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VIDEO: Dandelions Aren't Just Weeds. You Can Fry Them, Too

Expert forager and nutritionist Debbie Naha shows us how to turn those bright yellow flowers into nutritious, and delicious, snacks.
Debbie Naha shows us how to use wild dandelion flowers to make a dandelion smoothie and dandelion fritters.

Some may think of dandelions as just unwanted weeds, but expert forager and nutritionist Debbie Naha says "a weed is just a plant growing where you don't want it to."

Naha loves to collect and eat dandelions when they bloom in the spring and again in early fall, when the

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