Every day is a collection day
We usually only enjoy fresh edible plants for a short part of the year. The chickweed is different. The weeds grow even on cold winter days, as long as there are no sub-zero temperatures. It winters green. Mainly between March and October it shows us its small, white flowers. The plant can be collected and used in dishes at any time.
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The ingredients
Fresh chickweed has many healthy ingredients to offer. Here is an excerpt from it:
- vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- potassium
- phosphorus
- magnesium
- copper
- Silica
50 grams of chickweed is enough to meet the full daily requirement of vitamin C. The weeds are also rich in vegetable proteins.
Healing effect
Raw chickweed also contains a substance called aucubin. This is a glycoside that has a strengthening effect on our immune system and also slows down the aging process.
The chickweed also develops healing powers in the case of illnesses that have already occurred. In homeopathic form, it helps well with rheumatism and gout. Pastor Kneipp trusted her healing powers for lung diseases, phlegm and hemorrhoids.
Tips
Look carefully as you collect it because it exists Likelihood of confusion with the slightly poisonous field gas healing.
Chickweed in green smoothies
The easiest and best way to use chickweed bird in your own diet is to add it to green smoothies. Since the herb is neither heated nor otherwise greatly altered, all nutrients are retained.
If the wild plant is processed immediately after collecting, the loss of so-called. secondary plant substances are low. These are increasingly becoming the focus of research. It could well be that they are far more important to our health than previously thought.
Tips
Chickweed can be combined as desired with other herbs or even fruit in order to provide a variety of taste in this healthy drink.
Chickweed as a salad
Chickweed spreads over large areas, so you will usually discover many plants at the same time when collecting. Although the leaves and flowers are small, the mass is enough to fill a whole basket with them. Take a pair of scissors with you so you can cut the chickweed close to the ground. After a few days or weeks you can come back and harvest the new shoots.
Chickweed can be used as a salad can be prepared in the same way as a salad grown in the garden.
Tips
Collect the chickweed far from busy roads or paths that dogs can pass.
Chickweed pesto
Here is a recipe for a green pesto with chickweed:
- 2 handfuls of fresh chickweed
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 100 ml of good olive oil
- some salt and pepper
- 50-100 g grated parmesan cheese
- 50 g pine nuts
- Toast the pine nuts in a pan and let them cool.
- Wash the chickweed thoroughly, let it dry, and then cut it into small pieces.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend finely.
The pesto goes well with pasta and boiled potatoes. It can be kept in the refrigerator for many days, preferably tightly closed in a glass.
