Last Updated on February 28, 2024Great news if you hate weeding! Purslane — known as verdolaga or verdolagas in Mexico, where it’s a popular staple — is not only edible, it’s one of the healthiest foods you can harvest from your yard this summer. Learn why verdolagas is considered a superfood and how to use it in numerous delicious and healthy purslane recipes.What is Purslane / Verdolagas & How to Eat Purslane?Purslane or verdolaga is an edible wild plant commonly found in gardens all over the world. Also known as pursley, little hogweed, duckweed (and sometimes as pigweed, which is confusing, because most people know pigweed as amaranth, another wild edible), purslane goes by many different names in languages from all over the globe. Purslane’s botanical name isportulaca oleracea.Most gardeners consider purslane a weed, but those in the know value it as a delicious free superfood to forage in their yards.Every year, I wait eagerly for the ground to warm enough that my purslane reappe...
