Vol 1, No 8
Page 1

Hawksbeard (Crepis)
Family (ASTERACEAE)
DAISY FAMILY

January 2004

Recipes, Books, Chat, and Links to botanical, historical information.

Wild Greens Salad Dressing (from Cook's Garden Recipes)
This highly praised dressing can be used on any green salad, including any wild greens you gather. Stores well in a salad dressing bottle you've saved from a store-bought dressing. Decorated with your own label, these make sensational gifts because everyone thinks it is delicious as a spread or dip as well as a dressing.

1 cup olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 Tablespoon tamari (or soy sauce)
1 Tablespoon honey
2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
1 Tablespoon brewer's yeast (or nutritional yeast), available from any health food store.
1 Tablespoon fresh thyme
1 Tablespoon Dijon style mustard

Place all ingredients in a blender. Whir until completely smooth.. Stores for 1 month in refrigerator. Toss over washed greens as desired.

Hawksbeard Links
Follow these links for lots more info--botanical, identification, history, cultivation, medicinal uses. Your education will not be complete without this information, which is not included in my newsletter as I see no need to repeat what other experts have said.

BOTANICAL, HISTORY AND PHOTOS:

http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/find_lat?ALL=hawksbeard

PROPAGATION, GROWTH HABITS

VARIETIES, CULTIVATION:

NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

 

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