5 Reasons You Should Start Eating Tiger Nuts + 12 Best Recipes

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By Lindsay Sheehan

Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) is a perennial grass-like plant that grows up to three feet tall. Also known as chufa sedge, earth almond, and nut grass, the simple and unassuming foliage of C. esculentus is often mistaken for a weed. Beneath the soil, however, are a vast network of rhizomes, tubers, and basal bulbs; a single yellow nutsedge plant can produce anywhere from hundreds to thousands of tubers per season.

Yellow nutsedge is cultivated for these edible tubers – called “tiger nuts” because of their striped appearance. Despite its name, tiger nuts are not nuts but fleshy tubers that are dried …read more

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