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Thanks to my wonderful local Natural Grocer, who sells organic dandelion leaves, I was able to make dandelion pesto today. Oh my goodness, it's so good. Tastes like spring! There are a thousand ways to make pesto, but this batch has lemon juice & zest, garlic, walnuts, dandelion leaves and olive oil. I'll freeze some for…
While going through stores to find various spices & such to help me with my self-designed spicy weight loss experience/adventure, I found Korean seaweed or Gim. I was looking for powdered dulse or some that I could powder for a spice blend, but hadn't found any (yet). Well, it is an interesting flavor, to say the least.…
Surprisingly, one of the most common questions I get when folks find out that I'm a forager and a Permaculture practitioner is about juniper or cedar berries. Where I live, the cedar trees are Juniperus virginiana and we have a lot of juniper as landscaping plants (some have berries). I guess a lot of folks see those…
I LOVE poke greens! They are a must after a hard Appalachian winter. They are fresh tasting and delicious, a little tangy and back when folks had to live on root veggies and cabbage all winter, they gave folks a nice, vitamin rich, meal with a little needed fiber. Spring greens foraging is also a good reason to get out in…
I got a copy of this book for Christmas, and I love it! Foraging and Feasting - A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. It's not quite like any of my other books. There are detailed descriptions, including beautiful illustrations, of 50 wild edible plants and recipes using those plants. http://www.botanicalartspress.com/…
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