Dandelion, Taraxacum officinalis, is an edible plant rich in vitamins A, B, C, E and also iron, potassium and even protein. It is also a medicinal herb that is particularly wonderful for your liver. Here are three things you can do with dandelion (there are many more, of course): 1) Tincture the roots and leaves [...]
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Three Things to Do With Dandelion
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged dandelion, taraxacum officinalis on March 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Flower Fritters
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged dandelion, day lily, everlasting pea, Mallow on July 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Edible wild flowers add fun colors to raw salads, but they can also be added to pancake or fritter batter and fried. My friend Margot and I tried this with an assortment of mallow, dandelion, day lily and everlasting pea flowers recently. The fritters came out pretty well! But first we were sure to have [...]
New Video: Urban Foraging with ‘Wild Girl’!
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged Chickweed, dandelion, Plantain on March 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Video by Edwin Oullette, reporter for Flux Magazine, a project of the University of Oregon at Eugene. I was a little nervous in the first minute or so, but once you get past that I think it’s pretty entertaining! Enjoy.
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