Poke salet two ways

 I made some delicious Thai soup with some of the poke that I picked out and then I made some creamed (spinach) poke. You can look up recipe recipes for both of those, but just substitute poke for spinach  

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.

Curly Dock and Violet Salad

Grilled Cheese and Chickweed Sandwhich

Wanting a little taste of Spring in my sandwich, I added a little chickweed.  It is winter here but I have some garden beds that I have covered with glass so that I can grow lettuce, spinach and cilantro throughout the winter.  Along with them grows nettles and chickweed. Now my relatively healthy sandwich just got healthier.

Sun Flowers... Sun-chokes

Can you remember seeing the wild sunflowers growing in the alleyway or roadside?  Now is the time to dig down and see what treasures they have left for you.  They are usually better after a nice hard freeze hits the land and I am always excited to remember that there is something delicious waiting for me in the dead of winter.  These are sun-chokes, or Jerusalem artichokes.  They are best ( in my opinion ) lightly sauteed.  They have kind of a nutty flavor but look like a potato.  I like them cooked with fried potatoes actually.  They have around 26 carbs per cup  which is less than potatoes and they have a higher nutritional value than a potato as well.