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About what wild plants and how to use them, I have already learned in the first spring of my raw food diet. However it is funny, but when it's all beginning to turn green and bloom, I really smelled so nice that even I wanted to taste. Since I was not aware of what is and what is poisonous, had pokopaytes in a very new information for me. But she was so interesting and valuable that I couldn't stop. And now I understand that one life is not enough to understand the wealth that surrounds us, and which we underestimate.
My excursion into the ”wild world of cooking” started from the nettle as it is the only herbs I've ever tasted in childhood (mother spring was added to the diet). But very quickly my range has expanded, as the nettle grows many other plants, and I was curious, what else can provati 😎 . So I plunged into the unknown world of wild plants that grow right under our feet, and which is an invaluable wealth, and we don't pay any attention to them.
In nature there are many plants that are not only used as medicines but since ancient times are used in food. Somehow, most of us instinctively disapproves of the idea of inclusion in the diet of wild plants. Many believe that the grass is food for cattle, but not for humans. In fact, many wild plants can help us to expand our diet, to cook new delicious and very healthy dishes with herbs that cost free and help to heal the body when it lacks vitamins and minerals.
So my family does not drink any vitamin tablets and supplements, but we replenished annually, including wild plants in your diet. And it happens so naturally and automatically that I don't even care that we can something not be missed. No wonder they grow in the spring, when all the deficiency after the winter. This gift of mother nature.
A big plus dikorastushchikh herbs that they grow out of the ground the very first, as soon as the sun warms, so I have a very strong capacity, energy, nutrients. And some people are accustomed to consume, such as wild garlic that smells like garlic. Its polls are sold in the markets, so for us this is the norm, which is not true of nettles and other wild herbs. But much more useful is them that grow independently in pure nature than that in greenhouses due to chemistry. However, in the choice of food is guided by Yudina habits, not knowledge and common sense. And fortunately for all of us that habits can be changed.
Where better to look for wild plants? On what to pay attention? And how delicious to serve?
If you have your own land and you are not treated with chemicals, it is best to pick herbs for yourself. There is a belief that the weeds that grow in your garden, are your medicine, so you need to use them in food, and not to destroy. My parents for example actively growing quinoa, so we love and consume.
Since quinoa is considered a weed, the mother actively fought, but now the quinoa even has a separate hradecka)), although it grows in the garden and not bothering anyone, and we have a great replacement for spinach all spring. Yes, that's spinach, because they taste so similar that it is difficult to distinguish.
We all consume wild plants raw, though they can and to cook. We eat them in salads, sauces and smoothies, mixing with fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, spices. Luba greens very well with anything, so restrictions on fantasies no.
For example, quinoa can make a delicious green soup: in a blender mix quinoa, avocado, green onions, lettuce ( it is possible and without it), and orange juice. If no juice, then get a thick sauce. Tasty and healthy.
And I really love the woodlouse. It is a unique plant. It's all fighting, as a wicked weed, but it is very hardy, therefore, deserves special attention. It is neutral in taste, odorless, tender and juicy. A dish with cauliflower and a sauce of sunflower seeds. Such a useful variation on the salad))
We used nettles in smoothies, or juices, as her must-grind, so it does not Zhalilo. Enough to whisk it with water or citrus juice and strain. Or you can make a thick cocktail of nettle and fruit. Nettle is to put a small fraction, as it has a distinct taste, but add to this vitamin cocktail can goutweed and nettle. And Apple, banana and water will make it tasty and a nice consistency.
And for dessert, nature also has something to surprise us 😉 of Culpably honey. Is very simple, and the taste of honey will be floral. The flowers of the dandelion add honey, after a while the dandelion nastiti juice, and honey becomes liquid and aromatic. Store this syrup should be refrigerated.
Of course don't need to eat everything and in large quantities, it is necessary to remember that herbs are drugs, not the main meal. So must be attached to the diet, and to be used with understanding of their needs. Do not eat what we don't like, and what no appetite. But we must remember that the body does not know where the hidden source of energy and vitamins. So you need to give him at least try. And when the body will feel the value of this source, believe is appetite, and will really savor.
Of course it is best to eat fresh and in season. But herbs can and to prepare and dry them. And winter will have a real treasure