Red and White Clover

Red Clover:

-The leaves, flowers, seeds, and roots of clovers are all edible.

-The young leaves, taken before the plant flowers, can be eaten raw in salads. As the plant matures, cooking the leaves is recommended. The dried leaves are said to add a slightly vanilla-like flavor to baked goods. In my own experience with clover leaves, I found them to be rather bitter (maybe I picked them at the wrong time). I stick to the flowers.

-The roots should be eaten cooked.

-The flowers and seeds are the parts of the clover that are of greatest interest to most foragers. The flowers are used raw in salads as well as sauteed, stir-fried, or fried as fritters. They are also popular for making teas and wines.

-The flowers and seeds can be dried and ground into a flour.

Here are a few clover recipes:

• White clover snow (followed by a few clover honey recipes)


• A set of red clover recipes, including tea, lemonade, juice, pancakes, and biscuits.


• Red clover jelly


• This page of flower recipes includes a recipe for pickled clover.


• A few red clover wine recipes
  
  
  Red Clover from other studies seems more edible than white clover
  
  
  Clover - A nutritious edible weed