Wild Weed Nettle Queen of The Kitchen

Have you tasted nettles soup or salad?
For many, even the question itself sounds strange.

Unusual food had to be savored, away in nature with my friends. Friends are hard attitude, the natural food consumers. A lot of good, then I heard about the nettle and what benefits it brings a human body.
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The salad is made with Nettles and cucumber, it is quite tasty.
And nettles soup reminds sorrel soup.

What's more, research the Internet. I discovered a wonderful things.

Nettle is equivalent leguminous vegetables, nutritional value is even better than spinach and broccoli.
Fresh stinging nettle has a lot of minerals (iron, potassium, calcium) and vitamins, especially C, E, K and B, beta-carotene, organic acids and enzymes.
Nettle strengthens the immune system, improves blood, but it should be borne in mind that it will also thicken.
They are especially good at cleansing the body and helps to overcome fatigue flooded in the spring.
although the nettle green all the warm season, The first spring months best to collect them, because then this grass is valuable.

To produce adequate and more nutritious - nettle tops.
Best to pick, when the stems are still young - up to 10-15 centimeters in height.
When the nettle, begins to make a bud cooking, they do not fit.
During the summer are harvested only nettle leaves.

And the recipes with nettles can be found on the Internet.
Enjoy and be healthy.