Plant-based Fresh and Foraged Recipes
We’re heading into Fall, and one food that always get’s me in Autumn mood is cornbread. We’ve added a sweet and savory, foraged, vegan, healthier twist on ours though! Crumbly, sweet, with warming or curry spices, this pawpaw cornbread is delicious warm with vegan butter …
I found it sitting at the base of a large, old oak tree- dinner. Fall heralds the arrival of maitake mushrooms, also known as hen of the woods, and they’re one of the tastiest wild mushrooms you’ll ever try. They’re large, meaty, and filled with …
Soft, crusty bread with a flavorful, creamy sauce, crunchy cabbage, sharp pickles, and sweet and savory tomatoes lay the background for the real star of the show- deep fried shrimp of the woods. Because if you’re going to go through the effort of foraging, why …
Bright, fresh, colorful, and lemony, this wood sorrel, jicama, and beet slaw is so deliciously refreshing, it’s cooling and invigorating, even on the warmest summer days. The lemony dressing and wood sorrel offset the more earthy flavors in the beets, and the jicama adds it’s …
This classic Chinese food takeaway dish is given a delicious new flourish with the presence of a tasty wild edible. Daylily flower vegetable lo mein is the wild comfort food you never knew you needed, with the drama and beauty given from the whole daylily …
Lemony and bright, this chilled wood sorrel soup is a great wild appetizer. Start a meal off with a bowl of this creamy, delicate, liquid. It’s thickened with coconut milk, and the most prevalent flavor is the lemony wood sorrel. Hints of mint and coconut, …
Crispy, chewy, lion’s mane mushroom filets, seared in olive oil, and surrounded by a simple and fresh, garlicky, chunky and rustic sauce made with sweet cherry tomatoes and shallots, garnished with fresh basil. The entire dish is under 10 ingredients, and every single one of …
Cheesy and flavorful, this vegan parmesan and stinging nettle pasta will leave you wanting more. Garlicky flavor, along with onions, nettles, marinated artichoke hearts, vegan parmesan, and a beautiful garnish of violets and garlic mustard flowers will make this dish not only delicious, but the …
Sweet and tart, warm, gooey Japanese knotweed and strawberry compote over freshly made oatmeal is the perfect nourishing and delicious start to your day. It’s not overly sweet (definitely in breakfast not dessert territory), and the sweetness of the strawberries is balanced with the sourness …
Warm and comforting, with a delicate, complex, yet hardy broth, this stinging nettle soup is filled with green lentils, carrots, onions, fresh stinging nettles (of course) and seasoned with miso and mushroom. The stinging nettles themselves add a lovely aromatic, herbaceous tone to the broth, …