Dandelion [Taraxacum]:
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Recipe Link: www.care2.com/greenliving/weeds-worth-growing.html#ixzz2JKN9Uz6I List of Ingredients
Dandelion
Companion plant for: Various grains and tomato plants. Dandelion tap roots break up hardened soil and bring up nutrients from deep down, benefiting plants with weaker or shallower roots without competing with them.
Attracts/hosts: Honeybees.
Repels: Armyworms.
Recipe
Pick young dandelion leaves and eat raw or in a salad.
Blanch for a winter salad.
Boil older leaves in 2 waters to remove bitterness.
Peel the root to remove the bitter skin, cook in several changes of water.
Flowers have an acrid taste, steep them as for tea.
Edibility: Young leaves and flowers are edible and delicious fresh in a salad, while older greens are better steamed or stir-fried. Dandelions are high in iron, potassium, beta-carotene and vitamins A, C and D. Both the leaves and root can also be made into a wonderful detox tea. If you happen to live with a rescued rabbit, they will also love this nutritious addition to their usual diet
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