#amaranth greens

[savourygoodness]

Hortopita (with whole wheat phyllo)

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[cosmic-d1ce]

Mortality

[lionfloss]

Amaranth

[morethansalad]

Spicy Sunshine Salad (Raw Vegan) - video link

[axololtls]

kofi

[buffetlicious]

A steak and fish tail of Spicy Red Snapper that mum prepared for dinner. Also on the menu is Amaranth Greens Stir-Fry (苋菜), commonly known as Chinese Spinach with squids and minced pork. I preferred my fish steamed or cooked with liquid like in chilli sauce here if they are fresh though mum hardly if ever steamed them before. Reason is for steamed fish, you got to eat it while it is hot else you have got that fishy taste if left to cool plus both sis and I don’t come home at the same timing.

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

I thought I'd use Solarpunk Action Week as an excuse to start reducing our diet's reliance on the top four of the ten staple crops--maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, soybeans, sweet potatoes, yams, sorghum, and plantain--that humanity is overly reliant upon.

I cooked up some amaranth to go with a lentil-tomato-feta salad and braised collard greens. The little pile of nutty amaranth was viewed initially with skepticism, but the ultimate verdict was two thumbs up.

In the future, I'll try to set aside one or two days a week where we eat amaranth or quinoa instead of rice, wheat, potatoes, or even sweet potatoes as our carb.

-Christina

[enteringdullsville]

Oh look! It’s Rosie’s class! Nothing bad will happen around them when I eventually finish episode 50, I’m sure!

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello and good day!

Just wanted to share a few Planting notes and whats been going on round my garden and kitchen~

Today I planted some

They look very lovely in the pictures, plus the Tubers that grow under them are said to be edible and similar to potatoes. I think their pretty and would like to try them once. I figure if no one in the household likes them I have tried them, and have a neat thing to share with friends at least + can share with the seed library or at a plant swamp :)

Also direct seeded some

Dill and cilantro seed. I've never been real great at making herbs grow well but this year I'm hoping is the year to change that :) with luck in a short time there'll be plenty for us as well as gifting, maybe trading and sharing (which is part of my ultimate grow goals :) ) but I'll be satisfied with enough to use here and self seed for future harvests.

Direct seeded some sugar baby watermelons to replace the bed the chickens dug up. (I'll need to make a new fence for this part of the garden, the old one was just simple wire fence. I'd like to put in a nice wire and wood one with a latch gate)

Tossed out a few handfuls of black oil sunflowers among the unclaimed parts of the back garden. With luck they'll grow pretty quickly to proffer some shade and a snack spot for the parrots again.

And of interest, the regrow from the store green onions is blooming some flowers! They are definatly determined lil plants!

I don't have pictures currently for the rest but I also got a bit of stuff done for both gardening and things to try out

🔨I made 2 olla's to try out in an attempt to reduce watering around the garden as well as to conserve water in the soil a bit more. Their just 2 unglazed Terra cotta pots, silicone sealed together and a cork put in one end. The water coaster I'm using to cover the top in between watering. I've never used them, or seen them used before so at this time its to test out for a future project. Plus i just wanted to see them in function :)

🔨 fully made a 5×2 raised bed for the front garden. A second is about 1/2 made. I need to get more wood to finish. At current fenced in spacing I could fit 2 more beds this size.

⛰️ got that bed lined out with cardboard, paper and filled with compost to settle (currently 6 cubic feet of composted manure) 🪶I still need to lay out water lines for both future rows, but want to get one more of the 3 beds built before I start laying that line down.

I won't be doing ground beds in this section due to the knowledge there are utility lines pretty close to the surface. ⭐️ALWAYS call or find out where your yards service lines are befor digging!! It will save you a lot of stress and financial strain⭐️

Plus I can make the raised beds deeper/taller for root crops like carrots or sweet potatoes without having to dig too deep 😉

Laid out some tarp to die off a section of yard to start an amaranth grow spot (end goal, 2 spaces for this. human food, natural dye work material and chicken feed)

That's it for todays lil blurbs :)

🌱🌻Happy Homesteading and Urban Gardening 🌻🌱

4 19 2024

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[fruitypiestims]

Pinkie Pie x Green Amaranth stimboard for @foodielovethealicorn!

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[ahedderick]

Amaranth

   The garden is full of lambsquarter and amaranth/pigweed. I cook lambsquarter every year, and prefer it to spinach, but I’d never tried amaranth before. I was just going to boil it briefly, but decided to look up a recipe instead. I was pretty happy with this site, both for background info on amaranth and also the basic ‘wilt in a skillet with oil’ recipe

https://honest-food.net/amaranth-greens/

Pretty tasty - I will definitely do this again.

[the-martyrfication-of-the-matron]

I think it’s dumb that the Micheal Brain control powers were green.

[morethansalad]

Greek Horta / Sautéed Mixed Greens (Vegan)