Harvested wild, incorporated into the filling for burritos. The lettuce was blanched to remove bitterness, chopped, and incorporated into a filling of roasted diced sweet potatoes, black beans, onions, and garlic. Included is a picture of the filling rather than the burritos since the lettuce wasn't visible once wrapped up in a tortilla. It was assembled with cheese, sour cream, avocado, and cilantro - all it needed was a nice, cold beer. Would make again!
P.S. I assume other natives not listed specifically here are acceptable for this BB since not all plants grow wild in all places.
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Pressed it down as much as I could
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Lactuca canadensis
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Here is the finished filling, ready to load into burritos.
Every thing is growing! So it was time for a foraged salad! There was chickweed, lambs quarters, violet leaves, mallow, wild rose flowers, dandelion flowers, and narrow plantain.
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Chickweed, my favorite of the wild greens
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Lambsquarter
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Violet leaves
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Mallow
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Narrowleaf plantain
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Dandelion flowers, these were bitter enough to leave out next time
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Wild rose flowers, pretty, but rather tasteless
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Prep
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Wash
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Served
"And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else."
1 Thessalonians 5:14-15
A little chickweed salad! I harvested from giant chickweed plants growing as a volunteer on our compost pile.
The finished salad is topped with ground ivy, chives, olive oil, garlic, and pepper. Everything is foraged except for the olive oil, garlic, and pepper.
I love lambs quarters in my smoothies. This is a green smoothie with lambs quarters as the green contributor. The other ingredients are frozen berries and flaxseed and almond milk. Yum!
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Lambs quarters in the wild
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Picking the lambs quarter
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Over 1 cup of lambs quarters (weighted down by fruit)
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