Dandelion Lemonade

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My husband has been looking for recipes for dandelions. Apparently there are some people that think dandelions are tasty. I am not quite convinced I imagine that they might be very bitter. Not to mention I wouldn't want to eat any dandelions from a ground that was fertilized or sprayed. I guess you would have to grow your own? Haha, imagine that, growing a weed on purpose, I wonder what the neighbors would think....

Here is a recipe for Dandelion Lemonade for those that would like to try it. The recipe comes from the Herbal Mentor by Learning Herbs site.

To make it you get to spend a few minutes outside in the sunshine in your favorite dandelion patch gathering fresh dandelion blossoms. You’ll need about 2 quarts of flowers to make a gallon of lemonade.

Bring the flowers inside and place them in a gallon jar. Fill the jar with room temperature water and add the juice of 4 lemons. Add fresh honey to taste, and chill. You can strain the flowers out after a few hours or just leave them to fall into the glasses when you serve the lemonade.

Susun Weed in Healing Wise reminds us that dandelion blossoms steeped as tea can help relieve headaches, menstrual cramps, backaches, stomach aches and even depression.

So, not only will this lemonade be a tasty treat, it will be another way to access the healing properties of these beautiful sunny yellow flowers.

Save a glass or two for the rainy spring days that inevitably follow the hot sunny ones, and perhaps you will find your spirits lifted as you drink.

Enjoy!