Comments on: Dandelion Madness

By: The Man who Tried to Eat Canada Thistle

The Man who Tried to Eat Canada Thistle — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:50:46 +0000

[...] have had various experiences with the wild plants in my yard and garden. Some of them are good and some of them are not. This experience falls into the second [...]

By: Randy

Randy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:04:18 +0000

I personally would not eat dandelion from a area I know was sprayed. There are so many nonsprayed areas to chose from . I had never thought about there no being spray if there is weeds. This would be true MOSTLY. Dandelion are so vital and invasive I suspect a lot of them could still grow in an area that was sprayed. Most herbicides work mostly on the leaves so young plants could still grow.

By: jilene_f

jilene_f — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:28:02 +0000

Just wondering about dandelions growing in lawns that are full of pesticides/chemicals. I know the Weed Man or Lawn Care ppl come to the house like clockwork in the spring, and start putting all this stuff on the lawn – for what, I don’t know. Actually now that I think about it…we don’t have any dandelions on our lawn! So I guess dandelions will not grow if the lawn has been treated w/ chemicals. So is it safe to say that if dandelions are growing, they are safe to eat, free of chemicals?

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:00:19 +0000

There is another post about weeds called Good Weed - Bad Weed at .......

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:27:41 +0000

I’m impressed that you can take the taste! You’re a better (wo)man than I am, Gunga Din!

By: susanna

susanna — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:48:49 +0000

Friday dandelion smoothie:

I live in the country during the week and by Friday the fridge often gets dangerously empty, especially on greens. But we have a huge lawn with thousands of dandelions.
I am also on a candida cleanse right now, so no fruit for me, except for lemons.
That leave me with this very simple smoothie:

dandelions, dandelions,dandelions
1/2 a lemon
water

okay I admit this doesn’t taste great,
but add a few celery stalks and some soaked almonds, some ground flax seed and it becomes almost delicious !
And the good thing is I feel great and it hasn’t killed me yet. And it is free and abundant!

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:53:36 +0000

I don’t have a LOT of experience with the roots. (perhaps because I’m lazy?) A big root looks something like a carrot with the outer skin that has to be washed and then pealed, a middle fleshy portion and a woody center. I suspect the fleshy center is the ‘good’ part to you because it tastes much stronger than the woody center. Its so strong that I just nibble a bit at it. If you BAKE the root it tastes much better.
Washing and baking the root is a lot of work. I don’t know how they do it commercially but I am glad there are good sources of high quality dandelion root that you can buy!

By: Marijke

Marijke — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:00:38 +0000

Do you just eat the greens and flowers? You don’t do anything with the roots?

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:08:21 +0000

Dandelions for Dinner!

Dandelions are one of the most useful and nutritious herb foods. The leaves are high in potassium, Vitamin A, B, C and D, the A content being higher than that of carrots. They also have iron, fiber, protein and a little carbohydrate.
The best thing about them is that they are free and are there for the picking as Randy does. I will dig them up with the roots intact and keep the roots in water in a bowl till I am ready to eat them thus keeping them as live food.

Other then putting them in smoothies and salads; I simply steam them along with my other vegetables.

Does anyone have any great recipe ideas for Dandelion Greens?

By: Ann Humble

Ann Humble — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:18:19 +0000

Thanks Randy for this great info. It comes at the perfect time when all of our lawns are bursting out in these great yellow blooms. If more people knew about these great benefits, maybe some enterprising person or company could figure out a way to market them…oops I forgot that was one of the benefits…they’re FREE! Forget my idea.

Thanks again, I’ll be forwarding this info on to my group!

Ann