Using Dandelions

[Linette]

I am amazed at all the uses for dandelions! Who would have ever thought? Thank you so much!

[jaime]

Freebie Queen, I didn't know the allergie thing...I have horrible allergies what a yummy way to treat them. I could take a picture of the jar, but I don't think it does it justice.

[tsgal]

I love this, dandelion jelly......I have to make some. We have these little yellow flowers everywhere. I'm so loving the idea of using them for making jelly. And it helps with allergies too.......I'm all over this one. Our allergies have been so bad this year, I love the idea of saving some money and making this jelly. I have been spending $30.00 on a little bottle of Zyrtec. Thank you Jaime for make that jelly, and giving me an idea of how it taste. I'm going to start picking to get my jelly made soon.

[JoAnn]

Thank you Jaime for making that jelly, and giving me an idea of how it taste.

Really do appreciate this input.

[Linette]

Wow--it helps with allergies too? I may have to do the jelly thing also. I also buy local honey and it works but I never thought about dandelions helping. I have been here two days and love this place, haha.

[jkpjohnson]

I never have also, but they are plentiful where I live MN. I guess we are always trying to get rid of them, never thought about using them. We take pride of our Lush Green Grass, the little flowers are not welcome, and they jump from yard to yard.

[redring]

LOL Portel has a sweet italian sasage pasta dish that you add the dandylion greens to. Dh never lets me though. He cant get over it being a weed. Also they are a good replacement for kale in the zappa tuscana soup recipe. They are suposed to be an antitoxadant.

[JoAnn]

Awesome input here, I never realized how many uses to get out of these dandelions (weeds).

[brchbell]

Originally Posted by JoAnn

Awesome input here, I never realized how many uses to get out of these dandelions (weeds).

Just a note to make you aware that not all dandelions are the same! If you are using them as greens: the ones in your lawn that you cut and they regrow are not good for greens! When you cut and regrow and cut and go through the cycle they get bitter and more bitter as they continue to get cut and regrow. I can have dandelion greens all season because I live in the country and can collect them in the wild never sprayed and never cut. I taught a class last year on my property where I took them out and we collected wild foods to fix a meal. It was a lot of fun and they were all amazed to see the wild dandelions. We had an awesome salad with grasses and wild greens and rose petals and violets. Even found several hickory nuts to add to it. I've taught my children that they can live all year on just what we have growing wild on our land if they know what they are doing and do some planning. We had to give up our wild plums, blackberries ect for a few years as we had a lot of black bears feasting on them but the conservation folks finally came and collected them all (5) and replanted them to other areas of the state so we've been able to really collect a lot these last two years. I've only got one small package of blackberries left in the freezer and maybe 5 jars of wild plum jams left. My kids love tart plum jam so they really went through it this winter!

[rtebalt]

Wow! Very cool! Thanks!