How to Eat Borage

Borage Tea

• 1

  Wash half a cup of borage leaves under cold running water from a sink. Place the leaves on paper towels.

• 2

  Fill a pot with 2 cups of cold water. Place the pot on a burner and bring the water to a boil.

• 3

  Add twenty-fifth of a cup of fresh borage leaves to a coffee cup or mug. Fill the cup or mug with hot water. Let the tea steep for five minutes then remove the borage leaves before drinking the tea.

Grating Borage

• 4

  Wash a pound of borage leaves under cold running water from a sink. Pat the leaves dry with paper towels.

• 5

  Use a grater to shred the borage into a plastic container. Borage leaves are similar to spinach and grate like other leafy vegetables.

• 6

  Sprinkle the grated borage leaves over salads, soaps, cheeses and other foods.

Cutting Borage

• 7

  Wash a pound of borage leaves under cold running water from a sink. Pat the leaves dry with paper towels.

• 8

  Chop the leaves with a knife into 1-inch pieces. Place the pieces in a plastic container.

• 9

  Add the borage pieces to stews, soaps and other foods as a flavoring or garish.