Make a wild herbs foraged salad right from your backyard!  Have you ever thought about how many delicious and nutritious greens could be waiting for you just outside your door? With a little bit of foraging, you can make a wild herbs salad that is not only tasty but also incredibly healthy!

Take a stroll in your own backyard and keep an eye out for plants such as dandelion greens, chickweed, plantain, and violet leaves, all of which can be found in abundance during the spring and summer months. These wild greens offer a variety of vitamins and minerals that are often absent in store-bought lettuce mixes.

Add a bit of adventure to your next meal by incorporating these delicious wild herbs into your salad. It’s a fun and sustainable way to lead a healthier lifestyle while also connecting with nature!

How to find plants for Wild Herbs foraged salad

Trust your intuition and let the plant spirits speak to you. If you’re thinking about harvesting in your backyard, make sure neighbors are not spraying Roundup or other chemicals on their lawn. Never pick plants right near a road.

Correctly identify your plants and herbs through studying about them in a book specific to your region. This book is great! If you can find a plant walk with an herbalist that would be amazing.

How to pick the plants

Pick herbs on a sunny morning. If you’re drying them, spread them out on drying trays in the sun. Don’t forget to bring the trays in if it starts to rain.

Benefits of wild herbs foraged salad

A wild herbs foraged salad has so many health benefits! It’s recommended to eat a moderate and not large amount of wild greens. Dandelion cleanses your liver, while violet cools the liver.

Chickweed is an anti inflammatory and antioxidant plant that has pain relieving properties. It is also vitamin rich and contains a compound called saponins. The saponins make it helpful for improving gut health. It grows in my garden bed and seems to love rich soil.

Plantain leaves are packed with vitamins and minerals. Eating the leaves is used to improve digestion, soothe the skin, and lower inflammation. The young leaves are delicious, while the older leaves are too tough and stringy and taste better cooked.


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