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Garden or Green Purslane self-seeds in my pots every year. It's a weed, it dies in autumn and emerges in May, growing really fast. I'm always glad to see it again, and its fleshy leaves have been the main ingredient of a different recipe every year.
Like many other weeds, it was used in the past: it's an ingredient of arab recipes like fattoush (a salad with rocket, onion and mint), and appears also in european traditional dishes.
Harvesting and washing the leaves may take some time, but try this simple salad recipe, and you'll say it was worth it.



Green Purslane Salad with Oregano

Ingredients
1 cup green purslane leaves
aromatic vinegar
olive oil
fresh oreganon flowers

Directions
Wash the green purslane leaves.
Season with aromatic vinegar, olive oil, salt and fresh oreganon flowers.

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Links:
Portulaca oleracea - Wikipedia
Another purslane recipe: Fried Calamari with Purslane Sauce on Il meglio in cucina - Best Cuisine.

This goes to Katie from Thyme for Cooking who's hosting this week's edition of Weekend Herb Blogging.
This event was started by Kalyn from Kalyn's Kitchen.

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