Foraging & Wild Food Related Articles

Stinging nettle might not be your first choice in herbal tea, but this herb is rich in minerals. Here’s how to make nettle tea with fresh nettle or dried leaves.

Using dandelion flowers and green tea, here’s a tasty summer drink to keep you refreshed. Here’s a recipe for homemade dandelion iced tea.

Make good use of dandelion blooms. Here’s an easy dandelion flower recipe to make tasty fritters—perfect for lazy Sundays.

Looking to dive into the world of foraging for wild food? Here are some tips to get started plus a roundup of easy plants to forage.

What does plantain look like? A closer look at one of the most common wild and edible plants: plantain. You’ll learn how to identify broadleaf plantain and narrowleaf plantain.

Are spruce tips edible? Yes, they are. Here’s how to properly identify, harvest, and use this citrus-y, edi ble wild food.

Cattails are edible wild food. Here are some foraging tips, plus how to eat the cattail plant, along with 5 recipes to get you started.

Here’s how to make dandelion root coffee, a tasty, caffeine-free, coffee substitute—three different ways.

Cooking with dandelions is an easy and nutritious way to make use of an edible plant you may have growing in your backyard. From flower to root, the entire plant is edible.

You can cook, blend, bake, and drink goji berries. Here’s how to use goji berries plus a recipe roundup of our favorites.

Same, same, but different. A closeup look at the differences between two popular blooms: a viola flower vs pansy.

Broadleaf plantain (Plantago major) has many healing properties. Let’s learn how to prepare plantain leaves for medicinal uses at home.