Sun choke sprouts

  Sun choke sprouts    Like so many other growing things both the tops and the part that lies under the earth are edible. I had a bunch of sunchokes left over from last year as usual. I pickled them, fry them with potatoes, and add them to beans and other things for an added crunch. Because so many of them had already sprouted I decided to see about adding the sprouts to my salad. They also add a delicious crunch to a salad 

cleaver tonic with pineapple and orange juice

 A friend posted yesterday that she makes cleaver/pineapple juice for her kids each spring and they love it.  I had tried cleavers before and wasn't blown away by the texture so I thought the idea of putting them in a juicer w other greens might just be the thing.  I added some fresh mint, lambsquarters and the petals of dandelion just for fun.  I had opened a can of pineapple and kept the juice a couple of days ago and had a mandarin orange on hand and threw them all together in the juicer and man, was it good!!

What’s in your salad?

I look forward to this time of year for all sorts of things popping up in my yard and my garden.  Here are some finds for this year's salads

Turnip flowers from wintered over turnips

Violet flowers and leaves

curly dock leaves

dandelion flower petals and evening primrose leaves  and lambsquarter microgreens

 There’s nothing I like better than to throw a bunch of spring flowers and a beautiful spring salad. Fortunately I have lots of wild greens and flowers growing in my yard and I bet you do too.