Edible bouquets for March 8: choosing a gift

With the approaching International Women's Day, every man begins to think about what original gift he can surprise his dearest, closest and dearest women. For so that the effect of the surprise is really stunning and remembered for a long time, you can show a little imagination and create an edible bouquet yourself.

Such a gift has 2 main advantages: firstly, it will be not only beautiful, but also delicious, and secondly, it can be prepared with your own hands, which further increases the value of the presentation.

One of the most popular edible bouquets for March 8 is fruity. To create it, you can use a variety of fruits, the main thing is that they are fresh, dense, without any damage and have an appetizing appearance.

Before creating a fruit bouquet, you need to decide on the color scheme. A composition in which fruits of 3-5 colors are involved looks more attractive and organic.

Alternatively, you can use grapefruit, strawberries, orange, kiwi and grapes. All selected fruits must be thoroughly washed and excess moisture blotted off with a paper towel. Citrus and kiwi fruits look better in the composition when cut into slices. Pineapple can be cut into circles, and then squeezed out of the pulp using cookie cutters to different flower figures.

When creating bouquets, it is worth considering some recommendations.

1. To attach the fruit, you must arm yourself with a sufficient number of wooden skewers. It is desirable that their length is 25-30 cm. When using shorter ones, it will be difficult to fasten them together, but with their help you can create a mini-bouquet.
2. If the fruit is small, it will be enough to fix it on one skewer. For larger fruits, it is advisable to use several of them. You can prick the grapes one berry at a time or a small bunch by tying it to a skewer with a tape. After all the fruits are strung, you can start assembling the overall composition.
3. The fruity bouquet looks very impressive in a wicker basket. At its bottom, a layer of foam cut out in shape should be placed in which the skewers will be fixed.
4. Arrange the fruits according to their size and color. For example, in the center, you can fix the skewer with the largest fruit, around which you can place medium and small fruits. It is important that the different colors are evenly distributed throughout the composition.
5. You can also experiment with the length of the sticks, this will give the bouquet more volume and naturalness.
6. Make the composition more lively and fun you can use live greenery, sweets, themed decorations.

To make the edible bouquet not only tasty, but also nutritious, you can make it from all kinds of dried fruits and nuts. To create it, special skills and abilities of a florist are not required; it is important to choose the right components and correctly combine them.

There are no restrictions in the choice of nuts and dried fruits. It follows from the personal preferences of the woman and her taste. For those who prefer exotic fruits, when creating a bouquet, you can use dried figs, limes, mangosteen, kumquat, etc.

For a more traditional bouquet of dried fruits, dried apricots, figs, prunes, dates, pistachios, walnuts, peanuts are suitable. Dried slices of lemon, melons, candied fruits, cinnamon sticks will help to complement the overall picture. All components must be laid out with meaning so that they are combined into a single, complete composition.

In order for a bouquet of dried fruits not to look stingy and dull, to create it, you must choose at least 3 types of dried fruits. The basis can be wrapping paper, decorative box, wicker basket. The process of creating a composition is similar to the previous version: dried fruits are attached to skewers, which are fixed on the base. It is important to choose one strategy: attach the sticks from the center to the periphery or along the color sectors.

A magnificent composition of sweets will not leave indifferent any woman. Such a bouquet will not only never fade, but will also be an excellent addition to tea drinking. To create a "chamomile" bouquet, you must go through the following steps:

• attach a candy to the upper edge of the skewer with a tape-tape, it is desirable that it be in a golden wrapper;
• cut out solid blanks in the form of petals from corrugated paper of white color;
• we put on 2 such blanks on each skewer, twist the paper at the base and fix the structure with hot glue;
• tightly wrap each skewer with golden foil;
• all flowers made in this way are collected in a "bouquet" and twisted with twine or tape;
• from golden foil we make a wrapper in the form of a hat, in which we place the composition and tie it with a decorative ribbon.

You can independently not only create a sweet bouquet arrangement, but also build an edible basket with violets from ordinary food. It will not work as a presentation, but it will be an excellent addition to the festive table. With the help of a simple method, it becomes possible to give any food a special shape, giving guests a spring, festive mood.

As a basis for this, a salad or other dish is suitable. Used as decor:

• thin slices of red radish;
• washed and dried spinach leaves;
• hard-boiled egg yolk;
• salty biscuits (crackers).

Further preparation is as follows:

• spread the salad in the shape of a ball;
• from all sides we carefully cover it with cookies, creating a kind of flower "pot";
• form violet flowers from slices of radish;
• pour a small amount of grated yolk into the center of each flower, which will act as a core;
• Place spinach leaves around the flower arrangement.

You can make an original bouquet of vegetables. A real hostess with a sense of humor will take such a present for women's day. Naturally, it should only be an addition to the main gift and fresh flowers. The originality and usefulness of the idea was appreciated by many.

To create a vegetable bouquet you will need:

• hard vegetables (cucumber, onion, radish, cabbage, carrot);
• food bamboo sticks;
• rope or tape;
• packing material (thick craft paper, parchment, sisal).

For more attractiveness, washed and dried vegetables should be lightly rubbed with vegetable oil. They will acquire not only an additional pleasant aroma, but also shine. We chop each vegetable on one or more skewers. Collecting a bouquet of assorted vegetables should be based on your own sense of style and taste.

You can add elegance and piquancy to the bouquet with the help of dill, arugula, spinach or any other vegetable garden.

Other ideas of unusual edible bouquets deserve attention: from cupcakes, cold cuts and cheese, etc. However, their elegance is less impressive, and they are not very suitable as an independent gift. But their presence on the festive table will undoubtedly decorate the celebration of Women's Day. Any woman will appreciate if a man prepares such a present on his own.

For information on how to collect a fruit bouquet, see the video below.