Yucca Flower Comfort Food: From a foraging friend's family

cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories while still providing creaminess.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk reduces calories and is dairy-free.

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: aquafaba

Flaxseed meal can be used as a binding agent.

Cut off the whole flower stalk of the yucca and take it back to the kitchen.

Sort through the flowers, removing the flower petals.

Blanch the flower petals in boiling water for about five minutes.

Sautee an onion in a pan.

Add the blanched flowers to the onion and continue sauteing for a couple of minutes.

Add a chopped tomato and let it cook down a bit.

Stir in an egg and keep stirring until everything is set up.

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