Dandelion, Using Herbs and Flowers

Sauteed Dandelion Greens

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Dandelions are a super food and extremely healthy, growing right in our own backyard! Here is my harvest from yesterday:

There is also some Purple Dead Nettle for drying (top left), a few Dandelion flowers and a couple Dandelion roots (to roast and make Dandelion coffee, which I’ll post about later).

Dandelion leaves can be bitter, unless you get the new small leaves in the beginning of Spring. These were older leaves because I couldn’t find any newer leaves and I’m ok with some bitter.

To saute’ these, I first added a couple tablespoons of butter to a pan over medium heat and added some chopped onion. I cooked and stirred the onion until it caramelized a bit then added a clove of chopped garlic and cooked a minute longer. I then added about a cup of halved and sliced Kielbasa and cooked until it was browned. I chopped the Dandelion greens and added those to the pan, stirring and cooking for about 2 minutes. To serve, I added some homemade croutons to the top.

My daughter and I both thought it was delicious and I love the fact that they are one of the most healthy foods and it is growing everywhere so it can be foraged for free. When harvesting, be sure what you harvest isn’t sprayed with chemicals or on the side of a road where exhaust fumes and get on it. Also be sure to wash it before eating to take off any dirt or bugs.

Warmly,

Monica

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The pandemic brought a lot of awareness to me about climate change, food shortages, how quickly our hospitals could colapse and more. This has sent me on a mission of becoming self-sustainable, empowered and working to help heal the earth. That is what the focus of this blog has become. The main way I'm working at this is through building a food forest and documenting as much as possible in hopes to inspire others. The more of us that do this, the more it will help heal the earth. When we buy produce from the grocery store, it was grown through monoculture, and that leads to use of chemicals that goes onto our food and into our planet, destroying soil. If we grow our own through permaculture (a food forest), we give the soil health. We also give ourselves health by growing organic foods and herbs that contribute to our health. There's a lot more to this, but this touches the surface. I'm only one year into this but my food forest is growing. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

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