Make wild violet jelly with spring’s first magical blooms! Wild violets are edible and delicious, and they make a flavorful flower jelly that tastes fruity, lightly floral, and full of spring’s beginning sun. Edible Wild Violets With tiny purple blooms and heart-shaped leaves, wild violet “weeds” are often the first flowers that you’ll see in…
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Cooking and preserving traditional food from scratch is one of my passions, and it’s even better if it includes homegrown, foraged, or fermented ingredients. I prefer to use whole foods and many of my recipes use herbs, flowers, and other fresh from the garden ingredients. Sourdough is another passion, and I also have a thing for cooking in cast iron pans!
Learn how to make sourdough tortillas, roasted beets and their greens, and traditional nitrate free corned beef.
Dandelion Fritters: A Snack From Your Backyard
Fried dandelion fritters are a nutritious and delicious snack foraged right from your backyard. With tons of vitamins and minerals, making these fried dandelions is a healthy way to enjoy the honey taste of dandelion blossoms with a savory batter. Eating Dandelions Dandelions are commonly known sunny-faced flowers that are wrongly seen as a nuisance…
Pickled Asparagus: Quick Refrigerator Pickles
Pickled asparagus is a tangy spring treat that is delicious and good for you. These refrigerator pickles are quick and easy to make and ready to eat in just a few days. This is a great way to prolong the life of fresh spring asparagus! Savor The Spring Flavor Spring tends to be a mix…
Dandelion Salad: A Recipe from Grandma’s Time
Dandelion salad was a frugal and healthy recipe popular during the Great Depression. Dandelion greens are loaded with vitamins and minerals and, while a little bitter, make a delicious and nutritious foraged recipe. Recipes From the Depression Era During the Great Depression, foraging for nutritious foods was common and was the key to survival for…
Easy Rhubarb and Strawberry Crisp
This rhubarb and strawberry crisp is easy to make and is a treat for spring or early summer gatherings. Tart rhubarb pairs perfectly with sweet strawberries topped with crispy sweetened oatmeal in this delicious dessert. Rhubarb and Strawberry: A Perfect Pair Strawberry and rhubarb have long been a perfect pair. They’re both ripe during spring…
Quick Pickled Radish: Pink, Red, Watermelon, or Daikon
Pickled radish is a tart and tangy spring treat. Use red or pink radish for a whimsical-looking pink brine, or mix a few different types for this quick pickled radish recipe. It’s the perfect pickle for spring! Pink Pickles for Spring Radishes may not be super exciting to everyone, but they are to me! There’s…
Dandelion Kombucha: Second Ferment
Dandelion kombucha is the best kombucha flavor for spring! This second fermentation is made with dandelion tea, creating a bubbly and refreshing drink fueled with flower power. Kombucha Second Fermentation for Spring Flavoring kombucha with a second fermentation process is easy, and the results are delicious, full of bubbles and probiotics. It begins with a…
Stinging Nettle-Ade (Nettle Iced Tea)
Use stinging nettle tea to make this delicious and health-beneficial nettle-infused lemonade. It’s a refreshing, sugar-free lemonade recipe that’s easy to make and is the perfect spring drink! Wildcrafting Weeds If you want to learn more about the edible and medicinal weeds that surround us and how to use them, check out my eBook: Wildcrafting…
Sourdough Pizza Dough
This sourdough pizza recipe is comfort food with a healthy spin and is as delicious as it is simple to make from scratch. Sourdough pizza dough doesn’t require any yeast and is perfect to make with your sourdough discard! Sourdough Pizza Crust If you have no other reason to make your own sourdough starter, I’m…
Sourdough Naan Bread
This sourdough naan bread recipe has two method options: oven-baked and cooked in a cast iron skillet. While it takes a little time to rise, this no-yeast naan bread recipe is worth it and is easy to make. It makes a great sourdough discard recipe, too! The Easiest Naan Recipe This sourdough naan bread is…
