Ten Delicious Ways to Eat Nettles - ONLINE CLASS
Taught by Dawn Petter
With a passion and vast knowledge of herbs and a prolific career in design, Herbalist, Dawn Petter teaches classes about the art of plant based healing. Her classes are imaginative and accessible and are taught to encourage students to use herbal medicine in their daily lives. She incorporates her training from Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism with her natural creative flare. Dawn works as a Clinical Herbalist and Flower essence Practitioner in NYC and offers in depth consults by appointment. You can also find her, leading herb walks and teaching classes at The New York Botanic Gardens, The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, The Horticultural Society of New York, The 92 Y, and the New York Open Center amongst other places.
Dawn is the creator of Petalune Herbals, a resource for hand crafted herbal skincare and luxury botanical products. To learn more visit www.petaluneherbals.com or contact, dawn@petaluneherbals.com
This class will explore the edible wonders of stinging nettles, plus countless other ways to use this amazing plant which has medicinal benefits from its leaves, seeds and even its root...
Whether its a souffle or a vegan and gluten free pancake, nettles are an incredibly versatile nutrient packed food that you should get to know. If you have access to fresh nettles from your local Coop or farmers market then bring them along, otherwise to cook along for this class you will need 2-4 ounces of dried nettles plus other ingredients that we will share in advance of the class.
Herb Supplies:
If you are a Brooklyn resident you can purchase dried nettles at the following shops offering curbside pick up are: Antidote Apothecary, (Greenpoint), Remedies, ( Carroll Gardens), Radical Herbs, (Atlantic Avenue). Call all shops for details.
Online, you can order from Jeans Greens.com....They accept online orders, but its important to read how they are processing their orders online...Their shopping cart is not activated. They will see the orders placed but to finalize and process the payment, the CVV code must be given in person over the phone, so after physically placing the order online, call the store to give them the CVV code.
In addtion to powdered and/or fresh nettles, please have access to a stove, a frying pan, some flax seeds and something to grind them in, some nutritional yeast, thyme or oregano, chickpea flower, garlic, olive oil, some pecans or walnuts, a kettle or a pot to heat water on the stove, salt and pepper.
You're also welcome to just watch rather than make along. Recipes provided.
