I adore farmer’s markets and wherever, I go I seek them out.
This week I visited the Orangeville, Ontario Farmer’s Market, and loved what I found at the Plowshare Farm stand. They’re conscientious, organic growers. You can learn more about them at www.PlowShareFarm.WordPress.com.
They had Purslane!
It’s not a veggie I find often in stores or even farmer’s markets. And it’s not a veg that I knew a lot about, so I bought three big bunches (being the vegetable enthusiast that I am), did my research, and then chopped it up and added it raw to my salad. I then quickly sat down to tell you about it because it’s so good and so good for you.
- Purslane is high in Omega Fatty Acids. That’s the healthy fat that we all need. It’s a great vegan source for this fat (normally found in fish oil).
- It’s very high in antioxidants.
- It’s rich in vitamins and minerals – but so are all green leafy vegetables!
- Purslane is often found wild, but can easily be grown in a garden. It grows like a weed – which is often how people perceive it.
- You can eat it raw, throw it in a stew, soup or sautee it with a bit of garlic.
- It’s delicious!
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so great to have a vegan source of Omegas– they are ESSENTIAL to our brain health!! without them we can get foggy thinking and all sort of other things– so it’s great to hear about another magical food straight from the earth that will nourish us deeply!