People seriously underestimate stuff that is free. We are always told; nothing’s for free, if it’s too good to be true, it is. Well, shove your cliche’s up your.. chimney, and go foraging!
So it is Easter, and being in Germany that means everything is closed. But my stomach definitely is not closed for business today. I was going into Berlin and just before I got on the train, I decided that I did not want to go anyway. So I walked back out of the station and decided to go on a nice long walk home through the park. In said park, things got interesting…
Not only are nettles free, they are a super food! High in potassium, iron, sulphur, vitamin C, vitamin A and B complex vitamins nettles provide a high amount of dense nutrition with very little calories. The sulphur makes them great for the hair, skin, and nails. In addition, the tiny hairs, besides emitting histamine, also release serotonin and acetylcholine, two neurotransmitters that help to suppress appetite and also settle mood. Finally, nettles have gentle diuretic properties, which help relieve water weight gain, flush the body of toxins, and purify the blood. 1
Ingredients
- 3 cups of nettle leaves
- Vegetable stock
- 1 potato (I used half a sweet potato… as it’s what I had)
- Could add some peas and such if you want to
Method
- Boiling the nettles for about 1 minute should remove all of the sting.
- Pull off all the leaves and boil them in stock water with a chopped potato
- Boil until potato is cooked
- Blend!
- Add peas before or after blending, up to you!
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