30 nettles Recipes

all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the lord god made them all., but what we never mention , though goodness knows it s true, lo , when he made the goodies, he made the baddies too., all things spray and swattable, disasters great and small, all things paraquatable , the lord god made them all., greenfly on the roses , the maggots in the peas, manure that fills our noses - he also gave us these, fungus on the goosegogs , the club root on the greens, slugs that eat the lettuce , and chew the aubergines, drought that kills the fuchsia , the frost that nips the buds, rain that drowns the seedlings , the blight that hits the spuds, midges and mosquitoes, the nettles and the weeds, pigeons in the green stuff , the sparrows on the seeds, fly that gets the carrots , the wasp that eats the plums, how black the gardener s outlook , though green may be his thumbs., but still we gardeners labour, midst vegetables and flowers, pray what hits our neighbour s will somehow bypass ours, all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful - the lord god made them all., dalone peel : chronicle of st. barnabas, autumn 1997.

dry red raspberry leaves (8 parts ), alfalfa (the leaf - 3 parts ), peppermint leaves (3 parts ), nettles (the leaf - 2 parts )

plain flour, polenta, egg yolks, beaten up, soymilk, garlic, sliced, dandelion greens or 250 g nettles, yoghurt

butter, oil, white flour, salt, cold water, ground beef, chopped onion, oil, pine nuts, salt, pepper, chopped parsley, cinnamon, feta cheese, crumbled, fresh herb, finely chopped (dill, mint, chives, parsley, cilantro), water, pepper, olive oil, chopped onion, leafy greens, coarsely chopped (spinach, chard, dandelion or nettles), salt, walnuts, coarsely chopped and lightly toasted, currants, pepper, almonds, finely ground, sugar, cardamom, saffron , dissolved in 1 tbsp of water, rose water

rose hips, lemon balm, oat straw, nettles, raspberry leaf, ceylon cinnamon stick, crushed into pieces, stevia

wild greens (for example , young dandelion leaves, watercress, young spinach, daisies, young radish tops, nettle tips, sorrel or whatever you fancy ), salt, eggs, olive oil, ground black pepper, crumbled feta cheese

lemons, artichokes, extra-virgin olive oil, onion, thinly sliced, leek, white and pale green parts only, coarsely chopped, heads green garlic,* toughest green part removed and coarsely chopped, yukon gold potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks, chicken stock or low-sodium chicken broth, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, nettle-walnut pesto crostini