Miner's lettuce is a wild-growing edible weed that is highly nutritious. It's loaded with vitamin C and minerals and has medicinal properties.
Rich with a nutty flavor, dock seed flour is something every forager should know about. Many will know dock as a cooked green, but its seeds and the
Chickweed pesto is a great way to use up all of that chickweed that is growing in your backyard. Forage wild chickweed and make pesto!
Chickweed pesto is a great way to use up all of that chickweed that is growing in your backyard. Forage wild chickweed and make pesto!
Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a fast growing wild weed that's easy to find and identify worldwide. Also known as wild spinach, the leaves are tender, sweet and delicious. Since it's a close relative to cultivated
Elderflower picked from Battersea park
with goat cheese crumbles, sweet roasted almond slices (not pictured), dandelion petals (optional) and a lovely honey lemon ginger dressing I’m a purple lover. Everything purple appeals to me. It’s…
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Lepidium Virginicum: Bottlebrush Peppergrass There are two ways of thinking about peppergrass, either as a real neat wild treat, or an obnoxious weed. Regardless of your world view — or weed view — peppergrass is a survivor and part of man’s diet for many thousands of years. As far back as 300 BC Pliny was […]
Shagbark Hickories are easily distinguishable by their sheddy-looking bark. A couple of years ago, I started hearing about shagbark hi...
yummy and the only good use for day lilies
Horta, a Greek catch-all term for edible wild plants as well as a recipe made from them, is a delicious, minimalist way to prepare your favorite wild
Foraging with Kids: Sweet, crunchy aromatic and tangy, these super-simple pickled wild garlic buds are so utterley moorish on crusty bread.
You can eat the immature male flower heads like corn on the cob. Boil or steam them for ten minutes and serve with butter. But you can also make really nice little cakes, they will do well at picnics...
Here you’ll find my favorite recipes made from whole, homegrown, and wild edible plants. Many of the recipes in this recipe index are made from wild “weeds” and plants that grow in our backyard gardens and in forested areas.
A recipe for dandelion capers with ramps and lemon zest. Employ children to help you harvest! From James Beard Award-winning Chef Alan Bergo.
A recipe for dandelion capers with ramps and lemon zest. Employ children to help you harvest! From James Beard Award-winning Chef Alan Bergo.
Wondering what to do with mulberries? Check out these delicious ways to use mulberries and 15 yummy mulberry recipes.
