Do you know this plant? Have you ever weeded it from your garden and thrown it away? Well, those days are over. Meet mallow, the edible weed with health benefits.

Common mallow is one of the most amazing edible weeds on the planet.

From now on, instead of throwing it out, you will gather the seeds and try to get MORE mallow to grow in your garden.

mallow edible weed

How to Harvest Mallow

Mallow (Malva neglecta, M. parviflora) loves disturbed soil and thrives in gardens, farms, and orchards.

This isn’t a plant that you will find at the market, so you better start cultivating your weed patch!

Harvest the leaves when they are bright green and full of vitality. You can harvest the leaves when they are small and just sprouting up, or you can wait until the leaves are at the height of their growth. Mallow flowers are also edible.

mallow edible weed

How to Eat Mallow

Mallow is one of my favorite edible weeds. Chop it up, put it in salads and soups. Use it instead of lettuce on a sandwich. Mix it with kale or chard and steam it. Add it to smoothies and green drinks. Make a tea with it.

I love to gather several large leaves, mince them into tiny pieces and sprinkle them over my dinner like you would parsley. Mallow is delicious this way sprinkled on rice, stir fries and just about any savory meal.

Check out the video below for an easy way to enjoy mallow!

Mallow Health Benefits

Besides being an edible weed, mallow also has lots of health benefits! This plant is full of mucilaginous properties that help to soothe and heal the digestive tract. It helps to heal gastritis, ulcers and any gastrointestinal inflammation. Just add it to your diet on a daily basis for several weeks.

The mallow plant also makes a soothing tea for hot, dry days and is an important ingredient in my Firestorm Tea recipe for wildfire smoke.

But you don’t have to be sick to enjoy the health benefits of mallow. It is one of the nutritive, soothing weeds that anyone can benefit from using.

Discover healing plants that boost energy, heal skin, activate digestion and turn any meal into a celebration. Learn how to identify and use beautiful and delicious edible flowers and herbs in my online video tutorial, Edible & Medicinal Flowers.

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