The topic of medicinal plants and herbs is very important to us, which is why we want to enrich it with a new post today. After we have reported a lot of interesting facts about the dandelion and its healing effects, we want to take a look at its culinary use today. Surprisingly, there are many preparation options with the medicinal herb that we know little about. Of course you can find various products with dandelion in the supermarket or in health food stores. For example, dandelion tea is popular, which is good for spring fatigue and strengthens the immune system. But you can not only buy this tea ready-made, you can also make it yourself. Not to mention the dandelion honey and the green smoothie with the medicinal plant. Perhaps you have already eaten a fresh salad with the leaves and flowers of this medicinal herb or soon want to prepare a dandelion soup yourself. Such culinary tips and recipes are waiting to be discovered by you!
For the culinary use of dandelion, it is particularly useful that all plant parts of the medicinal herb are edible.
Culinary dandelion application – prepare soup, salad and honey with dandelion
We’ll start with three dandelion culinary ideas that are easy to make. We present the recipe for dandelion soup, then we continue with dandelion salad and dandelion honey. These are not only delicious, but also insanely healthy! For example, the dandelion soup is great as an appetizing starter. In addition, it is easy to prepare, vegetarian and therefore easy to digest. To make this soup even healthier, you can combine the dandelion leaves with stinging nettles and goutweed. That is how it goes:
Prepare nettle goutweed dandelion soup
Ingredients: 1 handful of stinging nettles and groundweed, ½ handful of dandelion leaves, 2 tbsp oil, 1-2 cloves of garlic, chopped up, 1 onion, chopped, 2 tbsp flour, 1 l water, 1 vegetable stock cube, salt and pepper, ½ cup cream or sour cream.
Culinary dandelion Application: First collect the leaves of the medicinal plant, then wash them well and cut them into small pieces.
Preparation:
Wash and chop herbs;
Sauté garlic and onion in oil until translucent;
Add flour and stir;
Then add the wild herbs with water and bouillon cube;
Cook for 10 minutes and puree;
Season with salt and pepper, to taste;
Stir in the cream or sour cream and whip the soup again.
Extra tip: Toasted pieces of bread or a slice of toasted bread go well with the dandelion soup. You can also decorate the soup made this way with edible flowers!
A spring salad with dandelion leaves tastes good and is healthy.
Dandelion salad boosts immunity and fights spring fatigue
The dandelion leaves have a wide culinary use. You can use it to prepare a fresh salad in spring. It’s a must for vegetarians. The dandelion salad has a purifying effect and is perfect for a detox cure. The fresh leaves of the medicinal herb taste slightly bitter. They clean the blood and boost metabolism. In addition, you strengthen your immunity and fight spring fatigue in a natural way.
Culinary dandelion application – a boost for your good health!
To prepare dandelion honey, you only need to collect the yellow flowers of the medicinal herb.
The result is clearly excellent – the dandelion honey is healthy and tastes delicious!
Make dandelion honey yourself
The dandelion honey is the perfect example of the versatile culinary use of dandelion. It is a vegan alternative to ordinary honey. However, it tastes excellent and is suitable as a spread for breakfast or something in between. The jelly-like dandelion honey has a pronounced healing effect. It supports the activity of the kidneys and liver, stimulates blood circulation and activates the metabolism. You can find out how to make this honey very easily at home from the attached video:
Dandelion application – you can prepare these drinks yourself with the medicinal plant
Here are two more culinary ideas for dandelion use. In addition to the popular green smoothie, you can also prepare dandelion tea at home and do something good for your health. It helps with numerous health problems and strengthens the body’s defences. This tea can be prepared with dried leaves of the medicinal herb or you can use dried dandelion roots. Or both. For example, for 1 cup you need 1 tablespoon of dried dandelion leaves or roots and 1 cup of cold water. As with the preparation of any other tea, you need to pour water over the leaves and roots of the medicinal plant and boil for a minute. Then let the tea steep for another 10 minutes and then strain through a sieve. Complete! Enjoy the spicy-tart to slightly bitter taste of dandelion tea!
To reap the healthy benefits of dandelion tea, you need to drink 1 to 2 cups a day for 8 weeks.
The dandelion tea can also be used externally, for example poultices with it help with rheumatism, varicose veins and ulcers.
Have you already heard of Muckefuck? This is the name given to the coffee substitute made from dandelion roots. This was very popular in the post-war years, because at that time it was not possible to brew real coffee from coffee beans. For dandelion coffee, also known as flower coffee, you have to wash the roots, cut them up, dry them and then roast them. Only then can the roasted root pieces be ground into a powder in a mortar. For a cup of Muckefuck you need 1 teaspoon of dandelion coffee powder. You can find the whole recipe for this decaffeinated coffee here.
We have presented you with some culinary ideas for dandelion application. But you can do a lot more with the flowers, leaves and roots of the medicinal plant. You can find out more about this and of course benefit from the healing powers of nature!
Medicine from nature!
There are numerous ways to prepare a dandelion salad.
