Mugwort Smoothie

Mugwort Smoothie Recipe

I love mugwort, dried or fresh it does not matter. The aroma sends me into heady reverie, and I love making drinks with it, and adding it to fruit salads etc.  [click to continue…]

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Dandelion Flower Vinegar

Dandelion Vinegar Recipe

The dandelions are all bright and beautiful at the moment. Perfect, I thought for making a dandelion flower vinegar.  [click to continue…]

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Sauteed Hogweed Leaf Stalks With Nettles & Wild Garlic

April 4, 2012
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The young hogweed leaf stalks and nettle tips are at their peak at the moment with regards the freshest, youngest greens. Hogweed is a plant that I have a lot of respect for, it is one of the true gourmet wild edibles, and it is well worth spending the time learning how to identify hogweed.

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Cleavers & Aubergine Bake

April 3, 2012
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With the trees just about to break from bud into a kaleidoscope of lime green visual delight, and a slightly cold wind coming in, I decided to make this warming cleavers bake. Cleavers is also known as goosegrass. You must only pick the top tips of the cleavers as they might be too stringy if you use [...]

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Wild Garlic In Oil

March 19, 2012
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This wild garlic recipe is a great way to preserve the annual wild garlic gluts. I always make it my mission to make a few jars of this puree so I can use it through the year.

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Ground Ivy & Horseradish Mayonnaise

March 13, 2012
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Beef passes my lips about 5 times a year (if that), so I was a bit surprised when my body nudged me to go and buy a steak. Local that is, like 2 miles away. All I had flashing through my mind was the scent and taste of ground ivy. So why ground ivy and [...]

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Homemade Goat’s Cheese With Wild Garlic

February 9, 2012
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Combine ramsons/wild garlic (Allium ursinum), or any other wild herb with this home made goat’s cheese recipe and you can almost imagine you are back in bygone days with village hamlets and horse drawn ploughs.

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Wild Dahl

February 8, 2012
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I have always loved dahl. Its deeply warming and satisfying, and comes in so many variations. This Wild Dahl recipe uses hedgerow seeds to make a truly heavenly dish. Even though I am blowing my own trumpet, I have to say this simple dahl recipe surpassed even my expectations.

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Alexanders Chutney

January 16, 2012
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There’s such a glut of Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) at the moment – yes even in mid-January – and I have always wanted to turn it into chutney, so putting on my thinking cap I went to work to create this gorgeous Alexanders recipe.

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Sea Kale Rosti

December 16, 2011
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Very few people mention using the root of sea kale, but in this sea kale recipe the deep flavours come through, a combination between cooked broccoli stems and sweet chestnuts. A very interesting sea kale recipe, and one well worth trying if you like something different.

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