Foraged Foods
Frijoles y Quelites with Lamb’s Quarters
These frijoles y quelites with lamb’s quarters are my take on a Mexican wild greens and beans dish. Lamb’s quarters work great, but you could use any wild green!
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Foraged Foods
Dandelion and Onion Bhaji
These dandelion and onion bhaji are the perfect wild twist on an Indian restaurant classic. Dandelion flowers, leaves, and onions get battered and fried.
Foraged Foods
Spruce Tip Syrup
This spruce tip syrup is easy to make and is makes the perfect addition to desserts, confections, and cocktails!
Foraged Foods
How to Make Spruce Salt
Spruce salt is made by harvesting young, tender spruce tips in the spring, blending them with coarse sea salt or kosher salt and letting it dry.
Domestic
Steamed Artichokes with Garlic-Spruce Aioli
These steamed artichokes with garlic-spruce aioli make for the perfect appetizer or light lunch. The aioli is made with freshly foraged spruce tips!
Domestic
Sichuan Springtime Stir Fry
This Sichuan springtime stir fry utilizes delicious spring produce and foraged wild edibles to create a delicious seasonal specialty!
Foraged Foods
Ohitashi
This ohitashi, a Japanese dish of greens steeped in dashi broth, is a great side for any Japanese dinner and can be made with store bought or wild greens!
How-To
How to Harvest and Cook Stinging Nettles
VIDEO – This video will show you how to harvest and cook stinging nettle. After harvesting some near a creek, I take it home and make a nettle and ricotta pasta!
Foraged Foods
Dandelion Salade Lyonnaise
This Dandelion Salade Lyonnaise is a spin on the bistro classic from Lyon, France, where it is usually made with curly endive or frisée.
Domestic
Greek Braised Mutton with Spring Greens
This Greek mutton or lamb dish from Crete utilizes foraged wild greens and an avgolemono sauce to achieve perfect balance and deliciousness!
Foraged Foods
Wild Greens Saag
This wild greens saag can be made from any foraged wild greens you find in the spring, including dandelion, garlic mustard, nettles, ramps, etc.
Foraged Foods
Cattail Shoot ‘Sunomono’
This cattail shoot ‘sunomono’ salad, was inspired by the Japanese cucumber sunomono salad due to the cooling cucumber flavour of the cattail shoots.
Foraged Foods
Springtime Wild Soba Soup
This springtime wild soba soup turns common foraged greens found in the springtime into a hearty, healthy, and delicious Japanese-inspired soup!
Foraged Foods
Wild Greens Mac and Cheese
This wild greens mac and cheese is a decadent and delicious way to incorporate wild greens like nettles, dandelions, garlic mustard, etc. into your diet!
Foraged Foods
Spring Foraging and Kuku Sabzi with Wild Greens
Video – Spring foraging can be very rewarding. This Persian kuku sabzi egg dish was made with freshly foraged wild spring greens!