Edible you say?

This morning I jumped out of bed and ran outside (sleepily) to pick my squash flowers.

(The master gardener said they had to be picked in the morning when they were open)

And to my surprise...there were a ton! Not all of them were open though, so I only got 8.

Here are the beauties all opened up...

I called my dad and he told me to submerge them in cold water all day while I was at school

(I'm assuming this keeps them open)

ta da!

When I got home from school I could hardly wait to do this! Then I found out my dad wasn't going to be home until late...then I realized I had no delicious cheese to stuff the flowers with....then I found out I didn't have enough oil to deep fry them. 

I was just about to give up when I decided to look up some different recipes for squash flowers...which also turned out to be disappointing lol

I finally decided to just lightly bread and throw them in the pan with the little bit of oil I had...

SUCCESS!!!

I couldn't believe how delicious they were just like that!

I will be getting plenty more flowers, so the delicious cheese stuffing will have to wait for another day :)

Until then, here is one happily fed girl signing off!

P.S. I think it's time I get a camera...