Guide to making salads from dandelion leaves

With the arrival of spring, greens begin to appear, which is so useful for our body. One of the first to sprout dandelions. Before they bloom, it’s time to use their leaves to restore vitamin balance.

Dandelion is a medicinal plant, its root has a choleretic effect, it is used to treat cholecystitis, jaundice, gastritis, colitis.



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And here are the leaves as a vitamin supplement and not only: when there were no drugs, dandelion was used to combat hypochondria, the plant had a positive effect on hot-tempered and easily excitable people.

Leaves for salads should be chosen young, skin It should not be coarse, and the plant is just going to bloom.

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DepositPhotos "First Greens" Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 300g dandelion leaves
• 1 tbsp sunflower seeds or almond flakes
• 200g rye crackers
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp wine vinegar
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp soy sauce

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Preparation

1. Wash the greens in cold water, dry and cut finely, cut the cucumber finely.
2. Make a dressing of olive oil, wine vinegar, mustard,
3. honey and soy sauce, mixing everything to a homogeneous emulsion. Pour her leaves and cucumbers.
4. When soaked, add crackers, seeds or nuts.

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"Sunny" The ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 400g dandelion leaves
• 2 tbsp. l of apple cider vinegar
• 4 tbsp pumpkin oil
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 head of onion
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• parsley
• tarragon, salt, ground white pepper to taste

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Preparation

1. Boil hard-boiled eggs and slice them. Cut the dandelion leaves.
2. To refuel, whip pumpkin oil with apple cider vinegar and mustard. Add salt, pepper, crushed onions and finely chopped parsley and dill.
3. Mix it all up and pour it on. Put cherry tomatoes cut in half on top.

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"Green Sleeves" The ingredients

• 300g dandelion leaves
• 2 slices of a slightly stale loaf
• 2 heads of onions
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp sugar
• 4 tsp olive oil
• salt, pepper to taste

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1. Wash the dandelion leaves and dry them.
2. Cubes cut the loaf and roast it in oil until crisp. Cut the onions and garlic, roast, put it on a loaf.
3. Mix vinegar with sugar, salt, pepper mustard, gradually adding olive little and whipping.
4. Put the leaves of dandelions on the plate, pour them with sauce, sprinkle cubes of a loaf on top.

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Dandelion leaves Very useful salads with a unique taste. They contain carotene, vitamin C, B2, choline, nicotinic acid, calcium, potassium, manganese, iron, phosphorus. Worth a try.

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