{"id":1111,"date":"2022-01-04T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mandalinarossa.com\/2022\/01\/04\/wild-salad-greens\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T16:04:30","slug":"wild-salad-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"Wild Salad Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I got to know and recognize the wild plants that pop up all over, I realized how much more beneficial they are than the domesticated greens. A lettuce for example is deprived of most of its minerals and vitamins for the sake of being palatable and not bitter as its ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the edible wild greens I see coming up year after year in my garden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.Lamium Purpureum \/\/ Dead Nettle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plant keeps coming back to our garden in the beginning of winter. From February to April it blooms beautiful purple flowers that bees love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To use in salads I pinch the tops and gather two hands full of it. It tastes earthy and has a wild aroma to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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dead nettle <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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2.Plantago Major \/\/\u00a0 Broadleaf Plantain <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gather its young leaves here and there and toss them into the salad mix. It doesn\u2019t have a dominant taste but provides lots of vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also whenever I cut my hand or get stung by a bee, I chew one of its leaves and press it onto the cut or sting. It quickly takes away the pain and helps the healing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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broadleaf plantain <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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3.Daucus Carota \/\/ Wild Carrot <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a couple of wild carrot varieties in our garden that pop up in the beginning of the winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one tastes similar to parsley but fresher! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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wild carrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4.Malva Sylvestris \/\/ Mallow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mallow also dyes back in summer and comes back in winter.It has a strong root system, so I just leave it where it is (even if it\u2019s in the  middle of the vegetable bed), and let it to its own thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gather young leaves and chop them up into the salad. It tastes similar to spinach and somewhat like okra because of its mucilaginous properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has many vitamins and minerals and also has benefits to joints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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mallow <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5.Taraxacum Officinale \/\/ Dandelion <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course dandelion! A plant that accompany me everywhere I go. It has so many benefits and vitamins,minerals that it begs us to eat it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gather young leaves, chop them up and toss them into the salad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I mix all the herbs\/plants together, I make a dressing of olive oil,lemon and salt, pour it in the salad and with clean hands I mix it all in. Salt gets the bitterness out of dandelion greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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dandelion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Happy eating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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