17 Brilliant Ways to Cook with Lavender

Whether you’re using it as a garnish or a main ingredient, lavender lends a subtle floral flavor to sweet or savory dishes. Just remember that a little goes a long way!

Mini Blueberry-Lavender Cornmeal Cream Tarts

Buttery cornmeal crusts, rich lavender-vanilla whipped cream, juicy summer blueberries -- is your mouth watering, too? These elegant tarts are a surefire showstopper.

A sprinkling of fresh lavender is a beautiful and surprisingly delicious final flourish for buttermilk fried chicken.

This four-ingredient icy treat is stunning in both color and flavor, thanks to sweet Concord grapes and fresh lavender leaves.

Take vinaigrette to new heights by adding fresh lavender. It makes a delectable dressing for this colorful salad of beets, Swiss chard, pecans, and goat cheese.

One of our all-time prettiest (and tastiest!) desserts! Moist chocolate cupcakes are topped with lavender-spiked icing and sugared pansies and violas.

Sunny lemonade gets a double dose of lavender -- dried lavender flavor the simple syrup, and fresh sprigs are used as a garnish. Bonus: it can be made up to a week in advance. Avoiding sugar? Try our raw honey variation!

Take the classic combination of strawberries and rhubarb to the next level by flavoring them with homemade lavender sugar. Divide among puff pastry squares for the perfect individual desserts.

Our take on this classic Greek dessert calls for infusing the traditional semolina custard filling with lavender and honey before encasing it in delicate phyllo pastry.