A Chamomile Conundrum
My garden is chock full of really cute things to eat right now. Tiny cherry tomatoes, two-inch long zucchini, velvety new green beans. But last night I decided to award the prize for most adorable plant to my chamomile.
It wasn’t really a fair contest. It’s hard for the vegetables to compete with pint sized daisies that smell like freshly cut hay and green apples. Their cute quotient is just too high.
I spent over an hour snip, snip, snipping the tiny blossoms off the plant, but now I have no idea what I’m going to make with my first ever chamomile harvest.
Tea is an obvious choice, but I already have a bag of chamomile tea in the cupboard. So I’m thinking about trying to infuse the flavor of the blossoms into a simple syrup or maybe even making a lemon chamomile ice cream.
Stay tuned! I’ll let you know what I come up with (and if it tastes good!).
p.s. If you have any other recipe ideas for chamomile, I’m all ears.



I make a chamomile cooler. Take equal part of chamomile tea and apple juice, mix in a little crushed fresh lemon verbena. Serve over ice. Its super refreshing!
July 25th, 2008 at 1:57 pmI would try making a chamomile ice cream - this combination of chamomile and peaches sound really good for the summer - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/dining/191crex.html
July 25th, 2008 at 4:49 pmWhat delightful ideas! I think I’m going to make an ice cream this weekend, but I have a huge bag of chamomile tea that will be perfect for the cooler. I’d never thought of mixing herbal tea and lemonade. Yum!
July 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm