How to make flower ice cubes also known as: what to do when the flowers are taking over.

Flower ice cubes make even a glass of water feel more festive.

Try making these for your next brunch or for Tuesday.

How to Make Flower Ice Cubes

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Edible Floral Ice Cubes

You guys, the nasturtiums are winning.

And that's how this post was born.

I have nasturtiums taking over more than half of my garden and so I decided to put some of them in ice cubes.

Incidentally, the proper name for nasturtiums is Tropaeolum minor, which means to "twine."

Reflecting on this past summer, it seems all I've done is work and fill mason jars full of nasturtiums.

I've snipped nasturtium after nasturtium after nasturtium since they started blooming in July.

I've given everyone I know bouquets.

Twice.

And they still keep producing more and more blooms.

These flowers are like the summer house guests who never leave.

I have visions of the slim hipped sisters exiting the garden gate and marching down the lawn and into my house.

Grabbing the remote and settling into the sofa, climbing into my bed, turning on the shower, digging through my fridge for salad greens.

Speaking of salad greens, nasturtiums are a beautiful pop of color for a salad but that's a post for another day.

Today is all about ice cubes.

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What You Need to Make Flower Ice Cubes

Ice Cube Trays (My favorite tray)
Garden snips or kitchen shears for cutting off the flower stems
Distilled Water (Boiled twice and cooled before using, approximately two cups)
Edible flowers (pansies or roses are a good choice if you don't have nasturtiums)
Freezer
Time

nasturtium blossoms in yellow and orange — Nasturtiums like these in technicolor hues are a good choice for floral ice cubes. Make sure you use edible flowers for the ice cubes. Also, be sure that you haven't used any pesticides on your garden if you're going to harvest flowers for ice cubes.

nasturtium flowers next to a square, silicone ice cube tray — You can make floral ice cubes in any size ice cube tray but a larger tray is easier to work with. This one is silicone and made by Tovolo. It's one of my favorites and has 2-inch cavities. You can see it here.

The first thing you're going to do before you've even snipped off your blossoms is boil a couple cups of distilled water and let it cool. Then boil it again and let cool. Finally, fill your ice cube tray just a quarter of the way full and put it in the freezer.

By quarter way full I'm talking about each cavity.

For the two-inch molds I used, that meant putting a tablespoon of distilled water in each cavity to start.

Then place the tray in the freezer for about an hour.

Remove from freezer then place a blossom upside down into each cavity.

Add another tablespoon of water over each blossom to help the flowers freeze to your base layer.

Then freeze for about an hour.

Once the flowers have frozen to the base ice cubes, finish topping off each cavity with water and put back into the freezer for a few hours or until completely solid.

yellow, orange and red nasturtium flowers in an ice cube tray — This is an example of what not to do. When you make floral ice cubes, you want to freeze the blooms upside down. These are right side up.

I put floral ice cubes in a glass of water. Garnish with a flower, if you like.

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Yield: 6 ice cubes

How to Make Flower Ice Cubes

Flower ice cubes elevate any drink, even a glass of water. Make these for your next fancy party or just for yourself.

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 3 hours

Total Time: 4 hours

Ingredients

Distilled Water
Edible flowers (pansies are a good choice if you don't have nasturtiums) (one bloom per ice cube tray cavity)

Instructions

The first thing you're going to do before you've even snipped off your blossoms is boil two to three cups of distilled water and let cool.

Repeat.

Start filling your ice cube tray just a quarter of the way full and put the tray in the freezer.

By quarter way full I'm talking about each cavity.

For the two-inch molds I used, that meant putting a tablespoon of water in each one to start.

Then put it in the freezer for about an hour.

Remove then place a blossom upside down into each cavity.

Add another tablespoon of water over each blossom to help the flowers freeze to your base layer.

Then freeze for about an hour.

Once the flowers have frozen to the base ice cubes, finish topping off each cavity with water and put back into the freezer for a few hours or until completely solid.

Enjoy.

Notes

You'll need ice cube trays, the larger the better, my preference is two-inch cubes.
Garden snips or kitchen shears for cutting off the flower stems and a freezer.

Recommended Products

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Nutrition Information

Yield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 0Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 2mgCarbohydrates 0gFiber 0gSugar 0gProtein 0g