Daisy the beautiful

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Daisy, the beautiful

Spring. Every day brings new herbs for soup, salad, herbal butter, herbal cottage cheese... Today I noticed my first daisy blossoms. We have a saying here: if you see three daisy blossoms - spring is here and if you eat them, you will be healthy all year round. Guess, what I did with those three blossoms. 😉

My salad got additional leaves, buds and blossoms as decoration! 

It is an excellent herb for spring detox, for strengthening immune system, for getting rid of mucus in respiratory tracts and intestines, good for belly, good for stomach, anti inflammatory and... basically good for everything. Also for the skin. She can wash the face with daisy infusion and then she (only she would do that 😉) is as beautiful as Daisy  (Bellis perennis) - the beautiful!

I love spring with all its Herbs. Do you know that one can make false capers from daisy buds? One needs lots of patience to collect enough for a little glass.

Torey

I didn't know that you could use Bellis for capers. Here we have the Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). It is a very common Eurasian invasive. It is much taller and the buds are larger so it makes for much easier picking for capers. :)

jowitt.europe

@torey as there are no real capers here, we make capers out of all buds we find: dandelion, daisy, nasturtium... 😊

Torey

@jolanta.wittib Similarly for us.

COWLOVINGIRL

Yay Spring!

annbeck62

Hopefully Spring is here to stay :)

ltwickey

Hurray for spring!! @jolanta.wittib I hope your additions to your salad truly brings you good health all year long!!

I look forward to trying the "new" capers!