Lavender Recipes

One of the reasons lavenders have been and still are so popular is their versatility. They have a myriad of uses in the garden. Unlike most other plants they also have a huge range of uses in the kitchen, bathroom bedroom and living room. They can be eaten, sniffed, worn, admired and generally used to brighten up a dull day. So to help you utilise this magnificent plant we have included a few select recipes for using lavenders. Basically the true English ones should be used for cooking, the intermedia for potpourri and essences,

SCENTED LAVENDER WATER

1. Place a handful of lavender flowers (L.intermedia ‘Seal’) with a litre of vodka in a sealed glass jar. 
(maybe a little less if you get a bit thirsty!)

2. Stand for a few weeks in a warm position in the sun.

3. Strain of the flower heads through a muslin cloth.

4. Repeat the procedure, adding more flowers to the vodka, then straining them off for a few weeks. Use
as a perfume splashed on the face or as a rub for sore muscles.

1.Soak coarse grain bread in vinegar with sprigs of L. angustifolia and mint  

2.Chop up olives and coarse grain bread

3. Mix bread in with salad greens

4. Eat whilst drinking good, rich, red, Australian wine

SCENTED CLOTHES HANGERS