Dandelion Bread Recipe

Recently, I had an explosion of dandelions in my yard.
They bloomed in record numbers on one warm, sunny day.
My yard was a brilliant sea of yellow and green.

I have posted about dandelions before. They are one of the healthiest plants that you can find.

Full of vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and antioxidants, they are considered the vitamin shop of the plant world.

I had recently watched another informative video on the benefits of dandelions so I figured I would take advantage of this plentiful bounty and make something healthy with it.

I decided to try dandelion bread.

So the first step was to harvest a bunch of dandelions.

You want to get about two cups worth of dandelion flowers.

Then, after a thorough washing and drying, I cut the flowers off of the stems.

Once I had about two cups worth of flowers, I assembled the rest of my ingredients.

For this bread, I used the following ingredients:

2 cups of dandelion flowers
2 cups of coconut flower
1 tbsp of baking soda
3 tbsp of cinnamon
1 tbsp of sea salt
2 scoops of BioTrust Chocolate Protein Powder
4 whole eggs
3 tbsp of MCT oil
3 tbsp of coconut oil
4 tbsp of raw organic honey
3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
6 packets of stevia

I then mixed and blended all of the ingredients in a bowl and spread the batter out on a baking sheet.
I would have used a rectangular or circular bread tin but I didn't have one at the time. 
It didn't look pretty but it worked.

I baked in the oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. 

Make sure that you check it to see that it is baked all the way through before pulling it out.

I let it cool and then cut it up into brownie sized squares.

It tasted really good. 

It wasn't perfect, but it did the job, and provided me with a very healthy addition to my meal plan.

This isn't something that I would do often, but it was a fun change to the same old stuff.

I had some flowers left over so I made dandelion tea to go with the bread. 

I'll do a post on the tea soon.

Dandelions are super healthy and available for free. 

Give it a try!

Eric Dempsey

MS, NASM Fitness Nutrition Specialist

Dempseys Resolution Fitness