Culinary lavender

Lavender food trend is taking the culinary world by storm, thanks to its unique flavour and versatility in both sweet and savoury dishes. This aromatic herb not only offers a delightful taste but also boasts a plethora of health and wellness benefits.

Check out these 25 mouth-watering recipes with lavender that make it so easy to get more of this nutritive & medicinal herb into your kitchen.

Everything you need to know about cooking with lavender. From growing, harvesting, buying, and pairing with different flavors, you'll find this herb a delight to experiment with. Included are some unique food and drink recipes to inspire you.

Like spring-time in your mouth, this Lemon Lavender Loaf Cake is bursting with bright citrus and delicate floral flavor! This easy to make Lemon Lavender Loaf Cake gets it’s flavor from freshly zested lemon that is rubbed with sugar to bring out that extra-lemony flavor, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and dried culinary lavender that is ‘bloomed’ in oil to unlock all those amazing floral flavor compounds!

Lavender isn’t just for soaps and lotions – it’s also a delicious baking ingredient! Learn how to select, store, and use culinary lavender.

The most delicious iced lemon lavender shortbread cookies made with fresh lemon zest, lemon juice and dried edible lavender.

Chewy lavender scented sugar cookies with crisp exteriors and swirls of blueberry compote.

Lavender is like a breath of fresh air. Its heady scent exudes a warm, sharp, powerful aroma universally linked with cleanliness -- which is tough for cooking.

Lemon and Lavender Possets - a quick and delicious creamy dessert.

I like to make my own popcorn from scratch. You remember--the kind where you put oil and unpopped corn kernels in a big pot and heat it up till they start exploding and thudding around the inside. So, I’ve included the directions at the bottom for making a batch that’s just the right amount needed for the lavender-chive herb seasoning butter. But not to worry if you’d rather use microwave popcorn or buy unflavored ready-to-eat popcorn. Just be sure what you have is unseasoned or only lightly…