Nasturtium

I love this stuff! Does anyone have any culinary applications for it? I'm just using the flowers as a garnish now. Has anyone had any success drying and storing the leaves?

Thanks!

Although I have never done more than sprinkling fresh N. on my salad, I have found recipes for vinegars, butters, oils even one for N. fettucine in "Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate". "Southern Herb Growing" indicates the seeds cana be pickled in vinegar and used much like capers.
With light protection in your area, you could possibly keep them growing all winter. They do prefer a cooler temp. In this area, they do not like our extreme heat and do better in fall/winter/spring. Then you could enjoy fresh - always...

I found some recipes in Deborah Madison's Savory Way for nasturtiums. One called for chopping up nasturtiums with a few ingredients and using them in sandwiches and another called for rolling up some ingredients in the leaves and serving them as hors d' ouevres. I enjoyed both, but I think I liked the sandwich best. I love them myself and generally just put the leaves and flowers in tossed salads. Yum! Here is a web page with some ideas:

http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/nasturtiums.html

Also epicurious lists 3. Just search on nasturtiums.
http://www.epicurious.com/

Thank you podster. That explains why my nasturtiums are just coming into flower after struggling through our hot summer.

Nataraj