Our lawn mower broke at the end of last season and it was TIME to cut the grass yesterday. All of the weeds were tall and proud. Before Chris tried out a new mower, I decide to forage for food. Nick handed me a purple violet and I popped it in my mouth to which he replied, "For real?" Yes, violets are edible, so are the leaves, and we have a lot in our yard. So I picked those and all of the good dandelion leaves I could get. All of this, and many other common back yard edible weeds (look it up, it's fun!) need to be washed more thoroughly than normal. They come in the house full of dirt.
Dandelion greens- enough for 2 salads violet flowers maybe 1/2 cup fresh spinach 1/2 a grapefruit sections removed juice reserved olive oil pinch of sugar Toss greens and spinach in 2 bowls. Separate grapefruit sections into the bowls. Top with violets. Mix grapefruit juice, olive oil, and a pinch of sugar and dress the salad. It was a little bitter for Chris, but I loved it!
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AuthorI'm not a chef. I have no training. I just really like food. I grew up eating processed food and over time, as a grown up, decided I wanted to cook the kinds of foods I got in restaurants. I have one problem. The doctor put me on a low sodium diet. You'll find there very little if any salt/sodium in this recipes. Just add to your own taste. I will probably do things wrong/differently on this website, but hopefully we'll all learn from each other! Archives
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