{"id":24662,"date":"2025-04-16T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=24662"},"modified":"2025-04-02T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:37:09","slug":"cooking-with-dandelion-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/cooking-with-dandelion-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking with Dandelion Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo by Rissa Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

Since 1982, “Wildman” Steve Brill has led foraging tours and provided demos for the public, schools, nature centers, parks departments, chefs, garden and hiking clubs, nurseries, camps, etc., in parks and natural areas in the NYC area. See: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wildmansteve\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n

Below is one of Steve\u2019s recipes featuring dandelion leaves. You can read his entire article here: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2023issue2\/2023_issue2_foraged_foods.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Dandelion Colombo<\/strong>
\n(Serves 6)<\/p>\n

1 Tablespoon oil
\n1 medium cauliflower, sliced
\n6 cloves of garlic, chopped
\n2 small hot chili peppers, seeds and ribs removed, and finely chopped, or to taste
\n6 cups dandelion leaves, arugula, or other bitter greens, rinsed, drained, and chopped
\n1 teaspoon ground coriander
\n1 teaspoon turmeric
\n1\/2 teaspoon ground yellow mustard seed
\nPinch ground allspice
\n1 cup lite coconut milk
\n1\/2 cup firm silken tofu, drained
\n1\/2 cup water
\n1-1\/2 Tablespoons miso<\/p>\n

In a large pot, heat oil and saut\u00e9 cauliflower, garlic, and peppers about 5 minutes. Add chopped greens. Meanwhile, pur\u00e9e all remaining ingredients in a blender.<\/p>\n

Mix the pur\u00e9e with the saut\u00e9ed ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook another 6-10 minutes, or until the cauliflower is tender. Serve immediately while warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 1982, “Wildman” Steve Brill has led foraging tours and provided demos for the public, schools, nature centers, parks departments, chefs, garden and hiking clubs, nurseries, camps, etc., in parks and natural areas in the NYC area. See: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wildmansteve\/?hl=en Below is one of Steve\u2019s recipes featuring dandelion leaves. You can read his entire article here: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24664,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24662\/revisions\/24664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}