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Seasonal leafy greens

For a quick Mediterranean diet inspired scrambled egg, aka scrambled greens, these were the diversity of perennial greens I could quickly forage in my garden in about 5 minutes (names at the bottom):
Plus these St. George’s Mushrooms (vårfagerhatt) which are still available:

…and the scrambled greens (fast slow food!):

 

The 22 greens:
1. 3 different Hostas
2. Heracleum sibiricum (Siberian hogweed; sibirbjørnekjeks); flowering shoots
3. Heracleum maximum (cow parsnip); flowering shoots
4. Brassica oleracea (perennial kale; flerårige kål); broccolis
5. Lepidium latifolium (dittander; strandkarse); top shoots 
6. Rumex acetosa “Abundance” (non-flowering sorrel; engsyre)
7. Allium scorodoprasum (sand leek; bendelløk)
8. Campanula latifolia (giant bellflower; storklokke); top shoots
9. Campanula trachelium (nettle-leaved bellflower; nesleklokke); top shoots
10. Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower; ugressklokke); top shoots
11. Urtica kiovensis; top shoots
12. Urtica dioica (stinging nettle; brennesle); top shoots
13. Aster komena; top shoots
14. Oenanthe javanica (seri)
15. Bunias orientalis (Turkish rocket; russekål); broccolis
16. Allium nutans
17. Diplotaxis tenuifolia (perennial rocket; flerårig rucola)
18. Allium ochotense (asiatic victory onion; asiatisk seiersløk)
19. Phyteuma nigra (black rampion; svartvadderot)
20. Malva alcea (hollyhock mallow; rosekattost)

Scrambled greens

It started off as scrambled eggs but ended as scrambled “perennial” greens:
The ingredients:
Allium ursinum (ramsons /ramsløk)
Allium sativum (garlic /hvitløk); shoots and bulbs
Heracleum sp. (hogweed / bjørnekjeks); 2 species
Dystaenia takesimana (giant Ulleung celery; Ulleung kjempeselleri)
Aegopodium podograria (ground elder / skvallerkål)
Campanula latifolia (giant bellflower / storklokke)
Lamium album (white dead-nettle; døvnesle)
Urtica dioica (stinging nettle / brennesle)
Taraxacum sp. (dandelion / løvetann)
Crambe maritima (sea kale / strandkål)
Ligularia fischeri (Korean ligularia / Koreansk nøkketunge)
Hablitzia tamnoides (Caucasian spinach / stjernemelde)
Rudbeckia laciniata (Cherokee greens / kyss-meg-over-gjerde)
Cirsium oleraceum (cabbage thistle / kåltistel)
Myrrhis odorata (sweet cicely / Spansk kjørvel)
Flowers:
Primula denticulata
Claytonia virginica (spring beauty)
Allium paradoxum
Arabis alpina (alpine rock cress / fjellskrinneblom)