Selfheal / Summer / Autumn / Edible Self Heal is a common and edible member of the Mint family. It’s a creeping, perennial plant with a long history of use in herbal medicine. Hippocrates said ‘let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.’ And this plant is a…
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 Docks / All Year Round / Edible A common and familiar wild plant. Well known as a cure for Nettle stings but it is also edible. There are two main species found in the UK, Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius) and Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) both have a similar taste and…
Some Simple recipe are the best and this Birch Syrup, yoghurt & nuts Breakfast is one of them 🙂 Of course, we can make more elaborate recipes for utilising the fantastic birch sap syrup, but it’s also nice to keep it simple. I often drizzle a little birch syrup on…
This Birch Syrup & Vegan Pancake Recipe is a really simple, American style pancake recipe, that’s also vegan! Great on their own for breakfast drizzled in lashings of birch sap syrup. Click here for our Silver Birch Foraging Guide Ingredients for our Birch Syrup & Vegan Pancake Recipe: 1 ripe…
Wild Garlic Season is one of the highlights of the year, this wild garlic pesto recipe is one of the quickest and easiest ways to utilise the flavour of wild garlic. Even better, it can be popped in little tubs, an ice cube tray or little bags and frozen to…
Welcome to our enchanting recipe guide for Dandelion Root & Meadowsweet Cheesecake, a heavenly dessert that brings together the earthy flavors of dandelion root and the delicate, floral notes of meadowsweet to create a truly unforgettable culinary experience. This delightful cheesecake is not only visually stunning but also a delightful…
Nettle Cordial Recipe Our Nettle Cordial Recipe is a surprising use of nettles and it will leave you amazed by the flavours that can be achieved from the prolific weed that is stinging nettles. I promise it won’t sting and in fact I bet you’ll soon be running off to…
The Dandelion Coffee Panna Cotta recipe is a fancy-sounding but deceptively easy sweet to make, which should more properly be described as weed flavoured pudding! With it’s spicy biscuit, reminiscent of cardamom and warm, familiar coffee notes, your family and friends will not believe these sophisticated flavours come from the…
Shepherds Purse / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Shepherds Purse is a tasty, native, annual member of the mustard family. The common name comes from the shape of the seed pods which look like old fashioned purses. It’s very common – in fact it’s the world’s 2nd most…
Spear Thistle / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Spear Thistle is a native, biannual member of the Daisy family.  It’s massively common and the stems can be used as a celery substitute. Common Names Spear Thistle, Bull Thistle, Scotch Thistle Botanical Name Cirsium vulgare Scientific Classification Kingdom –…