Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
We love experimenting with new greens and recipes. This is an old recipe, but revised for a new favorite green. Why should we eat purslane? Purslane is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, beta carotene, and other vitamins and antioxidants. Ingredients:
This sweet and spicy purslane refrigerator relish is made with foraged purslane, sweet and hot peppers, and onions in a sweet brine.
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Purslane tea is a tisane made from chopped purslane leaves and boiling water. Purslane tea contains cancer-fighting antioxidants and a variety of potent vitamins and nutrients.
Often seen as a pesky weed, edible purslane is nothing less than a superfood! Find out the health benefits of purslane, plus how to harvest and eat it.
This Sautéed Purslane recipe has the superfood purslane sauteed with soy sauce, garlic, and olive oil. It’s so simple, healthy, and takes only minutes to prepare this green, plant-based, vegan, vegetarian dish that can be eaten on its own or as a side to an entrée.
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Last week, we asked New York photographer and nutritionist Rebecca Baust of The Daily Muse to hit the greenmarkets in search of one of our favorite edible
Though it may look like a pesky weed, these purslane recipes are here to prove that this herbaceous plant deserves pride of place on your dinner table.
Botanical Name: Portulaca oleracea. There exist two sub species of purslane, wild or common purslane (Portulaca oleracea ssp. oleracea) and garden purslane (Portulaca oleracea ssp. sativa) but forty or more cultivars are currently grown. It is garden purslane that is grown and used as a vegetable plant while common purslane is mostly used as a medicinal herb. Other Common Names: Green purslane, summer purslane, pigweed, pusley, little hogweed, golden purslane, portulakk (Norwegian), pourpier (French), Gelber Portulak (German), portulakka (Finnish), portulak (Danish), verdolaga (Spanish), ma chi xian (Chinese). Habitat: Purslane is probably native to India and Pakistan, where the plant still
Pesto is a stable of summer. Some people make theirs the same every time; basil, pine nuts, garlic, oil, and salt. I like to be wild, really crazy here, and use whatever unusual greens and herbs I have got from the market. They always taste good, because with fresh beautiful ingredients, how could it not. This week I found succulent, vitamin C laden purslane from Heaven's Harvest Farm. This is how to turn this usual garden weed into a gourmet worthy sauce. freshly washed purslane greens If you have never had it, purslane is a low growing plant with juicy stems. The leaves feel water filled and crunchy, but look like a california succulent. some fresh washed basil leaves Purslane is good mixed in with other salad greens, or cooked into soups. It looks a little crazy, here while about to go to flower, I think. It is all good to eat, especially when ground up to bits by my best kitchen friend: Cuisenart food processor! Lots of olive oil and some salt. I used big grains of French gray salt. This made 2 cups of pesto. It seems to keep indefinitely in the fridge with an olive oil slick on the top, although we do tend to eat it up before 2 weeks is through. Sometimes, if I have made a lot, I will put some into the freezer, and thaw it slowly in the fridge in the deep dark winter months. Thinking of the joy of pesto in January, I will go put a jar in the freezer right now! Purslane and basil PESTO! Purslane and Basil Pesto These measurements are a guide, the oil is added in stages, so you may end up needing less. Or more! 4 cups mixed purslane and basil 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon sea salt, or more. 1/3 cup toasted sunflower seeds or pine nuts (optional) Wash and dry the greens and herbs. Jam half of it into your food processor. Pulse several times to make more space for the remaining greens. Stuff in the rest of the greens, garlic, salt, some of the olive oil, and sunflower seeds if you are using them. Turn the processor ON, let it chop away. At some point, when looks more choppy than saucy in there, pour more of the olive oil through the feed tube while it is running. I usually let my pesto puree in the processor for about 1 full minute. Olive oil is inherent to the drizzly quality that we love about it. The desired consistency is a thick and spoonable sauce. With the processor OFF, taste the pesto for enough salt. If it tastes flat or bitter (this can happen if the greens were more mature) squeeze in half a lemon. (The acid of citrus fruits counteracts bitter flavors.) Use a spatula to tip it into a a storage container. Enjoy on everything from your morning eggs (pictured here) to sandwiches or pasta. Perfectly poached egg with pesto and lettuces.
Common purslane is a highly nutritious edible and medicinal plant that readily grows. Learn to find, identify, use and purslane!
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Wondering if that plant in your garden is yummy purslane or toxic spurge? Check out this detailed guide to help you correctly distinguish between spurge and purslane. #foraging #poisonous plants
Wondering if that plant in your garden is yummy purslane or toxic spurge? Check out this detailed guide to help you correctly distinguish between spurge and purslane. #foraging #poisonous plants
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
This fresh purslane pesto uses a leafy plant that's technically a weed, but tastes great in this easy recipe. Ready in 15 minutes!
This pesto is a great way to use purslane. It's easy to make and great to use as a dip, pasta sauce or base for a pizza.
This sautéed purslane with garlic is the perfect side dish to add to any meal. Plus it's ready in only two steps and 10 minutes!
Learn how to dry purslane, and turn it into a powder to thicken soups, stews, gravies, and even to add a nutritional boost to shakes!
This fresh purslane pesto uses a leafy plant that's technically a weed, but tastes great in this easy recipe. Ready in 15 minutes!
Commonly mistaken for a weed, purslane is one of the most nutritious vegetables on the planet. Find out how to identify it and use it in 20 delicious recipes! #purslane #verdolagas #foraging
Learn about identifying purslane, a nutriitous edible wild plant. Here's how to identify purslane as well as purslane look alikes to watch out for.
Quick and Easy Purslane Recipe. Purslane has been shown to contain five times higher omega-3 fatty acids than spinach
Learn how to dry purslane, and turn it into a powder to thicken soups, stews, gravies, and even to add a nutritional boost to shakes!
Make the most of those nutritious and flavorful garden weeds with the easy Pickled Purslane recipe for a delicious sandwich fixing, snack, and more.
