{"id":5142,"date":"2014-01-15T04:47:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2014-01-12T23:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T06:53:07","slug":"dandelion-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=5142","title":{"rendered":"Dandelion Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dandelion<\/p>\n

Like me, one of my amazing roommates is a health nut. She\u2019s a genius at creating delicious-ness out of things like\u2026dandelion greens. Once I first tasted her recipe for dandelion pesto, I asked her if I could share the goodness with you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve only had dandelion greens in smoothies and juices\u2026so I love this recipe to get dandelions in the diet without drinking it. My roomie is a recipe genius and a yoga nut, so you might want to follow her for inspiration on Instagram<\/a>…you probably want to follow me there<\/a> too. Yes, you do.<\/p>\n

Dandelions are an amazing superfood \u2013 loaded with calcium, iron, antioxidants, vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C, minerals, and cancer fighting properties. It even has protein (made up of 14%)!<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think with so much dandelion in the recipe it\u2019d be bitter, but it\u2019s really delicious. Perfect on pasta or even crackers.<\/p>\n

\"Raw<\/p>\n

Dandelion Pesto<\/h2>\n
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  1. 1 big bunch dandelion greens<\/li>\n
  2. 1\/2 lemon<\/li>\n
  3. 1\/2 cup grapeseed oil<\/li>\n
  4. 3\/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n
  5. 2 tbsp. mozzarella cheese<\/li>\n
  6. 1\/2 tsp. sea salt<\/li>\n
  7. Pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Wash and cut greens. Peel the lemon rind, leaving the white pith\u2026or simply make it easier by squeezing the lemon and using the juice.<\/p>\n

    Blend everything together in a high-speed blender. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

    Want to learn more about the health benefits of dandelions – check out this post by SunWarrior<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Pesto or pasta sauce? Have you tried dandelion greens before?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Like me, one of my amazing roommates is a health nut. She\u2019s a genius at creating delicious-ness out of things like\u2026dandelion greens. Once I first tasted her recipe for dandelion pesto, I asked her if I could share the goodness with you. I\u2019ve only had dandelion greens in smoothies and juices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,43,225,833,8,4],"tags":[2709,2706,2705,2708,2707],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5167,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5142\/revisions\/5167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}