Apple & Elderflower Jelly
We're in the middle of elderflower season, one of my favourite things about early summer. I just love the scent. We already made a big batch of elderflower cordial earlier this month, and I've run out of bottles and space
Dandelion Cordial or ‘Honey’
One of the very first foraging recipes I ever made, many years ago, was dandelion cordial. I was visiting my sister in semi-rural Eastern Germany with my eldest son, who was about 2 at the time. They have a very
Wild Garlic Butter
Wild garlic season is coming to an end. Sob. But there's one easy way to preserve some of that green goodness for the rest of the year - wild garlic butter! It freezes surprisingly easy, and if you freeze it
Wild Garlic Oil
I'm in wild garlic heaven at the moment. I've already made wild garlic & cheddar biscuits twice, eaten my weight in wild garlic pesto, and have some pickled wild garlic buds resting in the fridge. Another quick way to include
Wild Garlic, Parsley & Ground Elder Cheese Spread
My love for wild garlic knows no bounds, but this simple recipe combines two of my favourite foraged spring greens - wild garlic (ramsons) and ground elder - together with some parsley. This cheese spread is delicious on oatcakes or
Pickled Wild Garlic Buds
Wild garlic season is short. Even shorter is the window of opportunity to harvest wild garlic buds, before they bloom in to flowers. Pickled wild garlic bulbs are crunchy and aromatic, and taste delicious on thick slices of butter bread,
Ground Elder & Potato Bake
Let's talk about edible weeds. Last year, I share my recipe for soup made with ground elder - an incredibly invasive plant that is notoriously difficult to remove but actually used to be cultivated as a vegetable and was introduced
Wild Garlic & Cheddar Biscuits (GF)
It's the peak season for wild garlic, both ramsons and few-flowered leek, so I simply must share our wild garlic & cheddar biscuits with you. There are absolutely more-ish! Ingredients 150g gluten free plain flour blend (I use Dove's Farm)*plus 1/4 tsp
Home Made Elderberry Juice Recipe
Autumn to me is apple crumble and plum cake, pumpkin pie and
How to Make a Simple Bramble Shrub
Today I want to talk about shrubs! Not the kind that grows in the woods, but the kind that you drink. I know everyone hates a long, rambling recipe into, but if you're new to shrubs hear me out on
Foraged Apple & Rose Hip Jelly
It's my favourite time of year, when the hedgerows and woodlands are full with food for the taking, so get ready for an onslaught of more foraging posts! First up, after my recent nettle seed post, I have a recipe
Foraging for Nettle Seeds
One of my more recent foraging discoveries is nettle seeds. We've foraged for nettle leaves in Spring - they make excellent tea, soup or pesto - but the time for picking nettle leaves is long gone, the nettle plants having