Chamomile

The flowering plant chamomile has long been utilized in traditional medicine and cookery. In medicine, chamomile is frequently used to ease anxiety and enhance sleep. Despite being considerably smaller, the blooms resemble daisies very strongly. The dishes they are cooked with have a mildly sweet, earthy taste.

In order to extract the tastes and medicinal chemicals from the flowers, most recipes ask for boiling the flowers in a liquid. Although they can be utilized fresh, the leaves and blooms are typically first dried. The blooms can be used to produce syrups or other infusions for baked goods, smoothies, or desserts in addition to chamomile tea, which is the most common use for them.