Dandelion leaves and kale for a healthy meal
Dandelion is a plant rich in iron, phosphorus, potassium, inulin, vitamins A and C, as well as protein compounds. It helps in the fight against diabetes, gall bladder and liver diseases, vitamin deficiency, anemia and other diseases.
Both green leaves and flowers and roots of the plant are used for cooking. Soups, soups, borschts, and fresh salads are prepared from the leaves. It is best to use young leaves, if there is bitterness in it, the greens can be poured with cold water and left for 30-40 minutes. Add to other greens, your favorite vegetables and season with cold-pressed oil.
Kale cabbage
These greens are also called kale, curly cabbage, browncoil or gruncole.
It contains a huge amount of proteins (which is why it is so loved by vegans), more than 25 amino acids, including 9 essential ones, Omega-3 fatty acid, a lot of vitamins A and C, and calcium.
Kale can be used to make green smoothies, pancakes, salads, soups, add to side dishes and first courses. Cabbage leaves are coarse enough, so to prepare a salad, it must be separated from the stem and "squeezed" with your hands. In this way, the leaves will lose the roughness of plant fibers and turn into soft, tender greens, revealing all the benefits of fiber.
Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a plant that will help improve appetite, digestion processes and saturate the body with useful substances. It contains vitamins of group A, B, C, PP, carotene, pectin, as well as potassium, magnesium, phosphorus and has general strengthening and tonic properties.
If rhubarb does not grow in your own garden, and the vegetable must be bought, you should choose crisp, bright red stems. The most useful are young petioles with a length of no more than 30-70 cm. It is the stems of rhubarb that are used for food, and the leaves of the plant can be poisonous.
Sweet and sour rhubarb can be used to make delicious pies, galettes, jam, jelly, candied fruit, compotes, jelly and many other dishes.
These types of greens are not scary at all and can easily complement the spring diet, you can find many recipes for including these plants in your diet.