Tag: forage

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

Wild Garlic Mustard Tartlets

For a brief few weeks in my teen years I worked for a catering company, and formed a very strong association between fancy parties and spanakopita. It’s very possible I need to go to fancier parties, but even so these spinach filled phyllo dough bundles 

Invasive Japanese Knotweed Salsa (Vegan)

Invasive Japanese Knotweed Salsa (Vegan)

Some salsas are chunky, some are smooth. This one is smooth. Some salsas are sour, some salsas are sweet, some spicy. This is all of the above, plus a little sour. Some salsas use tomatoes, or tomatillos, some salsas use wild invasive plants. This one 

Chocolate Coated Cranberry Wood Ear Mushrooms

Chocolate Coated Cranberry Wood Ear Mushrooms

Have you ever bit into a chocolate coated candy, and been met with a jelly-like cranberry flavored center, and thought “oh yay! A mushroom!”. No? Well I’m here to make that a possibility for you. These chocolate coated cranberry wood ear mushrooms are perfect for 

Tropical Pawpaw Caramel Sauce

Tropical Pawpaw Caramel Sauce

Pawpaws- the soft, sweet, caramelly, custard-like, tropical fruit found across the decidedly non-tropical tasting fruit. The caramel hints inspired me to use the pawpaw, along with coconut milk, to give a common caramel sauce a tropical touch. This pawpaw caramel sauce can be drizzled over 

Chicken of the Woods Vegan Pad Kee Mao

Chicken of the Woods Vegan Pad Kee Mao

I loved pad thai the first time I tried it, and it took me years to get over my pad thai obsession enough to try any other dish. When I finally did, I realized I might never eat pad thai again- pad kee mao (often