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Garden Betty

you can eat that?! 🤯


If you've been following my blog for a while, you know I love to talk about the unconventional parts of plants that are edible. I'm a fan of doubling or even tripling my garden harvests, all without growing more plants.

I love kale buds, radish seed pods, nasturtium seed pods, and broccoli leaves (the big ones that grow on the plant, not just the small ones that wrap around the head). I've written about eating carrot tops and tomato leaves. And I've even written a book about this very topic (The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook).

But my book could only be a certain number of pages when it was published, and there's so much more from your garden that's not only edible, but delicious too.

Which is why I'm SO THRILLED to finally put together a guide on 47 common vegetables, herbs, and flowers that you might not have known you could eat. Things like:

  • The leaves on your sweet potato plants (an Asian staple that tastes just like spinach)
  • Garlic leaves (especially when they're young and tender)
  • Corn silk, which makes a soothing hot tea (reminiscent of barley tea)
  • Watermelon seeds, which are really good sprouted (or you can toast them like pumpkin seeds)
  • Daylily tubers, shoots, buds, and flowers, which have a mild, almost pea-like flavor
  • Immature sunflower heads, which I love to season and grill whole (you have to try it to believe it!)

And there's a lot more that will have you looking at your garden in a whole new way.

$12.00

How to Eat the Parts of Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

If you've ever wondered how you can maximize your garden harvests, this is the guide for you. It covers 47 types of... Read more

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My guide lists 47 plants with simple preparation tips to help you get started on harvesting, cooking, and eating plants in ways that may be new to you (but are fairly common in other cultures and parts of the world).

If you're intrigued by the possibilities and want to maximize what's coming out of your garden, grab the guide now—it might even inspire you to grow a new plant or two just for the culinary adventure!

Broccoli Leaves Are Edible

Yes, You Can Eat Kale Buds (and They're Delicious)

Are Carrot Tops Poisonous? Here's What Science Says

You Can Eat the Seed Pods on Your Radish Plants—Here's How

Nasturtium Pesto

Can You Eat Tomato Leaves? The Answer Will Surprise You

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$12.00

How to Eat the Parts of Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat

If you've ever wondered how you can maximize your garden harvests, this is the guide for you. It covers 47 types of... Read more

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