Baby Wild and I have been trying to eat our garden dandelions in an effort to stop them from increasing too much in numbers! She loves them - loves picking them, loves eating them in fritters, loves blowing danelion clocks. Of course each of these presents a problem - how to explain that while she is welcome to pick daisies and dandelions, she is most certainly never again to go anywhere near my gorgeous black tulips or the babies in the veg plots! Also, she is only allowed to blow dandelion clocks in Donegal or in other people's gardens!
I thought I'd share how simple it is to whip up a quick toddler lunch of dandelion fritters with enough left over for mama to pick at too. They are super healthy, full of nutrients and vitimins and as my recipe doesn't involve much cooking most of these stay intact.
First get your toddler to pick you the biggest dandelion heads on a sunny day, a cereal bowl full will be more than enough. Take them in and give them a good rinse to get rid of the bugs. In another bowl add 1 ladel of self raising flour to half a ladle of milk and 1 egg and give it all a good whisk with a fork. Then simply holding the flowers by the short stem dip them into the batter before dropping onto a hot non stick pan on a medium heat and plopping a spoonfull of batter on top and allowing it all to settle and cook looking like mini blini pancakes.
Give them maybe 2 minutes before flipping them over for another minute and serving with a light sprinkling of sugar, like french toast!
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| Ok, maybe a bit more than a light sprinkling but this was my plate, not Baby Wild's! |
But now Daddy Native has cut the lawn so although my garden may look neater, we've less "golden kisses" to plunder!
Oh here is a more American and vegan recipe that looks crunchier if you fancy something different and are vegan inclined and can be bothered!
“If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.” Andrew V Mason
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