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Yes, you are reading correctly: grass! While most people may be familiar with the “healing powers” of wheat grass, others may even know about barley grass, oatstraw and alfalfa grass, many people still do not realize that the grass they throw away after mowing their lawn is actually food!  Most grasses are not only edible but they are rich additions to our diets, rich in precious minerals and vitamins. They also have detox properties similarly to wheat grass. The best way to consume it, is to harvest the young grass - now widely available. Normally if it is within 15 cm it will be easily chewable.  I use my Z-star manual juicer to get the best of grasses and other fiber-rich edibles. If you do not have a manual juicer, you can still chew a bunch of young grass a long time, swallow its juice and then spit out the fiberish pulp.  Keep in mind the usual recommendations about finding food in the wild, making sure it is not a place that has been polluted or sprayed with h...

This is our favorite way to consume these superfoods, by making delicious green juices and smoothies. We use the juicer mainly for leaves that contain too much fibers, such as winter kale, old dandelion leaves, (wheat or oat or other type of) grass or plantain. Otherwise we use all the greens with fruits to make smoothies. The best smoothies are made in a high speed blender, such as Vitamix, Magimix or Omniblend. It is pretty simple and you don't really need a recipe to make delicious smoothies. Just add the greens of your preference together with fruits that are growing in that season. Here are some guidelines. 1. Get a full bowl of some: - young dandelion leaves - young fresh tops of stinging nettle - young leaves of ground ivy - young plantain leaves - wild mint or lemon balm - whatever else green you can find depending on the season 2. Rinse the greens carefully. 3. Put some fruits in your blender and add water or fruit juice 4. Add the wild weeds 5. Blend and enjoy ! You can a...