Foraging for dinner 💚Japanese Knotweed (the purple shoots next to the Nettles and Chives) is such an under-appreciated wild food and mostly seen as a maligned “invasive” (I prefer the re-frame “opportunistic”). But this plant is insanely good for you- the highest known source of the antioxidant resveratrol in the world, which is the same compound red wine gets its heart-healthy benefits from. It’s basically a super-food and instead of putting herbicides on this, we should be eating it! The young shoots and leaves are the edible part, and the root is an incredible medicinal often used in Lyme protocols that manifest with joint pain and lots of inflammation. For eating, the shoots are sour and a little bitter and also mucilagenous. Lots of folks use them as a rhubarb substitute in their cooking bc of their sour flavor, but I like them more savory and cook them like I would asparagus, with a little olive oil, garlic, salt, and lemon. I like them as a side dish, but the possibilities are really endless. Here’s to re-framing this plant from a scourge to the amazing medicine and wild vegetable that it is! . . . #japaneseknotweed #fallopiajaponica #eattheweeds #reframe #weedwifery #opportunisticplants #wildfood #wildfoodlove #wildharvest #nettles #whatsinmybasket #foraging #resveratrol #hearthealthy #superfood #foodasmedicine #kitchenmedicine #eatwild #lymedisease #inflammation #milkandhoneyherbs
