I was wondering if anyone here has tried cooking with fig leaves?  I'll try my hand at cooking with a few of mine, but first was curious if anyone had any recommendations.

The recent posts on mulberries got me wondering as there are some varieties of mulberries that people cook the leaves of.  http://www.livestrong.com/article/479240-how-to-eat-mulberry-leaves-in-a-salad/
Here's a description of a mulberry only grown for it's leaves (makes no berries), a cultivar called 'Tigrinum' that the author enjoyed in a Mexican spanakopita.
http://apiosinstitute.org/morus-x-hybrid-mulberry

A quick search came up with several sites explaining that young fig leaves are used for similar cooked dishes and that they have health effects for diabetics, lowering their need for insulin.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/267172-can-you-eat-fig-leaves/

Not sure about people but my dogs love eating them off the tree.

There was a fig leaf tea discussion some time ago, not exactly cooking but in that direction:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Fig-Leaf-Tea-6320581

Thanks, the tea discussion was very interesting...another thing to try.  Maybe after drinking the tea we should throw the left over steeped leaves into a lasagna or soup or something.

No not the lasagna !   ; )

OK, but then it's into a pizza sauce with some of the figs on top?

Maybe some stuffed fig leaves.

I wonder if you could use them in green smoothies?

No, never in lasagna!! some use figs leaves as oven to cook food inside, fig leaves wrapped around different fillings and baked, like we use grape leaves.... personally I am not fond of this methods, many figs leaves smell too much like cat urine, so when some relatives stuff them, I pass I don't want to try.

We have used them to make tea. 

we have also used them to wrap fish and grill it on the BBQ. You can use them like Banana leaves.

Using it to make tea was OK.

Using them to wrap meat or fish before grilling or baking is very good. It adds a nice flavor to the food.

Bon Appetite

PS don't eat the leaves, they are just for flavor. Try Halibut wrapped if fig leaf on the BBQ. Open leaf and eat the fish inside.

I'm with Martin and Maggie - not in the lasagna !! I'd try wrapping fish , but I'd also have to make sure the leaves I used did not smell of cat urine !!! 

Last week I grilled some flounder that was marinated in lime and garlic, among other things.  I wrapped them up in fig leaves and grilled them, which essentially steamed the fish.  It was yummy by itself and on fish tacos.

Recently I was talking to a woman who saw one of my fig trees and started saying in her country they dried and crushed or powdered the leaves and then used as a seasoning in some dishes.
I spoke to her only briefly and didn't get a chance to ask where she was from . I would have guessed India , but somehow I think that might be incorrect.
She was very excited to see them in NH and I expect she may be back to buy a fig mainly for the leaves. I'll be sure to get more info if that happens.

On June 20th NPR ran a story on a recently published book: A History of Food in 100 Recipes. The author describes an ancient (3,000 yrs ago?) food critic who took delight in a dish of fish baked in fig leaves.

Feed a rabbit with fig leaves and then cook the rabbit !
Nothing will be wasted

I drove home in a car filled with 32 fig plants last weekend.  Hot day so the car was shut up tight with the AC on.  Was in there with them for several hours.  Now I really, really know what you guys mean by cat urine smell.  I think I know why nothing is eating holes in my figs' leaves....but I'll still experiment with them in the kitchen...just after that smell leaves my memory.

I've never had fig leaves but I did try batter fried kudzu leaves once and they tasted like fried green beans. It was awesome!