Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
Peppery arugula is the perfect match for the light, savory, green flavor of daylilies. For those new eating daylily flowers, they have a flavor that tastes a little like a mix of green beans with a hint of leek and a shadow of nectarine. A …
Let’s make buckwheat mulberry pancakes together! The nutty, earthy flavor of buckwheat is spiced with cloves and nutmeg. The pancakes are fluffy and light, with a crisp crust. Inside they are studded with juicy, wild, summer mulberries. They are the perfectly simple, perfectly summery way …
What if I told you there were highly nutritious, delicious, and totally free greens available on almost every corner and lawn? There are- dandelion leaves, as it were. And if you’ve got a hankering to try them, let me share this dandelion leaf recipe to …
Rich and creamy, and so comforting, it’s vegan mac and cheese! This mac and cheese has the added flavor of wild garlic mustard, which adds yumminess and nutrition while fighting an invasive species. It’s quick and easy to come together, and perfectly comforting. Bring a …
Almonds, blueberries, and invasive Japanese knotweed- what could be better than that? This foraged treat combines a homemade blueberry and Japanese knotweed jam with almond frangipane in our version of a vegan Bakewell tart. The tartness of the Japanese knotweed is the perfect match for …
For all the freshness of spring, we have a vegan green minestrone soup featuring stinging nettle shoots. It brings together the herbed green flavor of stinging nettles, fennel, and green peas with the heartiness of white beans, pasta, and button mushrooms. Top with vegan parmesan …
Soft, light, moist and sweet, it’s vegan dandelion bread! This quick and sweet loaf is packed with dandelion petals, but you don’t notice the texture. They almost melt into the bread, and leave behind a honey flavor (Side note: I hate that the term “sweetbread” …
Fruity and filled with that cardamom-like warming spice flavor, this strawberry magnolia ice cream brings a new twist to spring flavors. It’s rich, creamy, with the perfect melt in your mouth flavor. The warm spice profile can be hard to pin down, and that’s because …
Sweet and tangy, the perfect companion to sweet potato fries is this rosehip ketchup! It’s got that perfect thick and sticky ketchup texture, that sweetness from the rosehips, and that little bit of warming heat from cinnamon. It’s that perfect bit of sweet and sour …
Rich, creamy, spiced, sweet and savory, it is curried chicken pot pie, but foraged. Oh and vegan. That’s right, the “chicken” in this pot pie literally grew on trees. Soft and tender chicken of the woods mushrooms is very much at home with cauliflower and …