Noble Peasant Stinging Nettle Soup
Most people often think of soup when they talk about Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica). For those of you that have been going on at … Continue
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Lady’s Smock & Three Cornered Leek Salad
In this simple wild food recipe, I combine Lady’s Smock with Three Cornered Leek and tomatoes for a quick and easy side-salad. Lady’s Smock … Continue
Nettle Energy Balls
I made this Nettle Energy Balls recipe for our local Sidmouth Sustainable Funday event. Out of all the cakes and biscuits, these raw sweets … Continue
Ground Elder & Tempeh Recipe
This Ground Elder Tempeh Recipe (Aegopodium podagraria) is a current staple wild food for my family at the moment. It’s prolific, and well worth … Continue
Pickled buds of Alexanders
Pickled Buds of Alexanders Recipe – Alexanders buds have a heavily-scented flavour, unlike anything you have most probably tried. Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) are an … Continue
Pickled Magnolia Flowers
This recipe was created and posted back in April 2009. I was rummaging through Facciola’s Cornucopia II: A Source Book of Edible Plants where … Continue
Nettle Cordial Recipe
This Nettle Cordial Recipe makes a wonderfully refreshing Springtime drink. When friends put it to the taste test, pretty much everyone agreed that they … Continue
Broad-leaved dock, rice, feta cheese & seaweed
Home > Plants > Dock While filming my friend Simone, we made a truly scrumptious broad-leaved dock recipe, consisting of wilted dock leaves, rice, … Continue
Sweet Violet & Chocolate With Nettle
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?</span> In this video, my friend Simone, a forager with 40 years experience, talks … Continue
Nourishing Nettle Infusion Recipe
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) has traditionally been used as a Spring tonic, and in this video I show you just how easy it is … Continue
Lesser celandine stroganoff
Lesser celandine should never be eaten raw, as all parts of the plant contain a toxic compound called protoanemonin. However, this toxin is completely … Continue
Steamed Alexanders
The young growth of Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) are just beginning to emerge, and now is the time to don your wellies and hunt out … Continue
Frank Cook on nettle
? Frank Cook (internationally renowned edible wild plant expert) discusses the importance of Nettle (Urtica dioica) as food and medicine. Photo credit: Sassafras Krause … Continue
Gorse flower cordial recipe
Home > Plants > Gorse It was a cold and frosty late afternoon on December 30th when Zillah and I decided to go chasing … Continue
Frank Cook on dock
Home > Plants > Dock In the UK the two common species that you are likely to have come across are, Broad-leaved dock (Rumex … Continue