Best Tasting Edible Weed? Lambsquarters aka Goosefoot is Amazing!

[@rebeccawatson9284]

I mix lambs quarter, purslane, dandelion, and wild chicory into our salads. Last spring, I made my daughter a completely wild salad, including clover and the above-mentioned. It wasn't her favorite, but we needed some fresh food! 😂❤

[@jabohabo3821]

So!!! It is important to note that you definitely need to wash lambs quarters before eating. This is not due to pesticides but due to the plants defense mechanism itself. It is covered in a white crystalline powder that is designed to keep bugs off and away so the plant has the best chance it can get. It needs to be washed well before eating in any large quantities

[@gphx]

The powder repels water so what would normally evaporate on the leaves instead travels down the furrows on the stem to the base of the plant. It's one of the main greens in my diet and I never wash it, but no reason not to if you want to.

[@lilahngahere4274]

Hmmmmm🤔 Wonder if it could be made into insect deterrent/pesticide❤💫

[@jabohabo3821]

@lilahngahere4274 sadly not this one!! It's just a powder coating that's on the leaves amd would likely rub your skin raw if applied to yiu in any sort of significant quantity. But don't worry!! Lots of other options for that! Here's a handful! Mint Pine needles, (light green/young needles) Most any kind of Allium, onion garlic etc. Marigold, simply take the petals and apply the juices after processing (smash smash) to clothing or a woven fabric bracelet or necklace etc etc.(this is for most every other option I just listed too) And there's more but I'm at work so enjoy!

[@jabohabo3821]

@gphx "large quantities" ;P like main course large. Lol body can't digest it in any ammkunt but yes in smaller amounts it may pass through. No telling any damage though to be fair

[@ht6684]

Stinging nettle, another absolute favorite.

[@cynthiadavis3102]

Yes! Both stinging nettle and lamb's quarters....my favorites.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

Lambs quarter is one of my most favorite wild greens of all. In the garden, it has fewer pests than spinach or chard, especially no leaf miners! It's very compatible with corn, because both like fertile soil. I harvest most of the lambs quarter as the corn is growing, but leave a couple plants to produce seed (to eat and to let reseed the garden). I blanch and freeze it for year-round use. Enjoy your garden weeds and happy growing!

[@ht6684]

Love lambs quarters, leading a foraging class in two weeks, there are so many wild greens.

[@Mimi2015_]

Where are you located?

[@davidgray1515]

I had some lambsquarters a few days ago with clover and dandelion greens

[@hoon_sol]

Oxalate consumption is only dangerous when it's free oxalic acid, because only that will bind to calcium in the blood and produce kidney stones. Oxalic acid which is already bound to calcium in the form of calcium oxalate will never pass through to the bloodstream, and can actually become liberated by the microbiome to yield even more calcium for the body to use. The way to know if there's a lot of free oxalic acid is simply to taste it; if there's a lot of free oxalic acid it will taste very acidic, like wood sorrel (which has among the highest levels of free oxalic acid found in any plant). You will taste this acidic taste in a species that's related to goosefoot, which is common orache (Atriplex patula), but from my experience goosefoot itseld tends to hardly ever taste acidic at all except if growing under very harsh conditions. I can literally eat a pound of the stuff raw without any issue, it just tastes savory and delicious and has an excellent peppery aftertaste.

[@cynthiadavis3102]

Much thanks for this detailed information ❤ I am emboldened to eat this, especially since have lots of it in my yard. Understanding the issue with this much explanation is totally reassuring.

[@twilightgardener9366]

What? This is amazing info one of my most despised weeds!!! Didn’t even know its name!

[@rebeccawatson9284]

Just eat it! Lol.

[@twilightgardener9366]

I wasn’t able to identity another plant among the lambs quarters at the end of your video….🤔🤔

[@ht6684]

@@twilightgardener9366 stinging nettle.

[@twilightgardener9366]

@@ht6684 ahhhh

[@Junzar56]

Dr.Rick Jellen is crossing Quinoa with native goosefoot varieties to create quinoa that grows in the southwest. We went to the Quinoa festival in Panguitch, Utah. It’s great to see what is being done!

[@GutenGardening]

That is amazing! I imagine there will be so many health benefits, and now I will research to learn more about this. Thank you for sharing!

[@randyvanhille2201]

I never researched lambs quarters until this year. My property is being watered differently that the previous owners and after 5 years this stuff is everywhere. Dock and Sorrel and Purslaine also showed up! Good stuff

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

I had several plants that popped up in my garden containers and I used an app and it said Wild Cabbage. They looked like my collards though and then they started looking like Broccoli. So I wasn't sure if they were bolting or not. And then they started to flower and I pulled them and tasted the leaves and knew they were Turnips. They taste like turnips and I could see a thin root ball. I had just picked turnips I had grown so I knew what they were. I cooked them and tasted them and yep they were turnip greens. I was still petrified because I had never eaten greens I hadn't grown. I had fried fish, turnip greens and cornbread for dinner and had some for the next day. And I gave some of the uncooked leaves to my chickens. But that was really scary but delicious. Thank you Birds and Squirrels.

[@barbaratrivett4925]

I’ve eaten wild greens since I was a little girl. I went “green pickin” with my mother and grandmother. Greens and cornbread was an important part of our family’s meals. We grew kale and turnips and mustard greens in our garden but we would walk around the fields and pick wild greens in early spring.

[@zsanettangyal-fekete1969]

We have this plant all over the country in Hungary (zone 8a). I didn't know they are edible at all, also I have just learnt from you that the greens of the carrots could be eaten. We are moving to our farm from a town in December and I am eager now to learn all about the "weeds" that I can implement to our dishes 😊❤ Thank you for your videos, I am watching them all 😊😊❤

[@salmaalfawal6155]

I've been researching about it for a long time cause I've had it on my balcony for over a year and always believed it could be something useful, thank you!

[@LiveTilWeLaugh]

This is over half of what I pull out of my beds when weeding haha

[@GutenGardening]

Indeed, lambsquarters can be quite resilient and prolific in the garden!

[@paga357]

We cultivate it to make a bush and saute with eggs! Wonderful greens.

[@GutenGardening]

Sounds great!

[@sonofeloah]

We use it in cooked greens medly. We also use it in stews and in egg dishes. I've been eating it for over 50 yrs. We now literally have spaces where we cultivate it along with out wild bulbed garlic and gone native 7 top turnips.

[@user-xx5mv9rs1k]

In South Africa we cook it wit potatoes onion butter pepper and eat with pap ..jummy❤

[@bevanphillipson9320]

Enjoyed your Lamb's Quarters video, well presented, Thsnk U

[@GutenGardening]

Thank you so much! It is just another of the delicious plants growing around our property, and I think I like the taste as much as or more than purslane.

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

I can honestly say that I have never experienced bitterness from my lambs quarters. It might be that I am used to the bitterness of dandelions, but maybe my soil is more conducive for them. I should have my soil analyzed 😊

[@scottfraser706]

Ill have to find this to let it grow wild in my food Forrest 😊

[@beva6162]

I have been ripping them out like crazy I will try and eat some!!

[@angiepangie4518]

I had some turf laid n now i have 2 goosefoot / lambs quarters plants thriving 🇬🇧

[@sabbyjones2308]

Wonderful wonderful video🤗 I was wondering if you would ever do this kind of video

[@Andreath3d]

I just found some in my yard! Im so excited to try these thank you for your amazing video! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lilahngahere4274]

Best when young and still snaps ❤💫

[@anapantz]

Fascinating! Thanks for this invaluable information.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

These pictures are great; by far the most helpful for id purposes. I've had trouble figuring out if it's growing in my yard and have considered looking for seeds, lol. I think I have other things sprouting up that look very similar.

[@Coyotes-galore]

I absolutely love lams quarters. I like it much better than Spinach. 🇺🇸

[@GutenGardening]

It has a fantastic taste! 100% agree.

[@user-rt6xp7jz4q]

I harvested a bunch the other day and cooked the whole thing (leaves, stems, seeds) like you would spinach, the stems took quite some time to soften and the whole dish turned out quite bitter . I wondered where the bitterness came from and upon tasting a few raw leaves I had left uncooked, they were quite bitter indeed . Tried to add a few other ingredients to cover the bitterness but bitterness wouldn't go away .

[@mautri7465]

Informative, thanks

[@GutenGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@belieftransformation]

Great information; thanks for sharing!

[@GutenGardening]

Our pleasure!

[@IamwhoIam333]

I just love this video thank you I live in Northern Nevada and I have been wanting to have this plant for years and just haven't been able to get ahold of it I ordered a package of wildflower seeds of like 80 different varieties and I just threw them around and I had a basket out front and I just noticed today that it was growing so I identified it and got on KZbin and found your video and I'm excited thank you looking forward to more your videos

[@bitas.959]

I absolutely love your videos, short and informative!!!! love them ❤ thank you for sharing🙏

[@Zenkaz967]

I tried this today for the first time. Pretty tasty, I cooked it , then made spinach dip with it. This is also my first time eating a wild edible, I think I’m hooked😁😁✌️

[@GutenGardening]

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesschultz796]

I have seen this plant for years. I never knew it was edible and just thought it was a weed that needed to be pulled out of the garden.

[@stven8363]

Man I had no idea this stuff was edible, I would always pull it as a weed but no longer!

[@Daves3DProjects]

Sometimes I let things just grow in the garden to see what will become of it. Oddly, I found this growing in my bed this year. Interesting video. Now, let's go try taste it.

[@GutenGardening]

Let us know what you think about the taste. I found it really enjoyable!

[@hoon_sol]

Make sure it's the right species; there are similar and closely related species that aren't quite as edible. There is e.g. a very similar species, common orache (Atriplex patula), where the leaves are more elongated and don't have the white powdery covering on the leaves, and I've found that those tend to be quite acidic.

[@scottfraser706]

Im in zone 5 in ontairo i dont think ive ever seen them but thanks to you ill keep and eye out for them. Plus its great if the birds like them

[@ptypablo]

I got completely invaded by lambs quarters when I got compost from the town composting facility a couple years ago, I've been picking it out of my vegetable garden ever since. I'm into foraging but for some reason I haven't want to taste lambs quarters even knowing that it's edible and more nutritious than spinach

[@terrypovlich844]

Thank you, good info!

[@landofevolution9757]

Your video is really good! ❤

[@TheDailyDigestion]

Great video!!!🙌🙏🏻❤️

[@marywhite8517]

Yep looks familiar. Didn't know you could eat it.

[@ptypablo]

I think the picture you showed when you were talking about saponins in quinoa were actually chia seeds

[@boldlove1st]

My garden is full of lamb quarters this year. I mean I have rows of it! I was wondering what I'm going to do with it and I think I'm going to put them in freezer bags and freeze it because that's how much I have right now

[@tommielourogers4327]

I was told that it was called New Zealand Spinach. I have added it to salads and soups, or sautéed it like spinach. Good sautéed and added to an omelette.

[@earthwyrm6756]

NZ Spinach is Tetragonia tetragonioides, a different plant. Lambsquarter is Chenopodium album.

[@frostysustainable]

I have lambs quarter at my property, but as a weed, when it spreads, it's impossible to control, as it's very hard to chop with trimmer, and if left for more than a month, it grows 3-4m into height, as a tree.. I use it as main green in compost

[@hoon_sol]

After eating a few kilograms of it and blanching a few kilograms more for later, I assume.

[@joygreen9323]

We have some in UK and France, didn't know you can eat it...

[@mamadoom9724]

Just a warning that the young deadly nightshade plants look a lot like lambs quarter. I actually thought I had lambs quarter and I was planning to put it in a salad 😱 I dug deeper though and realized it was deadly nightshade. So if you’re inexperienced in foraging definitely double check everything and look up “lookalikes” until you’re positive you know what plant you have!

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

I'm hungry now 😂

[@jabohabo3821]

It is insanely nutrient dense compared to spinach

[@wiwingmargahayu6831]

giant gourami and pacu fish can eat some type of plant leaf

[@lolitaharmon1019]

❤

[@wemuk5170]

It’s called goose foot because it’s technical name chenopodium actually means goose foot. 😅 It’s delicious. Not the most delicious weed, though, as if you have tried the floral stems of three-cornered leeks, you will know why that allium triquetrum weed has to be first (so sweet when sautéed) and the mildly cabbage-sweet goose foot needs to rank as second. Yum, yum, yummy weeds. 😅😂🤣

[@Creative_soil]

Saponins? I'm going to make pest control and fertilizer from it.

[@GutenGardening]

Its great to find sustainable solutions from what nature provides!

[@rubypowers1306]

Can you eat the root on lambs quarters

[@Mimi2015_]

Do they grow in Northern Ontario?

[@GutenGardening]

I did a little research and several sources say it is native to Ontario, so I would say be on the lookout. :)

[@tabby6812]

I wonder if I could freeze them?

[@GutenGardening]

Absolutely, you can freeze lamb's quarters! Freezing is a fantastic way to preserve their fresh goodness for later use. Just blanch them quickly in boiling water, then plunge into ice water to retain color and nutrients. After draining, pop them in an airtight container or freezer bags.

[@googlesucks662]

Knew it was edible, not thanks to my parents but a first nations helping hand.

[@susangribble4075]

I know it as ‘Fat Hen’

[@GutenGardening]

Yes, I have definitely heard that name before!

[@mikemilton4370]

That was the name I was taught to know it as. I am in the UK.

[@user-rt6xp7jz4q]

Also, I disagree that the whole stem is edible, in fact the thicker the stem, the woodier and stringier it becomes and it is simply not edible .

[@geraldhowse8597]

I've been eating it for 70 years

[@susannefrase8662]

😂still alive!

[@geraldhowse8597]

Lol