Edible Greenbrier tendrils

 I was walking down the alleyway behind my house and search a poke salet When I spied some greenbriar growing beside the poke.  So I decided to have a little snack. The tenders of the Greenbrier are so tasty, nice and crunchy.

Thai soup with foraged greens I don’t know why we look further than our own backyards for nutritious food?

 Thai soup with foraged greens. I love a good spicy Thai soup. I found all the ingredients out in the yard and in the alleyway. I have squash blossoms from my garden, some sort of squash that I have no idea what the name of it is, lambs quarters, Primrose leaves and Primrose buds, and curly dock leaves. I did, of course, add coconut milk, a little bit of chili paste and ginger and a teaspoon of sugar and some garlic. It was delicious! I didn’t have to worry about anything being poisoned or for that matter hard to grow. Most of the world sees some of this food as weeds and it’s because it grows without any effort on your part. I will probably be picking lambs quarters and curly dock leaves all summer long. I don’t know why we look further than our own backyards for nutritious food?

Summer greens That you may have never thought about

That you may have never thought about. 

 This summer salad includes lettuce, with the additions of curly dock greens, okra and sweet potato leaves. I chop them up and take the ribs out before adding them to the salad. These leaves are very nutritious and I cannot decipher the difference between them and lettuce once I’ve added my dressings. The pasta Primavera also includes gifts from the garden. I added garlic, tomatoes, and basil, all from the summer garden.

so my curly dock was cut down to the ground at the middle of summer and now it’s sprouting new growth so the salad has curly dock in it for one. Also I have since planted okra and sweet potatoes. Did you know that you can eat the leaves of both okra and sweet potatoes?! I chopped them up very small and add them to my salad as they are a little bit tougher than what you’re used to if you’re just used to eating lettuce If you chop them up small though you’ll never know the difference :-) also the pasta Primavera had fresh basil, garlic, and tomatoes from the garden.

Curly Dock and Violet Salad