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Dehydrated Lambsquarters?

3.1K views 8 replies 7 participants last post by  Danaus29  
#1 ·
Sooooo, I'm sitting there stareing at.....what was once a large part of my garden. It is full of lambsquarter 6ft tall.
I know it's edible in many ways ( don't need those recipes)...... but, has any one dehydrated it, perhaps to use in an herbed bread?? It that possible? Or, will it be oogie?
 
#9 ·
I'm drying kale now. Kale really needs to be blanched or steamed before dehydrating. If you don't cook it first the larger veins (not the largest, it's too tough to cook) are very tough and don't reconstitute well. I would think other collards and lambs quarter would need to be blanched or steamed before drying.

Try it. I didn't know about the kale until I tried it. I dried a batch, then tried mixing it like I would normally eat it (with ramen noodles or instant rice). No sense in going to all that trouble if you don't like the end result.