Backyard weeds for your salad!

Once again it's early spring and it's a perfect time to pick the dandelion leaves from my yard. While I may look kind of weird going around the front yard harvesting dandelion leaves, it adds even more nourishment to my organic salads I make every night.


Purslane is a weed that you always see in your garden. Who would think that it contains nutrients and vitamins that help keep you healthy. You can eat almost everything from this plane, from the seeds, to the flowers, the leaves and the stems. It goes great with a salad and also could be used in soup.  You can receiver five times more omega-3 than spinach and it is rich in  vitamin C.

Japanese Knotweed is another editable weed. The best time to harvest the leaves is early in the spring when the leaves are still furled. It is rich in resveratrol and has lots of vitamin C.

And don't forget the dandelion! I use that weed the most in my salads. It's best to pick the leaves in the early spring. The roots can be dried and also used in many dishes. The roots can be used for a tea and is highly-touted as an anti-cancer remedy.

Now there are even more weeds growing in your lawn and garden that are probably packed with even more essential vitamins and nutrients that you are unaware of. From Natural News...

http://www.naturalnews.com/040176_edible_weeds_free_food_garden.html