Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
If you like tempeh, you’ll love this seared tempeh in a homemade mulberry BBQ sauce. The tempeh is nutty and funky with an excellent crust, where the sweet, sticky, and smoky spicy mulberry BBQ sauce clings. The sauce is slightly caramelized, fruity, with notes of …
These vegan sausages are spicy and flavorful, and a lot of that flavor comes from an invasive plant- garlic mustard! These garlic mustard sausages are seitan-based, and stay tender on the inside while being crispy on the outside. They work great on the grill or …
Cooling, lemony, herbaceous, tangy, and bright, this foraged salsa verde makes the best of invasive Japanese knotweed. Enjoy with corn chips, on roasted breakfast potatoes, add to burritos, top enchiladas and more. Skip the Post, Jump to the Recipe! Japanese Knotweed Foraging I grew up …
Welcome the wild cousin of the cinnamon bun- it’s magnolia sweet rolls, filled with dried magnolia flowers and wild blueberries. These rolls are sweet and warming, sticky and soft, with a bit of a chew. The dough is soft, with an excellent chew. I attribute …
Here’s a new flavor to add to your spice cabinet- dried magnolia flowers. Ground into a powder, these petals add a unique flavor that combines cardamom, black pepper, ginger, and floral notes in a gentle, warming blend. Add it to oatmeal, cakes, cookies, or anywhere …
Daylily shoots have a delicate, onion-like flavor that works amazingly in these spring rolls. They pick up the ginger flavor well, which works with the savory and somewhat briny bamboo shoots, as well as the delicate mushroom flavor from the enoki mushrooms. All those flavors …
Despite common lure, you actually can be vegan and eat fish. And no, it’s not the same as being a pescatarian. You just have to make sure the fish you’re eating isn’t actually fish. Okay, admittedly that was a stupid introduction, but after writing nearly …
If you’re in the mood for tacos with amazingly meaty texture but no meat, and a delicious, savory flavor, and you just happen to be a forager with some hen of the woods on hand, these vegan maitake tacos are what you’re after. The maitake …
Rich and silky, spicy creamy tomato sauce envelopes tender and savory shrimp of the woods mushrooms topped with fresh basil for a simple, filling meal. Serve over pasta, rice, or with sourdough bread for a toothsome meal, simple yet exquisite. Skip the Post, Jump to …
Let’s make vegan manicotti, forager style. Large manicotti pasta are stuffed with a simple almond ricotta style cheese, folded with spinach and black trumpet mushrooms. Rich and creamy garlic lemon sauce coats everything. This dish is the perfect dish for dinner parties or date night, …