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RE: Doctor Said I Wasn't Getting Enough 'Yellow' In My Diet
Growing up, we grew most of our own vegetables and I have always been interested in wild edibles. Now that I live in suburbia and we aren't allowed to use weed killers on our lawns, I have taken to eating dandelions. I also posted about eating daylilies this week. It's surprising how many plants are edible but that doesn't mean they are all tasty!
That's good that there's no weed killers being used, and the dandelions are a big bonus there. I have some day lilies that take over a part of the back garden, I'm encouraging them to spread out even more.
I still pick things like dock and plantain, but I throw them in the blender with honey and banana, etc, because they are too bitter and tough for me to spend time chewing on. The tastiest thing on the ground right now I think are the violets.
I have never tried putting greens in the blender. I like the naturalized daylilies. If you eat their tubers, go for the light coloured ones because they are the youngest. The flowers, fried in butter are good too. Bulrushes are supposed to have a potato-like root at the base of the stem - that's one I would like to try. It's another plant, like the daylilies, where you can eat every part of it.