These steamed Hogweed Stems are a super simple and quick way to utilise your wild foraged Hogweed stems. Often the simple recipes that use little ingredients are the best and this is definitely one of them. This is the simplest, most delicate and enjoyable ways to eat Hogweed stems. It…
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Through this guide we’re going to take a look through the potential for Lacto Fermenting Wild Ingredients. The possibilities are endless and once you get started it just gets more exciting. When we begin to start foraging we find one or two exciting wild ingredients and try every recipe…
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)…
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. …
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…
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…
German Chamomile / Spring / Summer / Edible German Chamomile is A non-native annual member of the daisy family, it can be used in the same way as the less common English Chamomile. Common Names Chamomile, Camomile, German chamomile, Hungarian chamomile, Wild chamomile, Blue chamomile, or Scented mayweed Botanical Name…