A soaked muffin using whole wheat pastry flour and oatmeal, lightly sweetened with honey, is speckled with dandelion petals. It’s a lovely muffin, just perfect for serving with a springy soup.
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Once you have harvested wild nettles, you have to do something with them! I decided to make the classic nettle soup. A simple soup made from potatoes, broth, onion and garlic, and, of course, nettles combine into a creamy soup with a subtle nettle overtone.
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I figured that nettles were not only very easy to identify (if in doubt, touch it and you will soon found out!), but I really wanted to get some because of their health benefits. Think, like spinach but better. High in iron, calcium, vitamin C, and a plethora of other nutrients, it has been used fresh and dried for many nutritional or medical uses over many years. Traditional uses include treating eczcema, arthritis, as a blood purifier, and many more. It’s also supposed to help with seasonal allergies (something my husband suffers from). I figured it was worth a shot, after all it was free!
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