Did you know how easy it is to forage for wild greens near where you live? Watch my foraging video to see how much I was able to gather in less than 30 minutes. The video shows you a method that is very popular in the Mediterranean for cooking wild herbs & greens. These bitter herbs benefit greatly from braising in olive oil. The fat soluble nutrients can then be absorbed by our digestive tract and with the increased bio-availability, you get all the benefits without having to force yourself to eat a challenging salad of rough wild greens. Also, I used the braised greens to make a pan-fried wild herb Paleo pie. The recipe for the pie will be found in my upcoming cookbook, Quirkier Cooking (early 2017).
Hello Fouad thanks for the video! Just wondering if you could give us a list of the names of the wild herbs you find and if possible their benefits. I have plenty of weeds in my backyard it would be good if I could get some use out of them! Just want to be sure before I get stuck into them though! I know I have pigweed and have been using that. I’ve been a bit slack since having my baby and the garden is overrun by weeds. It would be good if I could show my hubby your video and say “Yeah thats what I’ve been doing with our garden”.
Hey Helen. I found some purslane, dandelion leaves, wild parsley, wild lettuce. Plenty of resources around in terms of benefits. For instance, wild lettuce is rich in fiber and contains a natural pain killer. The bitterness that you can taste in wild plants also has a protective ability to reduce oxidative stress.