If you want easy, no fuss greens and have room for a small annual shrub, grow this! Mokokhiya is a Middle Eastern super-green, also known as Jew's mallow or Egyptian spinach. Leaves are rich in beta carotene, iron, vitamin C and antioxidants. This "food of kings" dates back to the time of the pharaohs, when an Egyptian king drank it in soup to recover from an illness.

Today, it's one of the most widely eaten vegetables in Egypt. In the Philippines, it is called "saluyot" and is widely grown for the leaves. We use this similar to how we would use spinach, as spinach is harder to grow here and this productive and easy plant will provide loads of fresh greens all summer.

Michael Adler from the Edible Plant Project was stewarding this for many years and we got this seed back in 2014 and have been keeping it ever since. It's very easy to grow and provides nutrient dense leaves that are easy to incorporate into your day to day meal prep.

The leaves do exude a silky, gooey substance similar to okra, which lends itself great for cooking into dishes that can use some thickening.