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Let’s Do Some Foraging!

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Do you know that you can forage for greens in Belize?  This is purslane…it’s a perfectly good vegetable to eat!

Wild Purslane.
Wild Purslane.

If you are really looking for “organic” one of the answers is foraging.  There is plenty of this around…just get your shade hat on and start walking about…

Wild Purslane of Belize.
Wild Purslane of Belize.

It’s got all the usual good stuff that you would expect from a green vegetable: It is rich in vitamin A and C and has a high percentage of omega 3 which is usually only found in fish oils and flax seed.  You can eat it raw in salads or you can cook it anyway which you want.  Taste wise, it is mildly acidic with a crunchy texture; the flowers and stems are edible.

C’mon then…get out there and start picking your greens…I’m doing it!

Bunch of Purslane.
Bunch of Purslane.

For more information click on Purslane.

I also have some recipes:

Coconut Purslane Salad

Purslane Chicken Chow Mein

Foraging Wild Greens in Belize.

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This one is about eating again!  Well, we do have to do it everyday! There is a very common green which can be foraged in Toledo, Belize.  Wild Purslane has a sour bite to it when eaten raw in a salad.  When cooked, it maintains some slight sourness and still keeps its hard texture.  It is full of vitamins and minerals and the best thing is that you can find it in the wild…so, it’s free!  Yeah, hooray for foraging fresh greens!

One very interesting thing about this plant is that it concentrates its acidity over-night so that if you pick it in the morning, it tends to be more sour.  By the evening time, the acidity goes down so that if you prefer it to be less sour, it can be best picked at this time.

Wild Purslane of Belize.
Wild Purslane of Belize.

I like Wild Purslane so much I have two recipes for it!

Coconut Purslane Salad.

Purslane Chicken Chow Mein.

Do you want to read more about this wonderful vegetable?  Read my article on Wild Edibles of Belize: Purslane.