All Blog Posts Tagged 'dandelion' (3)

(The above pic isn't mine, I just love it for this post) When I got home, I ate an entire bar of organic 72% dark chocolate, and a small bowl of organic oatmeal with sunflower seed butter (i had mad cravings due to PMS). Then I sat down to do homework. As I got close to finishing, I s… Continue

Mother nature tends to provide us, the human animals, with a plethora of foods that grow around us naturally. Without complicating the preparation of these foods too much, I can say that I best enjoy eating them as they are. Of course, we now call those foods "Wild Edibles", because we've grown so accustomed to eating a diet consisting of domesticated plants. All the domesticated plats we eat today were once wild plants. Through selective growing, we've now turned prickly and bitter lettuce int… Continue

My green smoothie today has dandelion greens, ginger, a pear, one scoop of green Superfood, cilantro, some water to thin it up a bit, and celery. Speaking of dandelions. When I was a kid, I used to take the seeded buds, make a wish then blow the white, wispy seeds all over the yard - or where ever I was. I'm sure all the weeders of the world were thrilled by that. However, I know all those wishes came true and I played an important role in the pollinization of dandelions. As the song on the soun… Continue