Lambsquarters Recipes

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Lambsquarters, also known as wild spinach or different species of Chenopodium, are one of the wild edible plants I eat the most of. If you're new to them, read my introductory guide Lamb's Quarters/Wild Spinach.

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There's a lot of different types around the world, especially in South America and Europe, including heirloom varieties. They can be cooked in your favorite recipes for leafy greens or eaten raw in salads.

Lambsquarters can be the backbone of a wild salad mix.

Edible Parts

I separate lambsquarters into a few different edible parts: the young clusters or meristems, mature leaves, and green, unripe flowers.

Leaf Clusters

There's no need to separate leaves out. The entire cluster of tender leaves at the top of the stem can be eaten. They delicious in salad and add a great texture and tender chew.

I harvest whole, young clusters of leaves for cooking.

Flowers

The unripe flowers of a variety grown in Mexico are a traditional food known as Huazontles. I don't have access to those yet, but I have a work around for the traditional recipe for Milkweed Bud Huazontles you can substitute them in if you have some. It's incredible.

Huazontles are a type of greens cake stuffed with cheese in a chili sauce.