DIY Network

Vegetable Flowers Learn how to decorate your next meal by transforming veggies into flowers. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-132

Guest Leonila Arboleda joins host Jennifer Perkins and demonstrates how to transform zucchini, yellow squash and tomatoes into flowers along with showing how to create a vegetable border for your celery dishes.

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Guest Leonila Arboleda demonstrates how to make a Rose Tomato and Squash Tulip.

Project designed by Leonila Arboleda.

Materials for Rose Tomato:

Roma tomato(es)
carving knife
carving board

Rose Tomato

1. Pick a firm ripe Roma tomato.

2. Make four intersecting cuts toward the end and remove the tulip shape tomato.

3. Peel the rest of the tomato 1/4" wide all the way around.

4. Roll tomato string peel into a rose and place it into the tulip.

Materials for Squash Tulip:

squash or zucchini
U-V cutter
Persian scoop
toothpick
carving knife

Squash Tulip

1. Wash the squash or zucchini.

2. Holding U-cutter at an angle, make an incision toward the center of the squash.

3. Continue making the same incision around.

4. Separate flower cut to the rest of the squash.

5. With a Persian scoop, ball a small piece of another color vegetable such as a carrot for the center of the tulip.

6. Finished flower can be place with the rose tomato for a bouquet set-up.

Materials for Tomato and Squash Divider:

Roma tomato(es)
squash
plate
Deba knife
carving board

Tomato and Squash Divider

1. Cut tomato and squash in half lengthwise.

2. Cut into diagonal pieces.

3. Alternately arrange the slice of vegetable into plate.

RESOURCES :

Learn Fruit and Vegetable Sculpting — Made Easy with Chef Ray Duey
23920 Anza Ave. #126
Torrance, CA 90505
Phone: 310-791-9661
Website: www.chefgarnish.com

GUESTS :

Leonila Y. Arboleda
23930 Anza Ave. #126
Torrance, CA 90505
Phone: 424-477-6707
E-Mail: lafoodartist@yahoo.com