Really, you can’t go too wrong just growing any of these plants and eating them. In general, they’re far more nutrient rich than anything you can buy in the supermarket – particularly seeing you’re picking them out of your own garden.

As a father of 4 kids, I’ve become quite interested in the nutrient value of these plants – very often it’s better than the conventional western vegetables.

Below is a list of plants that I believe are the most nutritious. It’s a very subjective list – basically just my opinion, taking into account how much you would normally use as well as nutrient content.