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Leafu - D.I.Y leaf protein concentrate


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God I missed you guys!

Here's a little one of my latest passions.
You can easily turn edible plant leaves into a kickass protein supplement/cheese/superfood.
I nearly shat myself with excitement when I came across this. In practice, its even more wonderful. Than shatting.

The potential is pretty mind boggling.
I've so far made a nettle,
and wild fennel
'curd',
which is up to 60% vegan protein.

I have some Amaranthus Gangeticus on its way also. Apparently about 60% protein by dry weight as it is. And some tricolour, which is said to yield within 3 weeks!

At the moment I have a fridge full of wild nettle. It feels like i'm doing my river patches a good turn. Cutting them back ready for the fresh new spring growth. As it is, the overly fibrous winter growth has produced a delicious green protein curd so I cant wait to try this with anything and everything as spring sets in.

http://www.plantfoods.org/demos/leafu/index.html


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I'm a bit mind-blown. How did I not know about this?

Don't have nettles. But I reckon there are lots of other plants this could possibly work with.

Chickweed? Fat Hen? What kinds of phyto-nutrients are either concentrated or lost in this process?

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