Lamb's quarters (also known as goosefoot, pigweed, or fat hen) are absolutely delicious and grow EVERYWHERE! You can tell how rich your soil is by how lush your lamb's quarters growing in it are. Lamb's quarters grow big yummy leaves in nutrient-dense soil.
To me, Lamb's quarters taste like a velvety-textured spinach with a hint of pine nut flavor. Sound yummy? It is! I've made Lamb's Quarter saag (Click HERE for my Dad's delicious saag recipe that I've posted about in the past and just substitute the spinach for Lamb's quarters) and my Desi friends have exclaimed that it tastes even better than spinach!
It is cultivated in parts of Asia and Africa for food, but in most of N. America and Europe it is considered a weed.
Lamb's quarters is high in protein, vitamin A, calcium, phosphorous and potassium. Like other members of the spinach family and black teas, lamb's quarters is also high in Oxalic acid. With this in mind, just take care not to eat a consistent diet too high in raw leaves of any of these plants.
Other than that, I'll hope you'll get a chance to try it out. It's one of my favorites!
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