🌿 Lambs Quarters: A Prolific Wild Edible With A Nutty Flavor!
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2023
- 🌱 Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album), also known as wild spinach, is a leafy green plant that is commonly found throughout the world. It belongs to the Amaranth family, and its scientific name is Chenopodium album.
The plant has a slightly sweet and nutty taste, and its leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. When cooked, the leaves have a texture similar to spinach and can be used in a variety of dishes, such as soups, stews, and stir-fries. The young shoots and the seeds of the plant can also be eaten.
Edible lambsquarters is a nutritious plant that is high in vitamins A and C, as well as minerals such as calcium, potassium, and iron. It is also a good source of dietary fiber and antioxidants.
🔎 How To Identify Lamb's Quarters:
Leaves: The leaves of the plant are thin, arrowhead-shaped, and have toothed edges. They can range in color from light green to bluish-green and can grow up to 6 inches in length.
Stem: The stem of the plant is green or reddish and can grow up to 3 feet tall. It is slightly ridged and can sometimes have a slightly waxy texture.
Flowers: The plant produces small, greenish-white flowers that grow in clusters at the end of the stems and in the leaf axils.
Seeds: The plant produces small, black, triangular seeds that can be harvested in late summer or early fall. - Розваги
My first discovered wild edible. Eaten it raw, in soup, and dried some in a salad bowl on a sunny day. The dried flowers were like mini popcorn.
This is one of my absolute favorites! I love the earthy nutty flavor of it, and how prolific it multiplies with those 1000s of tiny seeds it spreads. Very drought tolerant too. It always seems to be growing well wherever its at. 🌿
@@WalkInTheWildMedia Had some in our backyard that grew 7' tall without watering and very little rain. I laugh reading how they "grow up to 5' tall" on various online sources.
They must have the "Dwarf Variety" of Lambs Quarters lol 🤣