Don't worry - they don't sting when cooked! Nettles are very nutrient rich and of course - free! Don't gather them beside a busy road where they will have been contaminated by traffic fumes - we pick them in our garden. If you keep cutting them from springtime you get a regular supply of fresh...
This is a recipe that we almost always have at Halloween - we scrape out as much pumpkin flesh
as we can before making the lantern!
2 onions, chopped
A little vegetable oil or vegan margarine
The flesh of 1 pumpkin
3 to 4 cups of soya milk
sea salt to taste
freshly ground black or mixed pepper...
Stuffing
1 1/2 cups Quaker Harvest Crunch Apples & Cinnamon or Original Blend
1 cup peeled, cored, chopped apples
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp sage
1/4 cup apple juice or water
2 tbsp butter, melted
4 lbs. lean spareribs
1/4 cup apple juice or water
Preheat oven to 350F...