I have been waiting a few years to have a go at cooking with sunflowers and this weekend gone I had the absolute delight on a hot and gloriously sunny summers day to walk the annual sunflower field at Blue River Orchard and picked an array of sunflowers to have a culinary play with. How glorious and majestic is the sunflower Helianthus annuus, bringing joy and happiness as their heads follow the sun and the bees feast on their nectar. The buds, petals, leaves and seeds are all edible and...

This Pohutukawa fizzy is like drinking in the Kiwi Summer. Made with our iconic Christmas tree the pohutukawa, the flowers taste like honey and matched with fresh ripe strawberries its fruity and sparkly the perfect Christmas drink.

This Nasturtium Flower Pasta is the perfect quick easy recipe for when the nasturtium flowers are in full swing that you and your family will love. The sauce is simply blended then added to freshly cooked pasta, its creamy, slightly peppery and full of nutritional and medicinal benefits.