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Are you looking for wild greens/weeds to put in your salad or juice? Here is a place, The Ginger Root Fresh Market, where you actually can get hold of fresh purslane!
They also sell locally grown bananas, mamey, moringa, and Spanish thyme, among other things, at their market.
The Ginger Root Fresh Market is located in the Eucalyptus Gardens Community, Wilton Manors. In here you will also find Bohemian – a cozy tea and coffee shop, and coming soon SOL Bistro – a vegan, raw, organic cafe! Yay!
Furthermore there is an open-air yoga room, BBQ on weekends, special Events like Wine and Food Festival, Taste of Africa and on every other Thursday starting on October 17th – Urban Nights
Come and visit, shop, enjoy food and drink outside and relax under the shade of the magnificent eucalyptus trees.
The Eucalyptus Gardens is located at 2430 NE 13th Ave, Wilton Manors. (Map)
The market is open Tuesday – Friday 9 AM – 7 PM, Sat 9 AM – 8 PM, and Sun 10 AM – 6 PM.
The SOL Bistro – a vegan, raw and organic cafe is run by Cristina Spinelli, and will open end of October/ beginning November 2013. Here is Cristina pictured on the right and Goddess, organizer of the Fort Lauderdale Raw Food Meetup with over 600 members, on the left.
Purslane
Purslane is usually considered a weed but may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It is a succulent summer vegetable with a mild, sweet-sour flavor and a chewy texture.
Purslane provides six times more vitamin E than spinach and seven times more beta carotene than carrots. It’s also rich in vitamin C, magnesium, riboflavin, potassium and phosphorus. Purslane is one of the richest known plant sources of ALA: an essential omega-3 fatty acid called alpha-linolenic acid.
Trädgårdsportlak
Det här “ogräset” eller vilda växten heter trädgårdsportlak (purslane på engelska). Den äts som en bladgrönsak. Det är en “fet” sommar-grönsak med en mild söt-sur smak och lite “tuggig” konsisens. Trädgårdsportlak har sex gånger mer E-vitamin än spenat och sju gånger mer betakaroten än morötter. Den är också rik på C-vitamin, riboflavin, kväve och fosfor. Den är en av de rikaste kända växtkällorna av ALA, en essentiell omega-3 fettsyra som heter alfa-linolensyra.
By Åsa Paul-Johansson
On the Lime – Raw Foods
Fort Lauderdale are, Florida, USA
