in India we make a flat bread out of amaranth seed flour. we mix the flour with either a boiled potato or chickpea flour so that the flour binds well add in some grated carrots mashed peas. divide it into small balls and roll the balls. then cook it on a pan or skillet like we cook a tortilla. when its well cooked on both sides we eat it with either a coriander mint chutney and some plain yogurt . the popped seeds are mixed with sugarcane molasses also called jaggery or Gur in HIndi and cut it into bars. Amaranth leaves are relished in almost every part of the country. very nutritious.
Pam, the university's loss is our gain. I would have paid an arm and leg to have you as my teacher in my Med Science degree days..... you are a natural teacher and your videos are educational as well as interesting... Jim, you videography is improving with every show! Stay off the ladder as we need both of you. Amaranth is great in a permaculture garden too as it self seeds like a weed! These are great ideas that I'm going to try... thank you 😊
I didn't know you could use Amaranth in all those ways. I grew some from a small bag I bought in the grocery store. Planted it too close together. The only way I have used it was ground into flour and added it to bread. The bread was really delicious. You make life better with your knowledge. Thank you
I just found your site. Really appreciate your info on amaranth. I do gardening and a lot of creative things with cooking. Keep up the good work- you are now one of my favorite sites...
That’s pretty amazing. I’ve always wondered about amaranth. I never knew how do you use it. Thank you for a great video. And so nice to see someone smiling these days. Thanks for smiling. 😊
I grew Amaranth last year. Loved it! Tons of seed, used leaves in omelets, salads, etc. This year I have a new crop coming up. Am happy to see that. Thanks for the video… plan to pop some.
Hi Pam and Jim, Amaranth(burgandy) has been a staple in our garden for several seasons. If your plants grow over 5-6ft tall or taller you're over fertilizing your soil. Amaranth responds to fertilizers like any of your cabbages, calif, and broch plants. They can't use the microrizzal fungi but use the fertilizers only for growth. I must admit having 9ft tall Amaranth in full bloom is really beautiful for flower display..then harvest your seed & the bounty will surprise you..and its' a gift that keeps on giving. Healthy food.
Hi Linda. I hope you can respond. I'm going to try amaranth in my big garden, mostly as feed for chickens, and I hear the goats will eat the leaves. Are these sown in the spring for a summer harvest? I'm zone 8b. I would also like to try micro greens for the same reasons, but I'm unsure how to do that. Is it just starting them in a soil tray and harvesting when they're a couple of inches?
@@cherylcook1942 hi Cheryl, Amaranth makes a wonderful micro green to add to your diet, or that of your chickens and goats. I'm on the border btwn zone 7b& 6a. Our frosts can be early or late and I plant my seeds outside in the garden just after May 15th and water them in. When they sprout, don't allow seedlings to wilt from being dry..and give them a compost tea, or fertilizer of your choice about every 14 days. I alternate them...the plants are frost sensitive so they'll look great all season and produce lots of seeds for you, keep an eye for pests, make a water base soap solution for your insecticide, liquid castile soap works well..another product spinosade is organic and OMRA listed helps to keep pests to a minimum. Enjoy! Once your plant goes to seed the little seeds you loose on the ground will sprout next seadon and you cant transplant the if you choose, they are a beautiful plants. Tasty too. For micro greens grow them in a shallow tray for easy harvests. Harvest just when you see the 1st true leaves start to form. Add to any meal. Blessings.
I experimented with growing amaranth this year. 5 plants. So tall! I cut off the blooms, rubbed out the seeds, winnowed out the teensie flowers & bugs. Got a quart jar of clean seeds & then I crazy popped some. WOW! I was thinking of trying healthy bars next, so this is a great video.
Hi Pam, thank you so much for posting this - there's a lot of Amaranth growing wild here in South Africa for which native peoples still cook the leaves as a traditional healthy spinach known locally as 'Marogo' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morogo). I've been watching the Rose Red Homestead for quite some time now and am truly gratified seeing all the effort you and Jim are putting in towards teaching the younger generation about a myriad of topics - thank you kindly!
I am taking classes to become a master gardener here in my county in PA. We just are covering the dicot and monocots..thanks for covering this info. You explain things that help me so much to remember. After my classes for MG I want to take the classes for master food preservation. I can then teach classes in my state to can and preserve from our gardens. I finally found my niche I think!
You continuously amaze me with your ability to research a subject, break it down into manageable chunks and express it in everyday language. I always loved science, but the teachers not so much. I wish I had you when I was young, maybe I would have chose a career in science instead of the path I ultimately grew to hate. Bravo
I grew amaranth for the first time this year, thinking I could grab some of the seed laden flowers and supplement my chickens’ feed with them, only to find out midsummer, that feeding them raw amaranth was not good for them, as it would leach nutrients from their system. Oh well. I did save some seeds and will do micro greens now that the season is over. I will grow more next year, and hopefully will find an efficient way to winnow the seeds. I liked the idea of waiting until the flowers are dry. They are beautiful plants.
I just ate a bowl of amaranth ! It was delicious. Tasted kind of grassy but fresh. It reminded me of Wheatina the way it gets in your teeth !! I added some pumpkin powder and cinnamon. Thanks so much again for your wisdom and knowledge! ( I also ordered seeds for growing ). Yay !!
You always do such a great job of providing so much good info and detail. Better than most videos I see which only brush over subjects. Thank you for all the effort you put into making your videos truly educational.
Our amaranth was so tall and beautiful. First year growing it. The bees love it. Chickens love it too! We grew milo and millet as well. Now we have milo, millet and amaranth growing all over the place thanks to the wind here in southern Arizona! My garden was bursting with abundance this year. It was the biggest garden/garden haul we've ever had.
How very interesting! Thanks for sharing the information about something I was not familiar with. You, once again, are such a great teacher! And Jim a great cameraman!
WOW! I just learned abt amaranth at Chelle's garden center in Omak. The plants were spectacular in the fall garden, over-running the fixed planter they lived in. I was told they plant transplants in the spring, but couldn't i direct seed? I didn't know they were nutritionally valuable. Thank you SO MUCH for giving me the tools to survive in the coming years as I migrate from an unlimited budget to a very minimal one. =)
Wild Amaranth is called Lamb's Quarters. A European family grew them in their garden when I was young. They prepared the leaves like spinach, put them in soups and collected the seeds to thicken soups. I grow them too. I will try popping the seeds. Thank you so much for this video.
They only get about 3 feet tall, but we have a plant that just grows wild scattered around our yard. Also grows along the roadside. My son, daughter-in-law and myself have looked at pictures and compared the plant. After seeing this, I believe it most likely is amaranth. I leave it. It dries on its own and makes a lovely winter garden plant. The birds love it. I'll have to harvest some and try it.
Thank you for this video on amaranth. I have friends in Arizona who grow amaranth all over their property. It was there that I first ate it and really enjoyed it. The way my friend Carl prepares it is with the slightest bit of homemade peanut butter and golden raisins, and it is DELICIOUS! I hope this video will inspire everyone to try it. Take good care.
Thank you for all this great information on Amaranth, I have some and have cooked it like porridge, thought it tasted a bit like cream of wheat. So happy to know I can grow microgreens !
Thanks so much! I will be making some of those bars, I may even give some for Christmas presents! Look so good! I have had diverticulitis and so am looking for gluten free grains, I grew some this year in my new big greenhouse , but didn’t have time to harvest them. Also have some volunteers coming up! Such a cool plant!
Miss Pam, you are such an amazing teacher. I love how it seems like you are speaking just to me. You don't waste one word. Every word is informative, and you make things interesting, exciting and fun! Thank you for another great video and an introduction to a new superfood we can add to our pantry to glean as much nutrition if/when times get tough.
I am soooo happy I came across your video. I bought Amarath by accident, so I went to youtube to see what this is about, to be honest all the videos said about the same thing..." it was healthy" and that was pretty much it. So I was going to stick it back in my draw and that would have been the end. When I came across your video it changed EVERYTHINF for me, you showed me so many practical ways it can be used, I ❤ them all, thank you Mrs RedRose. 😊🎉 you saved me from missing out on all its potential. ❤❤❤🎉
Chris over at City Prepping mentioned that the leaves can be used like spinach, and that the stalk can be used to amend your soil or to create charcoal. Great plant!
I live in NE SD and one of our native varieties is called Red Rooted Pigweed. The rest of the plant is green. I harvested quite of bit of it just from my own back yard.
Dr Pam, THANK YOU so much for another wonderful video & giving us this valuable information! I’ve grown amaranth just for the gorgeous red flowers, tucking them on the ends of my tomato beds. I knew the seeds were good food, but never tried harvesting them. I absolutely will next season! You are such a treasure!
Thanks so very much. I just recently learned you can also pop sorghum the same way as amaranth. I want to make some snack bars like you did, such a great and healthy super idea. Thanks again Jim and Pam!
We had one of these plants grow in our yard I was wondering what it is, I liked the flower so I didn’t pull it up. Had no idea what a wonderfully versatile plant it is. Will go harvest the seeds and grow more. Thanks for the in-depth information.
A couple months ago I thought about asking you if you use amaranth but I figured you always have interesting content so you probably have a full file folder of ideas to do. I don't eat amaranth as much as I use to because of the glycemic level but it adds variety. You can buy it already popped as well.
I laughed when I heard you say the amaranth seems to escape the bag when you're sleeping because it gets everywhere. I can relate. This has happened to me before. Funny how some grains (or seeds) can be like that. Not sure if its because they're so super light or they can somehow contribute to a static charge. Who knows. Interesting nonetheless.
I loved this video! I too planted Elena’s Guatemalan Red Amaranth from Rare Seeds this year, and planted them in grow bags here in SE Wisconsin. Harvesting them is time consuming, but I find it a relaxing pastime while I watch more you tube videos. Winnowing it is fun for me, and works really well as long as you dont blow too hard. I think it’s called winnowing. Anyway, it grew so well and I ended up with about 3 pounds of seed from five grow bags. I’m not sure but I think that was an okay amount. I was thrilled anyhow. My plan was to use them for micro greens, but now I want to make your power bars too! Thanks so much!
One of the things I really love about your channel is that I learn something new every time . Oh and you make me laugh. Thank you so much. Beautiful plant, I may grow some next year. 🌷🇨🇦
As usual, a greatly informative episode from one of my favorite channels. Thank you Pam and Jim for sharing more knowledge. I love your channel and appreciate all your hard work. ❤️
wow so versatile i have it as a weed in summer you have opened my eyes to another useful plant!!! and as they say a weed is only a plant that grows where you dont want it i now WANT it so less weeding LOL
We were just talking about growing amaranth next year. I got the giant yellow seeds. So excited to grow them in place of corn which is so unreliable here in Wales, UK. Great to know I can use some for micro greens now as we have bags of compost on our frames for winter leaves.
Thank you for this very informative video. I have had some amaranth seeds and was wondering what to do with it. Because of this great video, I will be putting this in the garden this year. Thank you.
I find rubbing dried flowers between leather gloved hands. Winnowing is best with a fan so that it is constant. A comal and straw brush is the traditional popping method. A wok and brush should work. Love lies bleeding or love over the garden gate is also an amaranth.
I grew amaranth and quinoa this year in pots - first time. Amaranth was very productive but not the quinoa. I’ll try again, as I much prefer to eat Amaranth. Beautiful plants.
I love how you teach us so much. Now, I think I have amaranth in my yard. I thought it's a healthy WEED! And, I have purchased it from Thrive as a healthy grain which I had no idea what to do with it. Thank you so much, you have set me off into a new adventure of testing some cooking and gardening skills.
Amaranth is delicious toasted. Lower the heat so it doesn't pop (a little is inevitable), and you want it to get clearly darker but not burnt. What I really like is to make an oil salad dressing seasoned to taste and add toasted seeds to it, but some will like the grit. They don't stay suspended worth a hoot, though. I've never tried maybe soaking then in a bit of warm oil to soften a bit. I think amaranth has a nutty taste. I will try the bars and that porridge for sure.
Such a well Done video and so in-depth… you have covered quite a bit and more so many ways to prepare and enjoy the benefits…thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise ..stay blessed..
Loved the video. I love the flower heads, I grew for the green calaloo for eating the leaves like spinach and the ELENA'S ROJO AMARANTH. I love the seed heads for the beauty and birds love it. I will try the grain next season.
My amaranth plants look a lot like yours, but my seeds are black. I didn't intentionally grow it, but I grew it several years ago and I always get plenty of plants. I mostly let my chickens eat it but I think next year I'll harvest some for us to eat. (I'm in Cedar City.)
Thank you. I never knew anything about Amaranth. I've seen the word but was completely foreign to me. You have inspired me to work with it now. Blessings
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I majored in Botany in College and that is the best description of a monocot and dicot I have ever heard. You are such a wonderful teacher!
Right? I'm in master gardener classes and never heard a better explanation!
Isn't she tho! Love Pam and Jim. Great human beings sharing their knowledge and love🌷
I appreciate you doing these videos for us SO MUCH. Thank you.
in India we make a flat bread out of amaranth seed flour. we mix the flour with either a boiled potato or chickpea flour so that the flour binds well add in some grated carrots mashed peas. divide it into small balls and roll the balls. then cook it on a pan or skillet like we cook a tortilla. when its well cooked on both sides we eat it with either a coriander mint chutney and some plain yogurt . the popped seeds are mixed with sugarcane molasses also called jaggery or Gur in HIndi and cut it into bars. Amaranth leaves are relished in almost every part of the country. very nutritious.
Pam, the university's loss is our gain. I would have paid an arm and leg to have you as my teacher in my Med Science degree days..... you are a natural teacher and your videos are educational as well as interesting... Jim, you videography is improving with every show! Stay off the ladder as we need both of you.
Amaranth is great in a permaculture garden too as it self seeds like a weed! These are great ideas that I'm going to try... thank you 😊
I didn't know you could use Amaranth in all those ways. I grew some from a small bag I bought in the grocery store. Planted it too close together. The only way I have used it was ground into flour and added it to bread. The bread was really delicious. You make life better with your knowledge. Thank you
I just found your site. Really appreciate your info on amaranth. I do gardening and a lot of creative things with cooking. Keep up the good work- you are now one of my favorite sites...
Why are my amaranth seeds are black 7:43 .please let me know
@bernadetteisaacs545 some Amaranth flowers are red and some yellow and purple. I would guess the red would be black.
There are different species of amaranth so seeds might be different colors.@@bernadetteisaacs545
That’s pretty amazing. I’ve always wondered about amaranth. I never knew how do you use it. Thank you for a great video. And so nice to see someone smiling these days. Thanks for smiling. 😊
I grew Amaranth last year. Loved it! Tons of seed, used leaves in omelets, salads, etc. This year I have a new crop coming up. Am happy to see that. Thanks for the video… plan to pop some.
Hi Pam and Jim, Amaranth(burgandy) has been a staple in our garden for several seasons. If your plants grow over 5-6ft tall or taller you're over fertilizing your soil. Amaranth responds to fertilizers like any of your cabbages, calif, and broch plants. They can't use the microrizzal fungi but use the fertilizers only for growth. I must admit having 9ft tall Amaranth in full bloom is really beautiful for flower display..then harvest your seed & the bounty will surprise you..and its' a gift that keeps on giving. Healthy food.
Hi Linda. I hope you can respond. I'm going to try amaranth in my big garden, mostly as feed for chickens, and I hear the goats will eat the leaves. Are these sown in the spring for a summer harvest? I'm zone 8b. I would also like to try micro greens for the same reasons, but I'm unsure how to do that. Is it just starting them in a soil tray and harvesting when they're a couple of inches?
@@cherylcook1942 hi Cheryl, Amaranth makes a wonderful micro green to add to your diet, or that of your chickens and goats. I'm on the border btwn zone 7b& 6a. Our frosts can be early or late and I plant my seeds outside in the garden just after May 15th and water them in. When they sprout, don't allow seedlings to wilt from being dry..and give them a compost tea, or fertilizer of your choice about every 14 days. I alternate them...the plants are frost sensitive so they'll look great all season and produce lots of seeds for you, keep an eye for pests, make a water base soap solution for your insecticide, liquid castile soap works well..another product spinosade is organic and OMRA listed helps to keep pests to a minimum. Enjoy! Once your plant goes to seed the little seeds you loose on the ground will sprout next seadon and you cant transplant the if you choose, they are a beautiful plants. Tasty too. For micro greens grow them in a shallow tray for easy harvests. Harvest just when you see the 1st true leaves start to form. Add to any meal. Blessings.
Holy Moley! A tremendous amount of knowledge in this single episode! Lovin' learning!
I experimented with growing amaranth this year. 5 plants. So tall! I cut off the blooms, rubbed out the seeds, winnowed out the teensie flowers & bugs. Got a quart jar of clean seeds & then I crazy popped some. WOW! I was thinking of trying healthy bars next, so this is a great video.
Hi Pam, thank you so much for posting this - there's a lot of Amaranth growing wild here in South Africa for which native peoples still cook the leaves as a traditional healthy spinach known locally as 'Marogo' (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morogo). I've been watching the Rose Red Homestead for quite some time now and am truly gratified seeing all the effort you and Jim are putting in towards teaching the younger generation about a myriad of topics - thank you kindly!
I am taking classes to become a master gardener here in my county in PA. We just are covering the dicot and monocots..thanks for covering this info. You explain things that help me so much to remember. After my classes for MG I want to take the classes for master food preservation. I can then teach classes in my state to can and preserve from our gardens. I finally found my niche I think!
What great ideas for using amaranth! The best part was when you showed it popping! It looked and sounded like a little celebration in the pan!
I love Amaranth ❤ it is one of my favorite ancient grains! Azure Standard sells in bulk organic and non gmo!!
Do you know what gmo is?
Thank you. This amaranth information is all new to me! I appreciate learning about it.
You continuously amaze me with your ability to research a subject, break it down into manageable chunks and express it in everyday language. I always loved science, but the teachers not so much. I wish I had you when I was young, maybe I would have chose a career in science instead of the path I ultimately grew to hate. Bravo
I bought that bag of amaranth right after watching this video! I planted a few of the seeds and they are growing. ❤
Nice. I planted amaranth a few years ago for flour..it is stunning in flower gardens too
I grew amaranth for the first time this year, thinking I could grab some of the seed laden flowers and supplement my chickens’ feed with them, only to find out midsummer, that feeding them raw amaranth was not good for them, as it would leach nutrients from their system. Oh well. I did save some seeds and will do micro greens now that the season is over. I will grow more next year, and hopefully will find an efficient way to winnow the seeds. I liked the idea of waiting until the flowers are dry. They are beautiful plants.
Would love to see you do a video on millet as well. Always need more recipes for these types of foods. Thank you.
I just ate a bowl of amaranth ! It was delicious. Tasted kind of grassy but fresh. It reminded me of Wheatina the way it gets in your teeth !! I added some pumpkin powder and cinnamon. Thanks so much again for your wisdom and knowledge! ( I also ordered seeds for growing ). Yay !!
You always do such a great job of providing so much good info and detail. Better than most videos I see which only brush over subjects. Thank you for all the effort you put into making your videos truly educational.
Awesome! Quinoa is another amazing food crop, pseudo-grain. We went to the Quinoa festival in Panguaitch,Utah this year. It is amazing.
This was fun! The shot of the popping process was exceptional. Blessings.
Our amaranth was so tall and beautiful. First year growing it. The bees love it. Chickens love it too! We grew milo and millet as well. Now we have milo, millet and amaranth growing all over the place thanks to the wind here in southern Arizona! My garden was bursting with abundance this year. It was the biggest garden/garden haul we've ever had.
That is awesome! Jim
Our youngest daughter and family live in SE AZ. Beautiful area❤
Supposedly it’s not good for chickens 🤷♀️ idk
What a beautiful plant. I did not know the leaves are edible also. thanks for your very detailed lesson, love them.
How very interesting! Thanks for sharing the information about something I was not familiar with. You, once again, are such a great teacher! And Jim a great cameraman!
WOW! I just learned abt amaranth at Chelle's garden center in Omak. The plants were spectacular in the fall garden, over-running the fixed planter they lived in. I was told they plant transplants in the spring, but couldn't i direct seed? I didn't know they were nutritionally valuable. Thank you SO MUCH for giving me the tools to survive in the coming years as I migrate from an unlimited budget to a very minimal one. =)
Thank you for this series. Loved learning about this grain as I am celiac so no gluten for me. Can't wait to watch the rest .
Wild Amaranth is called Lamb's Quarters. A European family grew them in their garden when I was young. They prepared the leaves like spinach, put them in soups and collected the seeds to thicken soups. I grow them too. I will try popping the seeds. Thank you so much for this video.
They only get about 3 feet tall, but we have a plant that just grows wild scattered around our yard. Also grows along the roadside. My son, daughter-in-law and myself have looked at pictures and compared the plant. After seeing this, I believe it most likely is amaranth. I leave it. It dries on its own and makes a lovely winter garden plant. The birds love it. I'll have to harvest some and try it.
So many tips & gems. I use Amaranth for flour only but not anymore. Loved that I can pop. 🎉
Thankyou
Thank you for this video on amaranth. I have friends in Arizona who grow amaranth all over their property. It was there that I first ate it and really enjoyed it. The way my friend Carl prepares it is with the slightest bit of homemade peanut butter and golden raisins, and it is DELICIOUS! I hope this video will inspire everyone to try it. Take good care.
Just popped my first batch and tossed with salt and garlic granules with parsley and parmesan ...so fun and good
Sounds great! Jim
Pam and Jim, this has been very fascinating. Thank you!
Thank you for all this great information on Amaranth, I have some and have cooked it like porridge, thought it tasted a bit like cream of wheat. So happy to know I can grow microgreens !
Thanks so much! I will be making some of those bars, I may even give some for Christmas presents! Look so good! I have had diverticulitis and so am looking for gluten free grains, I grew some this year in my new big greenhouse , but didn’t have time to harvest them. Also have some volunteers coming up! Such a cool plant!
I heard about popping amaranth. It was so cool so see this demonstration! Thank you! I will now have confidence to use it!
I’m definitely going to plant some next year. Beautiful and health - I agree Super Plant. THANK YOU BOTH!
Amazing!! I didn't know amaranth can be popped. I grew 6 plants in my garden and it certainly is a gorgeous plant.
Love this!! Have used amaranth for decades but never knew we could pop it! I’ve only used it as flour. Thank you for another fun n fabulous vid!! ❤
Miss Pam, you are such an amazing teacher. I love how it seems like you are speaking just to me. You don't waste one word. Every word is informative, and you make things interesting, exciting and fun! Thank you for another great video and an introduction to a new superfood we can add to our pantry to glean as much nutrition if/when times get tough.
Wow, thank you! We appreciate your comments. Jim
Thank you for the video, the bar recipe sounds amazing ❤
I am soooo happy I came across your video. I bought Amarath by accident, so I went to youtube to see what this is about, to be honest all the videos said about the same thing..." it was healthy" and that was pretty much it. So I was going to stick it back in my draw and that would have been the end. When I came across your video it changed EVERYTHINF for me, you showed me so many practical ways it can be used, I ❤ them all, thank you Mrs RedRose. 😊🎉 you saved me from missing out on all its potential. ❤❤❤🎉
Wow! I’ve used amaranth once but never would have thought it was so pretty
Chris over at City Prepping mentioned that the leaves can be used like spinach, and that the stalk can be used to amend your soil or to create charcoal. Great plant!
I live in NE SD and one of our native varieties is called Red Rooted Pigweed. The rest of the plant is green. I harvested quite of bit of it just from my own back yard.
Ruth I love you new hairdo, thank you for posting. I've ground them and added them to my bread when I bake.
Where have you been all my life!!! Of all the channels I look at, you are the one I learn the most from.
Dr Pam, THANK YOU so much for another wonderful video & giving us this valuable information! I’ve grown amaranth just for the gorgeous red flowers, tucking them on the ends of my tomato beds. I knew the seeds were good food, but never tried harvesting them. I absolutely will next season! You are such a treasure!
Love it. I never heard of it, but as always I learned something new, and so much detail. Thank you.
Wow!! I didn’t know any of this! I think I will have a new addition to my garden area. Thank you sooo much!
Wow, I've seen this but didn't realize you could eat it till I saw it in pkgs. The bars sound awesome, will hv to try them!
You're AWESOME 👌 THANKS AGAIN for your insight and for teaching about a healthy "super food"!! GOD BLESS 🕊...From So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 ♥️
Thank you Pam and Jim! Always looks forward to your videos. Keep them coming!
This was such a good video. I’m very excited to grow Amaranth and incorporate it in my diet. Don’t forget chickens love it too. 😊
Thanks so very much. I just recently learned you can also pop sorghum the same way as amaranth. I want to make some snack bars like you did, such a great and healthy super idea. Thanks again Jim and Pam!
We had one of these plants grow in our yard I was wondering what it is, I liked the flower so I didn’t pull it up. Had no idea what a wonderfully versatile plant it is. Will go harvest the seeds and grow more. Thanks for the in-depth information.
This was my favorite show to date.
A couple months ago I thought about asking you if you use amaranth but I figured you always have interesting content so you probably have a full file folder of ideas to do.
I don't eat amaranth as much as I use to because of the glycemic level but it adds variety. You can buy it already popped as well.
I laughed when I heard you say the amaranth seems to escape the bag when you're sleeping because it gets everywhere. I can relate. This has happened to me before. Funny how some grains (or seeds) can be like that. Not sure if its because they're so super light or they can somehow contribute to a static charge. Who knows. Interesting nonetheless.
I loved this video! I too planted Elena’s Guatemalan Red Amaranth from Rare Seeds this year, and planted them in grow bags here in SE Wisconsin. Harvesting them is time consuming, but I find it a relaxing pastime while I watch more you tube videos. Winnowing it is fun for me, and works really well as long as you dont blow too hard. I think it’s called winnowing. Anyway, it grew so well and I ended up with about 3 pounds of seed from five grow bags. I’m not sure but I think that was an okay amount. I was thrilled anyhow. My plan was to use them for micro greens, but now I want to make your power bars too! Thanks so much!
Yes, winnowing is correct. We too, found that blowing too hard is a real problem. Jim
One of the things I really love about your channel is that I learn something new every time . Oh and you make me laugh. Thank you so much. Beautiful plant, I may grow some next year. 🌷🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing your experience.
As usual, a greatly informative episode from one of my favorite channels. Thank you Pam and Jim for sharing more knowledge. I love your channel and appreciate all your hard work. ❤️
Hey 👋, how are you doing today; how’s everything going over there; hope it was a blessed day for u Julie?
wow so versatile i have it as a weed in summer you have opened my eyes to another useful plant!!! and as they say a weed is only a plant that grows where you dont want it i now WANT it so less weeding LOL
We were just talking about growing amaranth next year. I got the giant yellow seeds. So excited to grow them in place of corn which is so unreliable here in Wales, UK. Great to know I can use some for micro greens now as we have bags of compost on our frames for winter leaves.
I love this video. I found some on Amazon. Thank you so much. Your videos are incredible. You explain everything so well. X
Hey 👋, how are you doing today; how’s everything going over there; hope it was a blessed day for u Deborah?
What an awesome introduction to this plant! Thank you…I’ll be on the lookout for it.
Hey 👋, how are you doing today; how’s everything going over there; hope it was a blessed day for u Becky?
I just love this channel! So much information. Thanks for all your hard work.
What a great video. Very informative and I learned new things! Thank you both for all of your dedication and hard work 👍💖
Thank you for this very informative video. I have had some amaranth seeds and was wondering what to do with it. Because of this great video, I will be putting this in the garden this year. Thank you.
You have such a gift for teaching. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.
WOW! Thanks for a fantastic crash coarse - great post!
I find rubbing dried flowers between leather gloved hands. Winnowing is best with a fan so that it is constant. A comal and straw brush is the traditional popping method. A wok and brush should work. Love lies bleeding or love over the garden gate is also an amaranth.
😮 adding amaranth to garden plan next year. Thanks!
I grew amaranth and quinoa this year in pots - first time. Amaranth was very productive but not the quinoa. I’ll try again, as I much prefer to eat Amaranth. Beautiful plants.
Ooh I have a new plant to start in the spring. Thank you
Loved watching the harvesting because we can do that too.
I got the seeds. Thanks for the suggestion. Will plant them, too
This is a fascinating video, I enjoyed learning about amaranth! Thank you for always being thorough and informative.
I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you Pam!
I love how you teach us so much. Now, I think I have amaranth in my yard. I thought it's a healthy WEED! And, I have purchased it from Thrive as a healthy grain which I had no idea what to do with it. Thank you so much, you have set me off into a new adventure of testing some cooking and gardening skills.
My dad grew it as well as Jerusalem Artichokes. That was 40 years ago. He was a smart man.
I just ate the last of the Jerusalem artichokes! Don’t plan and being around other for 24 hours after eating them. 😂
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Thanks for sharing your great ideas!
Amaranth is delicious toasted. Lower the heat so it doesn't pop (a little is inevitable), and you want it to get clearly darker but not burnt. What I really like is to make an oil salad dressing seasoned to taste and add toasted seeds to it, but some will like the grit. They don't stay suspended worth a hoot, though. I've never tried maybe soaking then in a bit of warm oil to soften a bit.
I think amaranth has a nutty taste. I will try the bars and that porridge for sure.
Thanks for the tips! Jim
Very interesting! This year I grew some Amaranth as flowers, harvested a bowl of seeds, didn't know what to do with them.
Good for you! Now I hope you know what to do with them.
Such a well Done video and so in-depth… you have covered quite a bit and more so many ways to prepare and enjoy the benefits…thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise ..stay blessed..
That was amazing. I'll try to grow it next summer.
Thank you for the information. I had no clue what Amaranth was used for. I will give it a try.
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Great information! Thank you! I will be adding this to our diets.
Who knew? I learn so much from you.
Loved the video. I love the flower heads, I grew for the green calaloo for eating the leaves like spinach and the ELENA'S ROJO AMARANTH. I love the seed heads for the beauty and birds love it. I will try the grain next season.
Found this video and added it to my interesting by others playlist so viewers can discover it!
Boy, I learn so much from your channel, thank you.
My amaranth plants look a lot like yours, but my seeds are black. I didn't intentionally grow it, but I grew it several years ago and I always get plenty of plants. I mostly let my chickens eat it but I think next year I'll harvest some for us to eat. (I'm in Cedar City.)
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Sooooo interesting. I love your show!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’ve planted some the Hopi Purple. I’m excited
Great!! Let know the results. Jim
Thank you. I never knew anything about Amaranth. I've seen the word but was completely foreign to me. You have inspired me to work with it now. Blessings
Great demonstrations, thanks!
How fabulous! I will try popping some to put in my muesli! Thank you for your wonderfully informative video Pam and Jim. Cheers from Oz! 🦘