A Sweet Display of Sour

Just having a little fun arranging flowers, and painting with light.

As many of you know, a new month at Love Handling Food brings with it a new "Flavor of the Month", and Helaina and I are particularly excited about this month's flavor: lemon.

Lemon is easily one of both Helaina and my favorite flavors to cook and create with. It adds a burst of fantastic zest to a variety of dishes such as vegetables, meats, and of course, desserts. It also lends an aesthetic appeal to many creations. 

  

To introduce June's lemon flavor, I decided to create a floral arrangement that incorporated this citrus. I went to the store and picked up beautiful orange and red tipped roses, in addition to some wonderfully scented, fuchsia colored delphiniums. I then purchased a bag of lemons, and set home to get trimming and arranging.

A trick for this arrangement idea, is to use a vase within a vase. The inner vase holds the floral arrangement, while the space between the outer and inner vase holds the round lemon slices. Using a vase within a vase also prevents the acidic lemon juice from quickly degrading how long the cut flowers last, and it helps to hold the lemons in place.

Once the arrangement is made, I poured water in both the vase holding the flowers, and the vase holding the lemons. The water really helps to keep the lemon slices looking fresh for a longer amount of time.

 

As you can see, lemons can be used for much more than cooking. What sorts of arrangements and other uses for lemons can you come up with?

-Ianna