Survival Food Series #10 : Eat the Weed(s), Flowers and Roots! What You Can Eat From Your Own Backyard!

# 10 Pigweed/Amaranth is edible from flower to root, no processing needed. This wonderful wild grain is edible in many ways and can provide something delicious for the table from seedling to maturity. The plants and stems are edible even when mature. Once seeds are dry and mature just rub or bounce them into a container to make porridge, bread or crackers.

Above and below see two from my pasture!

Very easy to grow and once establish will repopulate themselves with volunteers all across your yard or pasture. One year we decided to let all of our vegetation grow up to see what various edibles we might have...we found so many we never dreamed where available right here under our noses. We worry much less now about keeping things tidy and many times just let the weeds grow...

Our little fenced area away from small livestock in our backyard below. As you can see we kind of let it go and see, what God provides!

Nutrition highlights for amaranth include, high levels of manganese, calcium, and magnesium and B6.

Nutrition link for the greens cooked:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2304/2

Amaranth grains provide approximately 20% protein, 29% iron and many other essential vitamins and minerals for your diet giving many reasons to add this to your weed walk hunt!

Nutrition link for the grains cooked:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/10640/2

Thank you for reading and I hope everyone enjoyed the eclipse!
Love and Peace,
Melissa

All images and text original from @joearnold.

Other articles in this series if you would like to catch up!

https://steemit.com/food/@joearnold/survival-food-series-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard #1

https://steemit.com/survivalist/@joearnold/survival-food-series-2-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/survivalist/@joearnold/survival-food-series-3-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/food/@joearnold/survival-food-series-4-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/health/@joearnold/survival-food-series-5-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/food/@joearnold/survival-food-series-6-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/homesteading/@joearnold/survival-food-series-7-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/homesteading/@joearnold/survival-food-series-8-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

https://steemit.com/homesteading/@joearnold/survival-food-series-9-eat-the-weed-s-flowers-and-roots-what-you-can-eat-from-your-own-backyard

Disclaimer: As with all edibles, you want to collect away from roadsides that might be covered in heavy metals or other contaminates. This is not intended to be medical or expert advice. Readers of this article and harvesters of all plants takes full responsibility for use of any plant and should use appropriate precautions in identification of any plant before ingesting.

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