Dandelion’s Don’t Give a Sh*t

Dandelions may be considered a weed, but to me they are one of the most amazing badass flowers on the planet. Many times in my life I have channeled my inner dandelion because of their rebelliousness, their ability to stand up to and be seen, how some people think they are an annoying weed, but they don’t give a sh*t and  how they bring unexpected beauty to the world each spring.

Top ten reasons I think dandelions are one of the most badass flowers in the world:

1. People poison dandelions with weed killers to get rid of them, but they don’t let it effect them and they continue to pop up and show the people who poisoned them their beauty.
2. When people say they are a weed they respond calmly by saying, “Duh. I’m not a weed.  I’m a obviously a flower.”
3. You can make their leaves into a salad.
4. Their flowers can become wine which is majorly badass.
5. They are an extremely bright color yellow and they rock it.
6. They don’t care they don’t fit into typical flower bouquets. They don’t want to be typical in any way.
7. Their flowers can be  made into cookies (see recipe below).
8. All of your wishes come true when you blow on their seeds. They also let you know if he/she loves you or loves you not.
9. If you take them and smear them up and down your arm it looks like they peed on you.
10. They are the most rebellious flowers on the planet. They will grow wherever they want to and they don’t apologize about it.

How can you add some dandelion energy into your life?  Join the conversation at the end of this blog post <3

Dandelion flowers aren’t just pretty. They are also extremely nutritious food and have none of the bitterness of dandelion leaves if you cut off the green bracts at the base of the flower cluster.Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1 cup dry oatmeal
• 1/2 cup dandelion flowers

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.2. Blend oil and honey and beat in the two eggs and vanilla.3. Stir in flour, oatmeal and dandelion flowers.4. Drop the batter by teaspoonfuls onto a lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes.To Prepare Dandelion Flowers for Use in Recipes:

1. Wash them thoroughly.

2. Measure the required quantity of intact flowers into a measuring cup.

3. Hold flowers by the tip with the fingers of one hand and pinch the green flower base very hard with the other, releasing the yellow florets from their attachment. Shake the yellow flowers into a bowl. Flowers are now ready to be incorporated into recipes.