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Chickpea Nettle Burgers

Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

I now have nettle burgers to add to my lexicon of favourite nettle recipes (which also includes nettle pesto, nettle pizza, and nettle spanakopita!). These …

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gooseberry and elderflower cordial

Gooseberry and Elderflower Cordial

Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

When I saw this recipe for gooseberry and elderflower cordial in Fiona Beckett’s book How to Drink Without Drinking, I knew I had to try it. Elderflowers …

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Elderflower Cordial Cocktail

Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

This elderflower cordial cocktail is affectionately called “the bump start” by me and its friends. Feel free to read the origin story below, a tale …

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gooseberry and elderflower cordial

Wild Elderflower Cordial

Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

Wild elderflower cordial is a spring foraging classic, one of my first go-to recipes when the elderflowers start to appear in the hedgerows in May. But this …

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Dandelion Jam

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Dandelions are proliferous in spring and this dandelion jam recipe is a great way to encapsulate their cheerful yellow petals into a delightful jam. The …

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Pickled blackberries

Spiced Pickled Blackberries

Recipes, Wild Food Recipes

These pickled blackberries have become an autumn ritual with the autumn blackberry glut.  The original recipe comes from  All Good Things Around Us by Pamela …

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Nettle Spanakopita

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One of my favourite all time uses for foraged nettles is this recipe for nettle spanakopita. This Greek filo pie is traditionally made with spinach, but …

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