You can save some (or a lot) of the seeds from lambs quarters, and use them for growing tender young micro greens especially in winter. It makes a fantastic in pesto. I practically live on pesto. I am close to being a "vegetabletarian" -- but in kind of a keto diet lifestyle style. What I do is add half a can of sardines to my pesto. Tastes great and gives me choline, Vitamin B12, Omega 3, and a lot more that vegans don't usually get and they need, AND it is inexpensive. (The humble shall inherit the world) Exposing mushrooms to UV light makes them incredibly high in Vitamin D. The seeds from several other wild plants like nettle also make wonderful micro greens, also goji (you can just plant the goji berry and several goji transplant able plants will pop up from it, and even chia makes a wonderful micro green. I mostly live on leafy greens and cabbage family vegetables. The Lord does provide. Years ago I was involved in the "World Hunger Crisis" through my church, and I learned about a thing they called "leaf protein". As an example, the big bags of kale and collard that you buy in grocery stores have enough protein to live on. There is more digestible protein in that one pound bag of kale than in a steak. But nobody can eat a whole bag of it for a single meal in a single sitting -- way too much fiber. But if you juice it, put the juice in a pan with a little water, and bring it to a slow boil, it will settle out into curds and whey. If you strain and wash the curds, they are pure concentrated protein. You can cook with it like hamburger, for instance, put it in spaghetti sauce, or whatever. Green leaf protein in less complex and easier to digest. I think the best plant for this is moringa, (but also industrial hemp if you are in a state that will issue you a permit to legally grow it). Nettle would be good, as well a goji leaf -- even mile a minute vine in the South, where it is wild and growing out of control. But you can't do it with everything -- comfrey, for instance, won't work. Thanks. I have been enjoying your presentations a lot. God bless you.

@Angel283

3 жыл бұрын

What is mile a minute vine? I live in the South and never heard of this name? Thanks!!

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@Angel283 is that possibly kudzu vine? In curious too.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

Colin Kelly I checked and nothing on your channel.. thanks for sharing this. If live to try and make protein curds.

@andyandroid2155

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I have goji berry bush. Whats the benefits from it and how to use it?

This is exactly the kind of video that I was looking for. Where you tell about the plant and close up of the plant and every part of it and tell which parts of the plant are edible and which are not, tell about its nutrition component and also it's look alike, and showed with beautiful pictures the recipes in which it can be used. Perfect! Bravo! Wonderful work! I appreciate it 👏👏👏👏

My mother who grew up in a family of 15 kids in the 1940's said this was one of their main staples on the farm in western Kansas.

@PREPSTEADERS

5 жыл бұрын

That's great! I will have to ask my Grandma if she did too. Thank you for sharing the memory!

@veramariecano289

5 жыл бұрын

I bet all your family is way healthier than today's population. Sad.

You can grind the seeds and use it, like flour, to make bread with.

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

How long does it take to collect that many seeds? I want to try it.

@themonkeydrunken

3 жыл бұрын

Soak and dry them first to remove saponins

This stuff grew like crazy in back of our barns. My little brother and I had to chop arm loads for the pigs every evening. I wish I could go back to those simpler times. Thanks for your great video!

Lamb's quarter - younger spinach-tasting cousin to other amaranth. Good alongside pigweed (wild amaranth, purple amaranth, red amaranth, ....). Lightly steam, lightly boil, wok fry the leaves - and any oxalis toxicity will depart (like steamed, boiled, fried stinging nettles and its formic acid). Having these plants for your foraging goats, sheep, pigs, and rabbits (and cows and horses) will keep them fat and happy.

@toneenorman2135

3 жыл бұрын

I have these plants growing wild all over and my horses and chickens will NOT touch it.....maybe it’s NOT Lambs Quarters...? Anyone else have horses that will eat this plant! Thank you!

I"m glad you discovered lambs quarter! It's real food for regular people. It's a better green than many that people grow in their gardens. I think it's worth letting go to seed, because then it is free food year after year. That's easier than gardening! The flowerbuds are great, too. The little seeds are black and it is good to rinse them, just like you would Quinoa. They are related to quinoa, so it makes sense to handle them the same. I like to toast the seeds in the pan before I cook them. It gives them a great flavor. But it's the leaves that are the best! Easily in my top 5 favorite wild greens. And it's enjoyed even by people that don't typically like wild greens. Enjoy your lambs quarter!

@learntocrochet1

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with what you're saying about letting it go to seed - to a degree. Be careful! There are so many seeds that lambsquarters can become a nuisance. In our town we have a voluntary, free seed exchange at a gardening store. I am going to save some of this seed and donate them.

@patricialloyd866

5 жыл бұрын

Wow never knew that you could eat the seeds as well as the flower buds but I will do now.. My mum fed it to us I'm now in my 60s i still like it but cannot find enough same as dandelion which i like raw and the roots.. we were brought up on watercress which grows in abundance here and a plant what we call Puha but is commonly known as wild lettuce (im Maori hence the name Puha)😊

@ChristopherJones16

4 жыл бұрын

@@patricialloyd866 what do you do with wild lettuce? Is that the medicinal kind? I have a hard time finding good info with how to use it.

@lorirode-off763

4 жыл бұрын

I would like to know how to make sure that I am getting the correct, safe and edible plants for food and medicine. Thank you, Jesus, for your many blessings!!

@cherriemckinstry131

3 жыл бұрын

@@patricialloyd866 in in my 60s also and getting back into this. I love it.

Wow!!! I've been yanking this stuff out of my garden beds as a weed for decades!! I had no idea! We don't use weed killers or pesticides, so it's edible the whole time. Glad I've always lost the battle. Thank you, so much!!

@PREPSTEADERS

5 жыл бұрын

Haha. And to think, you could have been snacking on it all that time. I hope you love it, Mark. Thanks for the comment!

@kristyperry8044

3 жыл бұрын

Mark T. We have some underneath our steps. I had no idea either. Lambs quarters reminds me of Jesus & being the lamb of God. I just found her channel.

In South Africa my mother language it is called hondepisbossie

@alexb.6451

3 жыл бұрын

Yummy!

Thank you for blessing me with the knowledge and the wisdom that you have you are a blessing to me and all keep on sharing for God has created us to share his love in many different ways and PS I am happily married so I'm not trying to flirt with you but to let you know that God's love is shining through you thank you again

A beautiful intelligent caring Christian woman amen thank you for your informative videos God bless you

Thats so funny because l thought you were talking about meat and then l couldnt believe my eyes. The idea of starting a Bartering day is exactly what l'd love to do, l really appreciate you sharing this today, God bless and keep you inspired.

I planted maybe 6 plants in my 10' X 20' raised bed garden and in the late fall I spread the seeds. The entire raised bed was covered in delicious lamb's quarter this spring. Drying and preserving the extra. Wonderful in fresh salads, and steamed with butter and lemon juice

Lambs Quarters grew volunteerly where I grew up. When I was very little I can remember my parents driving out of town, didn't have to go far, and would pick them from the road side. My Mom side to pick the top leaves, par boil them, then cook them like other greens.

This grows in half my unkept garden (with absolutely terrible soil). Since learning what it is I've dried it out quickly in sunlight with foil and salad bowls. My favorite part are the flower clusters, once dried they resemble a micro popcorn. One of God's miraculous plants that may become popular again with the food shortages coming.

Hi Christa, I so enjoy your videos. You are always so informative. Yes!! “Pig Weed”!! I have heard of that. I like the name Lamb’s Quarters better. 😀 I am so happy to learn about the benefits of this. And yes, I think cooking this is the best way to go. The Weston A Price Foundation talks about the problems of over consumption of oxalate. I gather it can cause kidney stones. But the good news is that yes, cooking does neutralize a lot it and then we can enjoy the cooked greens and benefit from all the vitamins it contains. I’m so happy you shared about keeping this plant under control. Container gardening for it is such a good idea. As always, thank you SO much for all this wonderful information. God bless you too! Love, Mary ❤️😘❤️

My mom used to send us out the pick it and then she would boil it. Tasted like spinach. I also like to eat it raw when I'm out in the garden. I have also fed it to the chickens when it does start to take over. The chickens love it and the yolks of the eggs turn a bright orange, so then you can get the benefit of it that way also.

dont know what brought me to your channel - i just love the information you give so freely and then finish with the most loving messages - just what i need to hear in this tough time i am going through - i need his love - by the bucket load - lol - its what is keeping me going

Well Done. Nicely filmed, well-articulated, and done with a gracious, hospitable tone that is warm and welcoming. Thank you. Aunt B

Thank you for being such a lovely child of God. Always with such interesting and educational info.

@reginaldofelix7926

5 жыл бұрын

Terry Neal Yes she is.

@johnjones8412

4 жыл бұрын

Naturally beautiful, has that glow

Thank you for the encouraging WORD.

I was raised up on lambsquarters you put a little chopped bacon on it and it's better than any spinach you can buy in fact my grandmother claims that it has more vitamins more properties for your body to benefit from than any spinach she was Cherokee just in case you didn't know you can can this you will take down as if you was going to cook it just to the point where it's wilted then you take it after you washed it you cook it just like if you was going to eat it not fully cooked just wilted and you stuff it down and to your canning jars and you strain your broth that you steamed it in or cooked it in you can put onions in it Grandma used to put wild onions just a few a pinch of salt pressured in a canner 4 hour and a half and 10 lb of pressure wonderful for during the winter time and you don't have no greens I am a subscriber I love your head shows me and my wife do both I passed these things onto my children your friend from the Ozarks

@annemumford9459

5 жыл бұрын

Darren Hoffman. I was just wondering if I could can these like other greens, and right away I found your comment. Thanks for the info!

@cjboac9864

Жыл бұрын

Excellent information! Thank you!👍❣️

I have both the white and the purple lamb's quarters growing in my garden. The purple is absolutely beautiful & I've let one go to seed so that we can have more of them. I am from South Africa and we enjoy it traditionally chopped & cooked with onion and potato, butter, salt and pepper and enjoy it as a side vegetable or as a vegetarian main dish served with pap (which is like polenta). It also makes a rich delicious sauce cooked slowly with tomato, plenty of garlic and then a handful of basil tossed in at the last moment which is very tasty on pasta. My favourite harvested weeds are amaranth (which we call marog), purslane, chickweed, lamb's quarters and dandelion. We allow certain wild foods to grow in our gardens and even cultivate them somewhat because they are a year round free food source and delicious too. Wild masoba/umsobo/nastergal/black nightshade berries provide fruit for the most delicious jam! Most people really miss out on some of the best foods by not learning to identify and eat the good weeds in their gardens. They're gifts. I harvest them, cutting off the roots, wash them thouroughly and drain them a bit. Then they're tossed in plastic bags and frozen to use later in the year for an out-of-season-treat. After the rains I harvest lots of these from my garden beds. Along with amaranth, they make good companion plants to tomatoes, peppers, onions, beans, mint and basil. It's a gardener's friend, a living mulch and a valuable veggie. Thank you for the scriptural reminder too.

@ChristopherJones16

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't nightshade poisonous?

the powder is minerals. Don't wash it too much. I use is in the spinach dip instead of spinach. YUM

@johnjones8412

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know what the minerals are?

@JesusSaves86AB

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnjones8412 The power is a hydrophobic coating containing mineral salts I believe.

The strangest thing about lambs quarter is that at the end of its season the leaves change shape to an elongated leaf with a small side protrusion. I believe that they are not good to eat at this stage which is just about to go to seed. I always left a plant or 2 to go to seed but you need a place that is out of your yard because they get huge if you have good soil. If you like spinach , you will love lambs quarter. Also, a side note: Pig weed is not the same as lambs quarter but is edible in its entirety as long as its not too tough to chew.

THANK YOU precious lady

My wild Lambsquarters grows to 7 feet tall. Some grow less, but it is not unusual for it to be tall. I just run my hand down the branch and harvest/strip leaves off. Not all, but most. And they REGROW! So, Even when the seeds are making at the top, there are still plenty of leaves on the lower branches. I stir it the way it is in a pot with butter only and the water just from washing. As soon as it wilts nicely, I consider it done. Then I serve it as spinach with any meal. We love it!

Thanks for teaching me so many things!

Thank you for your presentations!

My father called it horse-weed.. He said because horses are partial to it but humans can't eat it.. As an adult I found out that humans do eat it.. It is now one of my favorite greens along with poke and dock.. I've seen it grow 6-7 ft tall.. I like it on sandwiches in place of lettuce and it's great in omelets..

@sonofeloah

5 жыл бұрын

Horseweed is a whole different plant that does not even look like lambs quarter. Some info on the horseweed: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erigeron_canadensis

@socorromedrano7399

4 жыл бұрын

We mexicans call them " quelites". Cook any kind of beans, add some olive oil, no frying, tear a bunch of quelites and add them to the just cooked hot bowl of beans, some pico de gallo or green chopped onions. Mmm delicious. Blessings!!!

@andreaberryman5354

2 жыл бұрын

Your dad got it mixed up-there IS a horseweed, but it has a single stock with long, narrow leaves from bottom to top that ends in a fountain of tiny yellow flowers along soft stems that hang over. Pretty sure you cannot eat it.

I love it, have it growing wild in my yard. SO thankful for it. Thank you for this video.

They are from quinoa family and grows abundantly in India. We use it in a variety of preparations. Fry them, cook them with pulses, make paratha, make omlete or scrambled eggs with it! It's very tasty. I am hearing first time that it is called lamb's quarter!

@Justlive224

5 жыл бұрын

What is it called in India ?

@davidrichards9654

5 жыл бұрын

Bathu or Bathua

You are so sweet. Thank you dear. God bless you❤

Thanx woman and bless you to.

You are awesome! Thanks for sharing! Nice clear video. I guess instead of getting angry at these plants and composting them, they will move to the kitchen ! This was the best video so thorough .... And yes the Son is alive and well.., i saw him when he healed my leg after being crippled for 11 long and painful years with crutches and/or cane. And now i walk and run! Thank you Beautiful Sister!

Absolutely so blessed by your beautiful spirit and all of your sharing, the word and the food. This video was so helpful. Thank you. May this kindness be abundantly multiplied unto you. 💖🙏

Thanks so much for this video. It's the most informative one I have seen on Lambs Quarter. I thought that this might be what's growing in my garden but wasn't sure. Now I know it is and we can eat it! God bless

Wonderful video ...great info...Gods blessing to you ❤️

Thanks once again of sharing your ideas and be a blessing to everyone! I am really blessed because this is my first time to know about this edible plant. I’m subscribing and sharing your videos because I really love plants. I also love your bible reading before the end of your videos! God Bless and keep it up and always be a blessing to everyone.

Thank you.

This video is the very best video regarding Lambs Quarters on the internet! Thank you!👍❣️

Thanks! will be in my garden next year!

@PREPSTEADERS

6 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful, Magdalena!

Thanks for your good words. I find this so interesting all the weeds that are edible. Awesome thanks so much for the great tutorial.

It was a prolific weed on the farm in Maine where I grew up in the 1960s. But my mother would send us kids (8 of us) out to pick it when they were only 5-6 inches tall, and she would cook it like spinach.

Thank you!

I watch a lot on youtube. This is the first time I have subscribed. Love these videos.

Great content and production value!

Thanks for your information ! We located on the East side of Memphis.

I love your style and you know your stuff😀👍

I’ve been wanting to explore this plant more. Really appreciate your video, but especially your scripture at the end. That certainly prompted a subscribe from me. Thanks and God Bless!

I'm so overwhelmed it's hard to find the words I'm so glad I found your Channel you truly are a blessing and I pray that you will continue on your mission and God will bless you accordingly and keep you safe

Wish I had known this growing up. We had this stubbornly growing in our yard. We pulled and pulled this out to no avail. Had we known it was healthy to eat that would have been useful.

Great show amen

I love your camper!....pretty kool

great video,,,,i will try this plant,

Awesome vid. Thanks for sharing! I eat a lot of this stuff and grow it as well. Something I have done when harvesting from my own garden and in the wild is I just keep pinching off the young shoots. This will cause the plant to branch out new shoots (usually 2) and keeps on doing this. You can and up being able to harvest all season. Once it is near end of season (I live in a cold climate so 6+ months of no harvesting much of anything) I'll let it go to seed then I harvest the seeds to broadcast elsewhere. It also freezes well. I just stuff it raw in ziploc bags or re-usable bags (yes I reuse ziploc bags), then squeeze all the air out I can (you can also vacuum pack em) and freeze. You can also blanch, drain and freeze them that way but not really needed. It does shrink like spinach though so if you blanch them you can get more in a bag/jar/whatever-you-freeze-em-in.

@suzieq9009

5 жыл бұрын

Good information thank you finally more people who reuse zip lock bags we are far and few in between I don't like throwing my money away either

That powdery stuff is high in protein. It has a full flavor but doesn't have that green-like flavor that are in most green plants. Really really tasty.

@PREPSTEADERS

5 жыл бұрын

I am glad you like it too, Evelyn!

Thanks for sharing Christa. I loved your video, very informative. I used to pull these plants in my garden, I just know it now that they're edible. I learned a lot from your videos.

Great info. Thanks. It is heavy with Chesed from the Tree of Life. So, indeed, it is a concentrator and very prolific.

I really appreciate the idea of the barter system! Would be really interesting! God bless you mightily.

Nice video, as always

Funny I just had baked beans and lamb quarters yesterday ,,,you are a kick, love your subject matter keep it up girl

Thanks so much. When I was a kid I had a summer job pulling that and mustard from the potato fields. Easy work with lots of friends walking the fields, great pay!

God bless you my sister

Excellent reading of the Bible. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you I don't think you could make a bad video as long as you read his word I will always watch you thank you and may GOD bless you always :)

Thank you

Thank you for your videos, love and caring much appreciated. God bless you! Many people do not know what the word "bless or blessing " means so here it is, to be " happy" that's it . Spread love were ever you may go!

@AMcDub0708

3 жыл бұрын

No that is not what blessing means. It means an impartation of Gods favor upon you.

These are so yummy, before they bloom. I usually eat the young leaves raw, right away, and I always thought that tastes like spinach plus egg, only even better. Now you got me waiting for spring so I will find them again in the wild... Yearn... Months to go 🤤

Thank you very much for sharing vedio presentation.

love your videos! your such a beautiful soul. i never knew what this was i thought it was just a weed that grows all along my fence line unfortunately i wouldnt eat it because my frnce line neighbors a large cornfrild and i see them spray for bugs all the time. so my solution was to raise all my own veggies and herbs in a large green house but its awesome to know that little plant is not just a weed.. keep up the great work and God Bless!

This is pretty much one of the best weeds we have growing in our yard! Just finished eating about a cup of it as I was working outside

You are such an angel. God bless you infinitely...

@PREPSTEADERS

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, M P! You too!!

Your inner beauty shines forth for all to see. Bless you as well.

@irmagutierrez8302

5 жыл бұрын

Herbert Broughton n

One of my fave foragables :)

Thanks babe xxx

When you pinch off the tender part hack the main stem down to around 6 inches. It will form a really tender bush and lots of delicate parts. That keeps it from going to seed.Put the Black seeds in your bisquits .Yum

I grew up on this stuff!! I loved it, we just called it spinach or pigweed. Its good saute'd in butter, or with bacon grease and onion! I have a ton taking over my garden over 6' tall! Free food!!

Ohhh I had this popped up in my garden ,no idea how it got there. I still have a little but I keep it low now amazing thanks xoxo

I'm 57 but when I was a kid my mom cooked it with pinto beans for dinner & called it wild spinach! :D

Love it! I've been eating it for years. Edible weeds.

I live in NWArkansas at the crossroads of all seasons. Many things here wild including these. I transplanted some into my garden and the came up the next year in a wide band! It's not invasive but does grow without assistance. Tastes wonderful! The pigweed amaranth grows crazy here too, but they thorns and seed tastes on top. They say the Indians collected it for grain. My brothers cows love the tops.

I purchased some Lamb's Quarters seeds this year and while try to grow in 5 gallon Buckets.

My mom used to cook those when I was very young. I don’t remember what all she put in them but, they were good. They grew wild in northeastern New Mexico as free food.

Thanks for All this wonderful information. I tried moringa a few years ago but I didn’t like the fast so I stopped taking it. I’m going start taking it again and hopefully I could get rid of chronic pain. Ive got a few wild edibles growing in the garden. Enjoying them a lot. Wishing you God’s bountiful blessings today and always.

Thankyou dear, you are a blessing. Lots of that Fat Hen grows around here , I didnt know you could eat it . God bless. K

Thanks for the information. Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing the gospel!!

I love you sister you are so informative thank you for sharing😊

I received my order of Lamb's Quarter seeds from Baker Creek Seeds already this year. I am looking forward to growing them in one of my large pots and see what I can cook up! Takes all the guess work out of foraging for them.

i love lambs quarters, i pick it when it’s very small ,maybe 5” tall, i then wash off the dirt, cut off the root, then take them in the pan and cook it just like fresh spinach ,since it is related . i also weed the garden and any LQs we find goes to the chickens,they love it. we also have Purselane in our garden they’re good for us as well as the chickens .

Thank you for this! Very informative! Jenn Stone Seven Sprouts Farmstead GA

I have been finding these in my garden - as weeds for years. I don't remember anyone saying this is edible. Fantastic to know.

Great video

Had some this year that I left alone. They were in a sun blasted spot, received no care. They grew 6 feet tall and 4 feet diamer. Now that's a vigorous plant full of vitality! Yes I do eat it occasionally.

I have to say this plant grown far taller that 2-3'. Last year I discovered this plant, because I was intrigued by the young growth that was purple, and then would turn green as it got bigger. I fed a lot of leaves to the chickens and I had a lot, too. The leaves get to about 4-5" wide! I let it grow freely and reached a massive 10ft tall!!! After it died in winter and cut it down, the base of the stem was 2" in diameter. This year, I see seedlings almost EVERYWHERE! What fell in nearby pots, I will let it grow, and the rest will get mowed.

@ChristopherJones16

4 жыл бұрын

Haha same here. I let one grow and it was massive!

The chickens love it too.

We love lambs quarters! 💜

Love your videos and your Christian messages. You are a blessing to so many.

nothern Chihuahua and southern New Mexico we call them quelites we stir sauteed with pinto beans, onions with a nice slice of azadero cheese and a corn tortilla

You are such a pleasant lady. Blessings to you.