melissa
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Dandelions are chock full of calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron; and vinegar is one of the best ways to extract these. Instead of mowing them down, pick some of these gorgeous blooms and make something tasty and useful.
Total Time: About 1 hour
Yield: 1 large jar
Source: Pinterest inspired
Ingredients:
- dandelions
- apple cider vinegar
- clean glass jar
Steps:
- Go pick enough dandelions to fill your desired jar.
- To clean, you actually will not want to rinse them. They just close up when they hit water. You will want to blow on them, and agitate the petals with your finger to remove any debris. This is pretty time consuming, but well worth the effort!
- Using scissors, trim just below the petals. A bit of green is totally fine, it's all edible anyways.:)
- Fill your desired jar with your flower heads. I chose to use an empty pickle jar.
- Heat apple cider vinegar in a pan to just below boiling. The amount of vinegar completely depends on the size of the jar you are using.
- Pour over your flowers and fill to the top.
- When cool, cover the top with plastic wrap and then put the top on securely. This is to prevent the acidity of the vinegar from eating away at the lid.
- Store in a cool, dark cabinet for about 6 weeks. Shake your mixture periodically.
- Strain out your flowers, store separately in the fridge.
- Store your vinegar in the pantry and enjoy all its wonderful uses!
Uses for this vinegar:
- Take 2-3 teaspoonfuls, 3-5 times a day for for healthful detoxification. You may add it to juice or any other drink if you dislike it straight.
- You can create a sweet/sour herbal syrup by mixing equal parts vinegar with honey. Uses for this are endless; icecream, oatmeal, tea, etc.
- Add a splash of this to your homemade soups for a little zing and extra nutrition.
- This can also help soothe insect bites/stings if applied. Dilute it with a bit of water first.
- Add some to your bath water along with Epsom salt to soothe tired, achy muscles.
- The pickled blooms themselves are even tasty and nutritious. Eat them alone, or add to pastas, soups, meat dishes, etc.
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May 27, 20150 found this helpful
Thanks for posting such a healthy recipe. My dandelion flowers are gone, but I still have dandelion greens, which I'd like to use in the vinegar. Is there any point to that? I can do the flowers next spring.
melissa
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 293 Posts May 29, 20150 found this helpful
Mary, I don't see why the greens wouldn't work. They are also extremely nutritious. I would just rough chop them first. Thanks for your comment and enjoy.:)
Marg
Gold Feedback Medal for All Time! 520 Feedbacks May 17, 20210 found this helpful
The flowers also make a lovely light wine.
Marg from England.
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