as that glorious pop of colour.

Young tender and mild chives

Tulips (organically grown of course)

Dandelions - you can eat the greens too!

Johnny-Jump-Up Viola

Everything but the yoghurt came from the homestead garden but we made sure to mix plenty of home grown ingredients into it.

Yogurt Cheese with Edible Flowers and chives

Mix the ingredients with the yogurt (thick yogurt is best)

Hang in heavy cheesecloth and allow the whey to drain out.

This is a delightful soft cheese using spring garden ingredients. Today we used chives, dandelions and oregano. Its really packed with flavour and I would gladly eat it every day! This soft cheese is very easy to make. You can find the yogurt cheese recipe here.

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