LearningHerbs Blog

Dandelion Lemonade

We have been having some hot spring days here in Washington this past week or so, and luckily there have still been some dandelions in full bloom. This has allowed us to enjoy a wonderful hot weather treat… dandelion lemonade.

To make it you get to spend a few minutes outside in the sunshine in your favorite dandelion patch gathering fresh dandelion blossoms. You’ll need about 2 quarts of flowers to make a gallon of lemonade.

Bring the flowers inside and place them in a gallon jar. Fill the jar with room temperature water and add the juice of 4 lemons. Add fresh honey to taste, and chill. You can strain the flowers out after a few hours or just leave them to fall into the glasses when you serve the lemonade.

Susun Weed in Healing Wise reminds us that dandelion blossoms steeped as tea can help relieve headaches, menstrual cramps, backaches, stomach aches and even depression.

So, not only will this lemonade be a tasty treat, it will be another way to access the healing properties of these beautiful sunny yellow flowers.

Save a glass or two for the rainy spring days that inevitably follow the hot sunny ones, and perhaps you will find your spirits lifted as you drink.

Enjoy!

-Kimberly

Join the Wild Foods Party!

Do you want to make a political statement this year? Then join the Wild Foods Party.

How do you join?

You get a pick an evening, call a few friends, and ask them to bring over their favorite wild foods dish. It can be as simple as nettle soup or a few dandelion leaves in a salad. That easy.

Then, you get your families and friends together, talk, eat your wild foods dishes, laugh or even play some music.

That, my friend, is the Wild Foods Party.

How is this a statement? A vote for Wild Foods is a vote for natural health care and a vote for NO HERBICIDES in your neighborhood.

Imagine a Wild Foods BLOCK Party? Think of all those poor dandelions..saved. The quality of your water...saved. The birds and fish....saved. The health of the children and pets in the neighborhood...saved.

WHY? Because YOU voted Wild Foods.

"Hi, I'm John Gallagher...and I approve of this message"

P.S. Our neighbors are in the photo with us above. Kimberly made a nettle spanakopita and our friends in the photo made dandelion fritters on our stove. Other folks brought over dandelion soup, and an awesome dish with dandelion buds sauteed with all sorts of yummy stuff. Oh! The lamb's quarter pesto was awesome too! Of course, I broke out some elderberry wine. :)