Amaranth greens abound in the summer in Arizona. They are not weed! They are an amazing plant that seems weed like in it’s growth and produces beautiful green leaves in the heat of the summer. This recipe was born from a need to figure out  what to do with the abundance of amaranth greens in a weekly CSA share from Cooked Sky Farms.

Three varieties of mesquite trees are endemic to Arizona: honey, screwbean and velvet.  The bean trees produce pods that can be collected and ground into a flour that can easily be added to all your favorite recipes for a special desert taste, connecting us to this place that we call home.