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Edible Plants and Native American Recipes

Native American Nutrition

Herbal Uses and Preparation





This garden volunteer found crowding its way into cultivated plots across the
United States. It is a national wild food treasure for Native Americans.
Typically, the seed heads are eaten while in bloom or when mature. A close
relative of Lamb's Quarters is Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). Both plants are
members of the goosefoot family. Chenopodium quinoa is an edible primal
grain that you can purchase in health food stores and 7th Day Adventist
markets. But Lamb's Quarters is my favorite. The leaves are edible as well as
the seed heads. Lamb's Quarters leaf tea was used for treating
stomachache, scurvy, diarrhea. A wet pulverized mass may be poulticed
over burns. Before applying the mass to the burn site, the victim chews the
leaves mixing in saliva and the mouth antibiotic defensin. As food, Lamb's
quarters leaves may be added to salads, stir fry, steamed in wontons with
quinoa, carrots and burdock root.


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