Nuk’s Nursery

04/17/2024

DANDELION TEA IS VERY HEALTHY AND TASTY

I hope you and your family are having a nice evening. It is April 15th, and the dandelions are everywhere. We should save some of the Dandelions for the bees, as this is some of their first food after a long Winter, but we can use a few for Dandelion Tea.

I have had these bitter leaves and flowers in salads and other recipes, but I am all about learning new ways to preserve foods. I tried the dandelion tea using fresh dandelion leaves and decided to try dehydrating dandelion leaves to make tea. It is delicious and perfect for storing long term.

I heard the flowers don’t dry so well (They turn to fluff.) but it is the easiest, least bitter tea from the dandelion plant, so I made it fresh. Yum!

There are many ways to make dandelion tea, but here are the methods I used.

*Use only dandelions that have not been sprayed with chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers.
Dandelion Leaf Tea can be made from fresh dandelion leaves or leaves that have been dried. It is a little bitter, but tasty with honey. Because of the medicinal properties of this tea, drink only 1-3 cups per day, according to University of Maryland Medical Center.

Gather dandelion leaves that are young and tender. Wash and dry them. I use a salad spinner or pat them dry with paper towels.

To make one cup of dandelion tea, take about six fresh dandelion leaves and cut them into small pieces. Place them in your tea cup, cover with boiling water, and steep for 5-10 minutes. Sweeten and enjoy.

To make about a quart of dandelion tea, fill a kettle with 1 quart of water and ½ quart of fresh, chopped dandelion leaves. Bring water to a boil; boil for 5-10 minutes. Strain dandelion leaves from water, sweeten, and serve hot or allow to cool, refrigerate, and serve cold.

DEHYDRATING DANDELION LEAVES

Place clean, dry dandelion leaves in your food dehydrator at 135 degrees F until leaves are crispy. Remove leaves and rub between your hands or use a mortar and pestle to crush. Remove larger stems.

To make tea made from dried dandelion leaves, place 1-2 teaspoons of dried, crushed dandelion leaves in a tea ball or tea bag, place in tea cup, add 1 cup of boiling water, and steep for 5-10 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

1 Corinthians 10:31 “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

DANDELION FLOWER TEA

Grab a handful of dandelion flowers (about 8-10 heads).

Wash and remove the green bottoms. Place flower petals in a tea ball. Place tea ball in a teacup and add one cup of boiling water. Steep for 20 minutes, sweeten with your favorite sweetener (mine is honey), and enjoy.

Disclosure: This information is not intended to be a replacement for advice from a licensed medical professional. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Info from Mama's Homestead

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Mother’s Day weekend was awesome! Thanking everyone who stopped by my pop up shop at Shaker Square farmers market! Looking forward to next weekend! Saturday 8-noon

05/11/2023

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The dandelion is the only flower that represents the the sun, moon and stars. ☀️ 🌙 ⭐️
The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon, and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars. The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep.
Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for colouring.
Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile. The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth and they have one of the longest flowering seasons of any flower. Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin. Animals such as birds, insects and butterflies consume nectar or seed of dandelion 🐝
Dandelion flowers do not need to be pollinated to form seed. They were well known to ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and have been used in Chinese traditional medicine for over a thousand years. Dandelion is used in folk medicine to treat infections and liver disorders. Tea made of dandelion act as diuretic.
Dandelions are, quite possibly, the most successful plants that exist, masters of survival worldwide.
Every year countries spend millions on lawn pesticides to have uniform lawns of non-native grasses, and we use 30% of the country’s water supply to keep them green.

05/07/2023

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05/05/2023

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