Edible Weeds in Your Yard: Dandelions

I've recently discovered many of the weeds in my lawn that I've been spending hours crouched on the ground fighting with, are in fact, edible. And sometimes delicious.

Since it's Fat Tuesday, which in Ireland is known as Pancake Tuesday, you may be interested to know that you can put nutritious dandelion flower petals in your pancakes. Most people know or remember from kindergarten that you can eat dandelion flowers and greens. The greens are bitter, so they are best paired with other things in a salad. I saw them on sale at Albertson's, but I have plenty of them in my front yard. The flowers can be mixed into pancake batter or made into fritters, as this awesome lady explains .