Dandelions:
One of the most commonly killed weeds, dandelions are actually quite tasty, and every part of the plant can be prepared and eaten. Dandelion leaves make a great addition to a salad and can also be boiled, steamed, or added to a soup.
While dandelion leaves may be a little too bitter for some people’s taste, dandelion flowers are sweet and crunchy. These flowers can be eaten raw, though one common way to prepare them is to bread them and fry them and, if you know what you’re doing, they can even be used to make dandelion wine.
Lastly, the roots of a dandelion plant can be dried, roasted, ground up, and used as a substitute for coffee beans. While you likely won’t want to be replacing your Folgers with dandelion roots if you have a choice, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Clover:
Clover usually isn’t considered as much of a nuisance as some weeds, and in most cases, the plant is overlooked entirely both when it comes time to harvest and when it comes time to kill the weeds. Nevertheless, clover is a great food source for both honeybees and humans. Clover leaves can be an addition to a green salad or sautéed, while clover flowers are slightly sweet and can be eaten raw or used to make tea. Normally clovers have three leaves, but occasionally they have four.

Daisies:
To avoid pushing up daisies when times get tough, consider eating daisies instead. Though a little bitter, daisy leaves and flower petals are completely edible and actually quite nutritious. Both can be eaten raw or cooked, and the flower petals can also be used to make a tea that Austrians have used for centuries to treat various gastrointestinal disorders.

Kudzu:
If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em. At least this was the approach that those living in the Southern United States took with the highly invasive Japanese weed, kudzu. Introduced in the 1800s, kudzu is now estimated to cover a total of 7 million acres.
Once they realized they weren’t going to be able to get rid of it, though, people began exploring different ways to cook kudzu. It turns out, there are many ways to prepare this weed, from simple dishes such as boiling or steaming to more interesting preparations such as pickling the flowers and making a jelly out of the leaves. If you want to get the medicinal purposes out of the plant, consider boiling the leaves and making kudzu tea.

Watercress:
People ordering gourmet salads complete with watercress may not realize they are ordering a weed. Yet that’s exactly what watercress is, and you can find it growing alongside streams and rivers with relative ease. The sweet tasting plant does make a great addition to salads and is best eaten raw. Best of all, watercress is a great source of antioxidants.
Now that you know you can eat these weeds, next time you see them in your yard you’ll be delighted rather than annoyed, right? If you’ve ever eaten any of these edible weeds, leave a comment and tell us what you thought of it!

Honestly, the dandelion was not news to us. We have done other articles on the miracle weed that is Dandelion. Actually. we also think there are a few good videos over on YouTube that is all about making tea from dandelion!

However, we were really surprised by watercress! How often have we heard, on TV or movies, when an uppity-up will order a watercress salad? One of our favorite I Love Lucy episodes has our heroine eating a watercress sandwich! Did they know then that it was a weed?!

Go over to Urban Survival Site and learn more about eatable weeds and just how healthy they can be!