Monday, August 4, 2014

Spring weeds: eat and prettier


Spring weeds: eat and prettier


With the first really warm sunlight from the earth out weeds. Do not rush to get rid of them, if you have your own plot. Weeds will help you replace the vitamin a reserves, as well as trace elements and other nutrients. Collected on the site dandelions, burdock, nettle, or quinoa would be a great addition to your kitchen.


Go on the "hunt"...


...dandelion


Dandelion is not so strong in their healing properties, which it has given folk medicine, but boasts vitamin qualities. This yellow weed boron, manganese, titanium and molybdenum. Leaves contain carotene, vitamins C and B2, choline, nicotinic acid, calcium, potassium, manganese, iron, phosphorus.


Prepare a salad of dandelion. This is a very simple dish. Young dandelion leaves (aged 30 minutes in cold salted water) to cut, fill with sour cream, vegetable oil or mayonnaise to taste. The dandelion often add other herbs: sorrel, cress, chervil, etc. And can cut the boiled egg.


...quinoa


Peasants ate quinoa, in order not to die of hunger. In our days quinoa helps people suffering from constipation, intestinal atony, obesity. Medicinal properties of quinoa is caused by high in fiber, pectin, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, quinoa deservedly can be on your dinner table as a vitamin Supplement to meals or individual dishes.


Prepare a puree of quinoa. Leaves dipped in boiling water and cook until tender on high heat. Drain the water, the leaves ready to grind in any way. Separately prepare the sauce: fry the flour, add the milk or cream, mix with chopped quinoa, season with grated garlic and salt. Mashed potatoes can be a side dish to meat or dish, if it cut the boiled egg. In addition, quinoa can be cooked green soup and other dishes made with spinach.


...burdock


Burdock root or burdock contain essential and fatty oils, proteins, glycosides, mucilage, tannins and bitter substances, mineral salts, organic acids (malic, citric, and others), inulin, gums, vitamins and other Leaves contain mucilage, volatile oil, tannins, ascorbic acid, etc. So burdock safely be considered the leader among the weeds.


Prepare the salad burdock. Young burdock stalks dipped in boiling water, cook over low heat until soft. Chop cucumber and radish strips, add the chopped burdock, fill with sour cream, mayonnaise, vegetable oil, to taste. But you can make green vitamin salad leaves of burdock, adding to them herbs or/and boiled egg.


...nettles


In the hunger war and postwar years nettle along with the quinoa was the main dish for many families. Even today, with products no problem, but there is a problem with the vitamins and minerals that are contained or not contained in modern food. But it is possible to resupply the body needs vitamins and minerals with the help of nettle. It contains vitamins a, C, K, B1, B2, B3, copper, iron, calcium.


Prepare the salad nettle. Nettle leaves dipped in boiling water, cook on low flame for 1-2 minutes. Drain in a colander, chop. The broth in no case do not pour. You can add it to the soup, the soup or just to drink instead of water in small doses throughout the day. Onions fry in vegetable oil (not fried! ) until soft. Right on the pan with the onions put the chopped nettles and boiled egg, salt and mix. You can add a little bit of mayonnaise or sour cream, but not necessarily. And no refills will be very tasty.





Source:

Women's Magazine
















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