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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Adding To My 'Greens' Jar

I shared with you in this post that I had started a 'greens' jar and that the first thing I put in it was curly kale that I had dried and turned into a powder.

In addition to the curly kale, I've also added the following ...


moringa that I'm growing in our greenhouse ...


and nettles that I planted near our house a few years ago.

Both the moringa and nettles were dried and turned into a powder before being added to my 'greens' jar.

Both the moringa and nettles are packed with vitamins and minerals that our bodies need to thrive.

Thus far my 'greens' jar contains:
curly kale
moringa
nettles

I have plans to add lots of other 'greens' to it as they become available either in my garden or via purchasing them elsewhere.

patsi

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11 comments:

  1. I have a greens jar I started for my daughter that is fighting ovarian cancer. It has carrot tops, scallion greens, kale, swiss chard, lettuces etc

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    1. Chef Owings, I'm so sorry your daughter is fighting ovarian cancer. Those are good 'greens' to use, I didn't realize there were so many options until I started researching.

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  2. I have my green jar filled with carrot tops, beet tops, chard, kale, parsnip tops, some parsley... everything that is edible but not eaten now. They are grind into a very fine powder, so I can add it to everything (from soups to smoothies to pancake batter...)

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    1. Ulvmor, You can put varying amounts in just about anything can't you!!!

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  3. This is such a fabulous idea! Can you share the ways you use your greens powder? I can think of adding to green smoothies and to soups but that's as far as my imagination goes :)

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    1. Jenny, in addition to smoothies and soups that you mentioned, I've added it to meatloaf, casseroles and stews. Someone mentioned earlier in a comment that they added it to pancakes. You can really add it to just about anything.

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  4. Her oncologist gave her a list along with telling her 12 oz beet juice a day.

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    1. Chef Owings, I've heard great things about beet juice, there must be some truth to how good it is for you.

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    2. I recently discovered "golden beets". Way yummy and still the goodness of beets. (And they don't stain your hands when processing them. Win-win)

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  5. Are those nettles the stinging variety? If so, doesn’t it hurt your mouth?

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    1. Lace, yes, they are stinging nettles and no, they don't hurt your mouth. When stinging nettles are processed, either by cooking or dehydrating, they lose their sting.

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