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I eat most of these flowers on the list. Especially nice in salads. I use so much purslane that I grow it myself. There are many others, like nopales that are standards for me. I learned a lot about vegetarian eating from my neighbor who is East Indian and eats strictly vegetarian.
Diet Calendar Entries for 08 August 2019:
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1281 kcal
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Fat: 46.52g | Prot: 64.29g | Carb: 166.82g.
Breakfast: Trader Joe's Boneless Beef Rib Eye Steak, Hampton Hills Fajita Vegetable Mix, Sarabeth's Orange Apricot Marmalade, Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains & Seeds Thin-Sliced, POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice, Maxwell House International Cafe Orange, Egg, Welch’s grape juice and Hibiscus drink. Lunch: Cooked Green String Beans (from Frozen), La Megara Sardines with lemon, Vegetable Soup (Home Recipe), Dave's Killer Bread Thin-Sliced Organic Bread 21 Whole Grains & Seeds, Cantaloupe Melons. Dinner: Sprouts Farmers Market Seedsational Whole Grain Bread, Barilla Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti Pasta, Homemade-Style Spaghetti Sauce with Beef or Meat, Cooked Broccoli (from Fresh), HEB Broccolini. Snacks/Other: Honeymaid Chocolate Grahams. more...
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1604 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 30 minutes, Cooking - 2 hours, Housework - 3 hours, Resting - 10 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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I’ve wanted to try eating flowers. Some of them look really pretty. Thanks for the info! Now to find a store around here that has them.
08 Aug 19 by member: SolarFlare3
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I found the url for that article here
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/edible-flowers
08 Aug 19 by member: SolarFlare3
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SolarFlare3– the dandelion I get from peoples yards, the nasturtium grows wild everywhere here in California., I actually use amazon for my hibiscus although you can buy it at a Sprouts, Whole Foods and most Hispanic markets. The purslane is probably growing in the cracks of your sidewalk (I found the actual plants at Home Depot and grow them myself) Lavender grows wild around here and everyone in my neighborhood grows it. Many of my neighbors grow curry and tea leaves for their ethnic cooking so I have easy access to those. Same with the honeysuckle— lots of that around here. I go hiking a lot and find wild radish. Read up on these plants and see if they might be more easily available than you might think.. purslane and hibiscus, and Nopales have positive health benefits and have been used by indigenous peoples to treat high BP and diabetes for centuries. I did the medical research on the claims for those plants and found that there are many cited supportive articles in the literature. I have neither of those issues and I don’t have anyone in my world who has these afflictions who are willing to eat them. Oh well.
08 Aug 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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I did have dandelion once. I saw it growing and wanted to taste it. It really wasn’t bad. Some people thought I was afflicted with pica but I only tried it because I had heard they were being used to make teas and jellies and all kinds of stuff. That was years ago. I was planning on having a flowerbed this will really help with my selection
08 Aug 19 by member: SolarFlare3
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SolarFlare3- the favorite thing that my neighbor makes is sautéed radish LEAVES. SAUTEES in ghee, than mixes a small amount of garbanzo bean flour . OMG so good. She has no recipes, she works strictly off of taste and memory. She makes things for me all the time, especially when I was still working. I would come home at night after working 18 hours and she would show up on my door step with food. Wonderful people.
08 Aug 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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You do t even need the URL, just Google HEALTHLINE EDIBLE FLOWER ARTICLE. .
10 Aug 19 by member: Kenna Morton
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