Every spring, our eyes are pleased with the appearance of small yellow suns everywhere - dandelions. And if someone considers them weeds and eradicates from their plots, then someone takes advantage of them in the form of a dandelion salad. The benefits and harms of salad from the leaves of dandelions will be discussed below.
Yes-yes, dandelions are an incredibly useful plant and contain many chemical elements of Mendeleev's tables. They can find ascorbic acid, manganese, calcium , potassium, iron, phosphorus, vitamins A, B, C, E, PP. Benefits are able to bring roots, leaves and flowers - from them make jam, honey, soups and salads. Therefore, if you want to be healthy and if you do not have allergies, gastritis, stomach ulcers and problems with the gastrointestinal tract, boldly rip off dandelions for food. Naturally, it is better to avoid collecting flowers in the city or near the roads.
What is useful for a salad of dandelions?
Daily use of salad from the leaves of dandelions will bring great benefits to the body and will avoid the occurrence in the future:
- oncology,
- obesity,
- diabetes,
- atherosclerosis,
- cholecystitis.
Dandelion has a lot of useful abilities: antiviral, diuretic, choleretic, diaphoretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, tonic, able to normalize the skin, eliminating irritation.
Someone may argue that dandelions can not be tasty because of their bitterness. In this case, there is one simple way: before cooking, the leaves should be held for a while in cold water or pour boiling water, then they will not be bitter. And if you collect young leaves, you do not have to do it at all - they practically do not contain bitterness. In such a salad you can and should add various ingredients: sorrel, nettle, parsley, dill, radishes, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, cottage cheese, cheese, boiled meat perfectly combined with dandelions. Useful properties will be better if you dress the salad with sunflower or olive oil, sour cream, natural yogurt, sprinkle with lemon juice.
In the first case, you need to cut the dandelion leaves finely, cut the cucumber into strips or grate on a large grater, add the green onion, boiled egg. Salt and pepper to taste, season with sour cream and serve.
There is an extended recipe: add the leaves of nettle to the cut dandelion leaves, sprinkle with dill, parsley, finely chopped garlic, green onions. You can add boiled potatoes, crushed with cubes, and sauerkraut or fresh cabbage, pour oil.
Salad of dandelion leaves for weight loss
If you are on a diet, you must definitely include a salad of dandelions in your diet, as it promotes weight loss. Such a salad will help reduce the feeling of hunger and fill the body with a lot of useful substances. For this, take the leaves of a dandelion, lettuce leaves, dill and parsley, broccoli , boiled eggs. All this is chopped and mixed, season with butter and lemon juice, but not salt, because during the diet it is recommended to limit the use of salt.
Also, from the leaves of a dandelion, you can make mashed potatoes: grind them with a blender, add the vinegar and salt to taste. Such puree is recommended to be used as a dressing in soup, meat and fish dishes. Of course, as in any case, in the use of dandelions can not be overzealous, otherwise you can do yourself harm. In case of an overdose, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, deterioration of general condition may occur.
Thus, we see that the application of dandelion is unusually wide, and he himself has a mass of useful properties. Therefore do not rush to take a shovel in your hands and root out dandelions from your site.