Stinging Nettles: Harvest to Creamy Bisque Superfood

Follow along harvesting the dangerous Stinging Nettles Herb (Urtica spp.) and processing it into a delicious nutritious Creamy Bisque Soup SUPERFOOD. This painful spring green not only has great nutritional benefits, but is also an effective natural medicinal herb used for allergies, arthritic joint pains, urinary problems and more.
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[@opheliabells]

thanks for the info on nettles. I have been using nettles now for a few years and have a simple recipe for freezing so i'm able to have it through the year. Basic Nettle Soup for Instant Pot half a large onion large handful of diced carrots 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced 2tbsp dried ground wild mushrooms salt, pepper-seasonings 8 cups cleaned nettle leaves 4 cups water set to high pressure and cook for 12 minutes, manually release. I use an immersion blender to make the soup creamy and a bit chunky still but not too chunky. Then i'll freeze flat in freezer bags so i'm able to stack a bit for the year in the freezer without taking much room. I like how you process the nettles, it's a lot faster than how I do it which is with a salad spinner and scissors.. I'm pretty picky just want to make sure that every leaf is clean.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

That sounds delicious! What a great thing to freeze for year-round use! I wish I could use potatoes, but I have a food sensitivity to that delicious carb. Instant pot is a great way to cook soups.

[@opheliabells]

@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 can you eat white beans or garbanzo, maybe that could be used instead. The potatoes are mostly for thickening the soup? yes! i just finally well was given an instant pot after saying i'd never need one and now it's pretty much used at least once a day, especially in spring/summer.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

@@opheliabells switching out some beans would probably work too!

[@marsmarv]

Thanks for the tips :) I didn't know about the heavy metals. I'll research more on that but I love my nettles in smoothies. Gotta get on the nettle tea too.

[@countrygalinthecity]

I have tons of nettles on my property! Love my nettles! unfortunately, I'm having to move within the next year....so I'm going to save seed and plant where I go

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Bring the sting!

[@countrygalinthecity]

my son used to hate teas. he has always had allergies.. I got him to drink some nettle tea one day....his allergies left him and didnt come back till the next year...the first time they came around again, the first thing he did was to ask for this tea. He has also been having different varies other teas as well👍 I harvest mine with bare hands now...kinda get used to it, although sometimes it can get to stinging...lol. I find plantain to chew up and put on if the sting is too much.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

No pain no gain right? LOL

[@countrygalinthecity]

@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 exactly!

[@brianlapoint545]

Here in Texas my eyes get dry and red from time to time. Is there any natural solution to drop in eyes to relieve redness if we weren't able.to get visine or clear eyes anymore. I know my question isn't of this video topic Buy I couldn't find anything on the net about my question. To find a natural solution

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Eyebright is an herb traditionally used for eye irritation. There are a number of other herbs that can be used as well. Here’s an article describing one formulation: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11746845/

[@gregjenkins2034]

Do you take zoom patients?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

I don’t. Thank you for your interest!