Food & Drink

A Guide to Making Jams and Syrups With Wild Ingredients

The possibilities are pretty much endless with wild ingredients — use almost any fresh fruit or juice and a sweetener to create your own custom jam or syrup!

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From Foraging to Fermenting: How to Brew Fruit-Based & Flower Mead

Fermenting mead is an ancient practice. With step-by-step instructions, learn how to brew fruit-based and flower meads, from foraging to fermenting.

The Surprisingly Sweet Secret of Crab Apples

Small But Mighty! Crab Apples are easy to find, simple to store, and incredibly flavorful. Keep reading to learn more about the unsung heroes of the apple family.

Preserving Veggies: Tips for Freezing Vegetables

Try your hand at preserving veggies by freezing them! Freezing vegetables is a quick, simple way to preserve them for winter meals.

Red Wine Salt: A Bold and Flavorful Seasoning

Add a rich and robust twist to your meals with help from red wine salt! This seasoning is a perfect addition to dishes like short rib, potatoes, and more.

The Radiant Raspberry: Foraging For and Cooking With Wild Raspberries

Raspberries: they’re sweet, flavorful, and extremely versatile. Forage for raspberries yourself and use them to create delicious dishes!

Summer Vegetable Tian: Simple and Elegant

This summer vegetable tian is the perfect easy side dish. Layers of eggplant, zucchini, tomato, & red onion make this dish healthy, colorful, and delicious!

How to Harvest, Store, and Cure Squash

Squash newbies, this one’s for you! Learn how to harvest, cure, and store squash with these tried-and-true techniques from gardening expert Carol Deppe.

I Scream, You Scream, We All Forage For Ice Cream

Elevate your dessert experience with two unique ice cream treats. Refreshing signature flavor that captures the essence of nature. These recipes promise to delight your palate and impress your guests!

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Boost Your Gut Health: Follow Your Gut Juice Recipe

The gut plays a significant role in overall health. Here’s a juice recipe to help improve, gut health, digestion and boost immunity. Cheers to a healthier you!

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The Holy Trinity of Sheep’s Milk Cheeses: Pecorino Siciliano, Vastedda & Ricotta

Sheep’s milk cheeses are uniquely delicious. Delve into the fascinating world of Sicilian sheep dairying and the extraordinary cheeses it produces.

Beat the Heat and Be Good to Your Gut: Dairy-Free Ice Cream Recipes

No summer day is complete without ice cream. Try out these dairy-free ice cream recipes to indulge in this frozen treat while still being kind to your gut.

The Whole Sunflower: Delicious Down to the Stem

Did you know that more than just the seeds of a sunflower are edible? Almost every part of a sunflower are completely safe and delicious when cooked correctly.

Summer Rainbow Pickled Vegetable Plate: A Taste of Summer

With this recipe for a rainbow pickled veg plate, you can turn simple vegetables into a delectable dish that your guests will be craving all season long.

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Foraging 101: Are All Grass Seeds Edible?

Dig into the many varieties of grass seeds, learn about toxicity, and review a list of edible grass seeds. Happy foraging!

Plant Spotlight: The Joyful Juneberry

All hail the joyful juneberry! While these berries taste wonderful when they’re fresh, you can also preserve them and create beverages with them.

Ginger Carrots for a Healthy Gut

Looking for something to munch on that’s both tasty and good for you? These ginger carrots are a healthy snack that are easy to make at home! The following excerpt is from The Heal Your Gut Cookbook by Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett. It has been adapted for the web. Ginger Carrots Recipe…