It happens every Spring!
I get this unyielding yearning for rhubarb, until satisfied with the sight of this sweet-sour stuff at the local market.
I buy lots of it, then rush home to make a quick Rhubarb Crisp.
Rhubarb signals the beginning of baseball season, too, where a different sort of rhubarb begins with squabbles between umpire and pitcher.
Rhubarb became synonymous with a heated argument after Shakespeare's "with attitude" version in his dramas.

Dandelions are loaded with nutrients, as listed below.
When harvested in Spring before they blossom, the young leaves are delicious in a tossed green salad.
DANDELION BENEFITS & NUTRIENTS:
More iron and calcium than spinach
More beta-carotene than carrots
Rich in vitamin C, potassium, phosphorus, thiamine, and riboflavin.
Serves as a diuretic, pain reliever, appetite stimulant
Relives bloating and constipation
Boosts bile production, improves fat metabolism
Has Antioxidants - helps prevent cell damage, the basis of cancer, heart disease and other degenerative conditions.
Dandelion taproot also is edible (best pulled Fall to Spring) - good liver tonic, often added to soups.
The greens are best in Spring before the plant blooms.
Dandelion greens have few if any unwanted side effects, according to Alternative Medicine Review.
The Dandelion is actually a valuable herb.
Be sure to eat only those dandelions that have not been exposed to lawn sprays.

If you've baked cakes in a microwave, you're way ahead of me - until today when my conventional oven gave up the ghost, just as I geared up to make a chocolate cake.
So, what to do!?
Searching Google for microwave baking, I found loads of recipes and tips; then, wondering if it really might work - gave it a shot.
It not only worked, it was fast. The cake is delicious.
Here's the recipe I used:
Oil a glass baking dish. Set aside.
Heat for one minute in microwave -
1/4 cup cocoa with 1/3 cup water.
Set aside.
Mix dry ingredients:
3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
1 cup sugar (lt. brown or white)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Dash or two of salt
Whisk to blend well
Mix wet ingredients:
1/4 cup veg or olive oil
1/3 cup water
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
Whisk well
Mix all together and pour into greased baking dish.
Cook on HIGH 6 to 7 minutes, or until cake begins to pull from sides.
Cool cake on rack for 5 minutes before removing from baking dish.
TIPS:
1. Turn baking dish half way through cooking time
Test with toothpick. If pick does not come out clean, cook longer
(Microwave Cooks.com tips say microwave cakes won't 'fall'.)
2. Microwave cakes, etc.,. may rise higher than in reg. oven, so use less batter.
3. Extra batter can be saved in fridge. Bring to room temp to use.

Here they are as listed in a new book by Stephen Pratt, MD.

1. Beans: An excellent low-fat, low-calorie source of protein - easy way to control weight and blood sugar.
2. Blueberries: The best food on the planet to preserve a young brain as we mature.
3. Broccoli: The best food on the planet to prevent cancer.
4. Oats: A sure-fire way to lower cholesterol.
5. Oranges: The most readily available source of vitamin C, which in turn lowers the rate of most causes of death in the U.S., for example, heart disease and cancer.
6. Pumpkin: Keeps the skin young and helps prevent damage from sunlight.
7. Wild salmon: A guaranteed way to lower risk for cardiac-related death.
8. Soy: The only complete vegetarian source of protein.
9. Spinach: The best food on the planet to prevent cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.
10.Tea: green or black. The easiest and cheapest no-calorie way to avoid heart disease and cancer.
11:Tomatoes: One of the easiest ways for men to avoid prostate cancer is the consumption of tomatoes and tomato-based products.
12.Skinless Turkey breast: The easiest meat source of protein.
13:Walnuts: An easy way to lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
14:Yogurt: A tasty, easy way to boost your immune system.

It's easy to make your own.

3 cups dry milk
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
Mix well. Keep tightly covered.

TO MAKE ONE CUP HOT CHOCOLATE:

3-4 TABLESPOONS MIX
1 CUP BOILING WATER.

Optional additions:
Vanilla
Dash of cinnamon or cardamom
Dash of nutmeg
Two drops of peppermint extract
Coffee