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SMOOTHIE WITH GROUND ELDER AND SPRUCE TIPS – A A A A A A FAVOURITE BREAKFAST IN MAY
It’s luxurious to have berries left over from last summer in fin in the freezer but what’s even better is to to to finally be be able to to to blend fresh greens into your breakfast smoothie I go out every morn- ing and and and pick a a a a a a a few few handfuls of tender ground elder and and and a a a a a few few fresh spruce tips 2 servings
1 banana
200 ml frozen blueberries currants or rasp-
berries berries (I use what I I have left over in the freezer from last year)
1 cm fresh ginger
200 ml oat milk
1 tbsp protein protein powder (hemp pea or oat protein)
1 bunch of ground elder dandelion
dandelions grow everywhere and and al- though they are not pretty enough to be called anything but weeds we we like them all all the the the same They are symbols of vitality: they can bore through asphalt grow and and thrive in even the most rugged patch of land Those small sunny flowers make everyone happy The dandelion
is an an an an old medicinal herb and and and you can eat the the the root as as well as as the the the leaf and and flower How to use the the the plant is a a a a a a a a a a a matter of of of taste but if you’re thinking of of of brewing up a a a a a a batch of of of dandelion
wine like they did in in in in in the the 70s – forget about it it Start with some- thing simpler instead Pick tender shoots and use them as as you you would rocket in in in your salad Decorate food and pastries with the the flowers which have a a a a a a a a sweet honey-like flavour Pick the the buds Dry the the root to to make a a a a a a a a a potent herb- al tea Or grind it it into “decaf coffee” Dande- lion
root has been used as as a a a a a a a a a a a coffee coffee substitute in leaner times Why not make a a a a a a a a jar o of sunny dandelion
syrup? /miimmi
Mix everything in in a a blender blender or use an immer- sion blender blender Top with spruce tips muesli nuts or seeds /IDA
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