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Wild Greens Bagel

Written and Photographed by Juliet Blankespoor

Wild greens bagel recipe.

Wild greens bagel recipe.

One of my favorite breakfast dishes; a heart-friendly, wild foods/herbal version of the classic toasted bagel—Violet leaves and flowers and chickweed greens with a raw garlic olive oil sauce atop a whole grain bagel. Both chickweed and violets are rich in anti-oxidant vitamins and the violet flowers are colored by bio-flavanoids. Both wild greens also contain soluble fiber (like oatmeal, barley, most beans, prickly pear, okra, etc.), which helps to remove excess cholesterol from the body. I find that liberal olive oil mixed with raw garlic helps to mellow the garlic’s intensity and reduces heat symptoms in the digestive system, such as heartburn or indigestion.

Wild Greens Bagel Recipe

This recipe is a heart-healthy twist on the classic toasted bagel featuring violet leaves and flowers, chickweed greens, and homemade medicinal garlic sauce served on a whole grain bagel. 
Course Snack
Yield 1 bagel

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Whole grain bagel
  • Handful of wild greens
  • Handful of violet leaves and flowers
  • 1 Tablespoon Homemade Medicinal Garlic Sauce (Recipe here)

Directions
 

  • Gather wild greens (such as chickweed), violet leaves and flowers.
  • Slather both sides of a toasted bagel with Homemade Medicinal Garlic Sauce.
  • Top bagel with wild greens, violet leaves and flowers.

Notes

Olive oil mixed with raw garlic helps to mellow the garlic’s intensity and reduces heat symptoms in the digestive system, such as heartburn or indigestion.
Keyword Bagel, Garlic, Violet
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Meet The Green Mastermind Behind Blog Castanea

Juliet Blankespoor is a card-carrying plant geek who channels her plant obsessions through writing, photography, and herb gardening, along with a houseplant predilection that is slowly but surely overtaking her home. After earning a degree in botany almost three decades ago, she set off as a professional matchmaker of humans and plants. Juliet’s been sharing her passion for plants for over thirty years and founded the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine in 2007. She is the school’s primary instructor and Creative Director. After many years of teaching intensive, all-outdoor herbal programs, Juliet’s finally accepted that she’s a raging introvert and her teachings are best suited to the virtual sphere, including her articles and online courses. Her first book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies (2022), can be found wherever books are sold. Read more about Juliet’s torrid affair with plants.

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