Recipes

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

People can be quite funny about wild food. They are happy to eat a mushroom you have foraged and cooked, but mention nettles and … 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

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

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

Dandelion Root Coffee Recipe

My wife came home the other day with a huge bag of dandelion roots which she plonked in the middle of the kitchen floor, … Continue

Sorrel Soup

I went and picked Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) for this warming, tangy sorrel soup recipe. Sorrel is widely available, and can often be found on … Continue

Hawthorn Jelly Recipe

This is a lovely, simple hawthorn jelly recipe that you can have with cheese or meats. Make it now and you’ll be in time … Continue