Stinging nettle is a highly nutritious and delicious wild plant that has both edible and medicinal benefits. Once cooked, the sting is dissipated and it can be eaten like any leafy green. There are many amazing and unique ways to use nettle. Here are over 40 stinging nettle recipes for when you have an abundance…
Spring Recipes
Discover the joy of eating seasonal foods and how much more flavorful it is when ingredients are at their peak of freshness! These spring recipes are sure to become your favorites when the earth begins to warm and awaken after the cold winter months.
You'll find many foraged spring recipes made with wildcrafted herbals and flowers including 50+ Dandelion Recipes (even Dandelion Pesto and Dandelion Mead!), Lilac Flower Infused Honey, and Wild Violet Flower Infused Vinegar.
There are also spring recipes fresh from the garden such as Strawberry Rhubarb Butter.
Infused Dandelion Vinegar
When dandelions are abundant in springtime make this infused dandelion vinegar! It has a subtle combined sweetness and bitterness and can be used to make a wonderful salad dressing. Dandelion is beneficial for digestion and for the liver. It is also a highly nutritive tonic and I love coming up with new recipes for how…
50+ Dandelion Recipes: Drinks, Sweets, Soap, Remedies + More!
Dandelion flowers are edible and medicinal and have many uses! Here are 50+ dandelion recipes for drinks, sweets, baked goods, savory dishes, bath and body, and home remedies. Wildcrafting Weeds ebook Before we get started with these dandelion recipes I want to let you know about my ebook! Wildcrafting Weeds: 20 Easy to Forage Edible…
Lilac Flower Infused Honey
Make this lilac-infused honey for an easy way to preserve the flavor of these spring flowers. The blooming of fragrant lilac flowers means that spring is really here! These beautiful blossoms are edible and delicious. Harvesting Lilac Flowers Lilac flowers don’t last long, so if you want to make something with them you have to…
Spruce Beer Homebrew Recipe (made with spruce tips)
Homebrewing is one of my favorite things to do, but I especially love it when I can incorporate foraged ingredients. I came across some nice big spruce tips recently, and when I saw them I immediately knew what I was going to make with them: spruce beer! Homemade spruce beer has been something that I’ve…
Dandelion Mead Recipe (Dandelion Wine Made With Honey)
Dandelion wine is an old school recipe that has been around for centuries. The yellow petals have a honey-like flavor and they make a delicious wine! I prefer to make dandelion mead, as I feel like it is even more flavorful that way. Simple Mead Making Ebook If you want to learn more about making…
Forsythia Flower Honey Syrup
The blooming bright yellow flowers of the forsythia shrub is one of the first signs of spring, but not everyone knows that the blossoms are edible! Make this forsythia syrup with honey for a delicious spring treat. Edible Forsythia Flowers You know that spring has sprung when you see the bright yellow blaze of forsythia…
Chickweed Pesto: Wild Greens Superfood Recipe
Foraging is one of the most rewarding things that you can do, especially when you find a huge patch of a highly nutritious plant such as chickweed. While it’s always fun to find and identify a wild edible plant here and there, it can be a rare occasion to be able to harvest enough to…
Wild Violet Flower Infused Vinegar
When your yard is full of wild violet flowers in the spring, pick a handful and make this wild violet infused vinegar! This gorgeous purple wild violet flower infused vinegar is perfect to use in salad dressings, drinks, and medicinally as well. Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal…
Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
This rhubarb upside down cake is easy to make, beautiful, and delicious! It’s a little bit sweet and a little bit tart – the perfect spring dessert when rhubarb is in season. Baking with Rhubarb Rhubarb is an interesting vegetable that is most commonly eaten as a fruit. It is tart and delicious with an…
