The Wild Edible Weed of the week is one of my absolute favorites. It is high in calcium, potassium and is a great source for a whole bunch of B vitamins and vitamin C as well.
Chenopodium Album – commonly called Lambs Quarters and Goose Foot grows up to 6 foot tall in Pennsylvania. You can find it often between 6 inches and 2 feet, and it often grows limbs like a small tree. It’s leaves are dark green on top, with a lighter green on the bottom – with a light dusting of a white powder on the underside.
The leaves of Chenopodium Album are shaped like “goose foot” which is where it gets one of it’s common nick names.
Goosefoot recipes are simple. You can stir fry it with garlic, you can add it raw to salads, you can add it in with rice while it is cooking, you can simply nibble it off the plant.
Caution note: Just make sure that it does not have an odor like turpentine. There is a cousin to Chenopodium Album that has a turpintine odor that you do not want to eat. Trust me on this one.
So go forth, and participate in Natural Health Care. Care for your health naturally by eating nutritious weeds and wild edibles. Your world and your body will thank you!
Mr Twenty Twenty
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