This Elderflower Eton Mess Recipe is a fantastic way to utilise the summers Elderflowers, and once they’ve dropped out of season, if you’ve made up some elderflower cordial or elderflower syrup then you can use that in the recipe too 🙂 Ingredients for Elderflower Eton Mess Recipe (enough for 4)…
Tag: spring
This Wild Kimchi Pickle Recipe is one of the most Moorish things I’ve ever concocted from our foraged goodies. You can serve it as a side dish itself, or add a little more soy and oil to it to utilise it as a dipping sauce, or – like I often…
This Nettle Energy Ball Recipe is incredibly simple and the energy balls you get are absolutely jam-packed with nutrients and minerals – the perfect thing for a mid-hike snack. Ingredients: 1 cup of rolled oats 1/2 cup of ground almonds (or other nuts/seeds of choice or more oats) 1…
This Sorrel and Raisin Walnut Tart recipe utilises the sharp flavour of sorrel and creates something beautiful. With a sharp citrus flavour, which many people describe as a green apple flavour, this little green leafy plant was traditionally used to add sharpness to dishes, before we had access to lemons. …
This Plantain Seed, Mugwort and Garlic Crackers Recipe is a surprising way to use up the wild flavours of plantain when in seed as well as the not often used Mugwort. The flower heads of Ribwort Plantain are very similar to psyllium husk & have a delicious nutty flavour. This is…
This Rose and Chaga Coconut Macaroons recipe is reminiscent of a heady summer day, these sweet treats are floral and earthy at the same time. I can’t claim that this is a healthy snack, but the health benefits of both Rose and Chaga are well documented. Rose petals are mildly…
For me this Wild Garlic and Cheese Scone Recipe signal the end of winter and the beginning of spring, they taste truly amazing and I’m now asked to bake these for every spring occasion. What’s even better is that they can be baked and frozen for use later in the…
Lacto fermented Wild Garlic is quite a mouthful to say and sounds quite complicated, however the truth is, making this is really quite simple, more simple than making a pesto & it stores for the whole year until the next Wild Garlic season comes along. What is Lacto Fermentation? Lacto…
This pickled Japanese Knotweed recipe is incredibly tasty, you can have a pickle within just an hour and it can be used with loads of things; From a cheeseboard to BBQ or smoked meats, this is one of those cupboard staples that I make a big bunch of each year.…
Creeping Thistle / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible A native, bi-annual member of the daisy family.  It’s the most common thistle found in the UK and the stems and roots can be eaten raw or cooked. Common Names Creeping Thistle, Canada Thistle, Field Thistle Botanical Name Cirsium arvense…