Chicken of the woods is a delicious chicken flavoured mushroom that is very easy to start with as a beginner forager. They can be recognised by their yellow and orange coloring and wave-like form. They also only grow on tree trunks.

Chicken of the woods can be found in autumn. You typically want to keep watch on trees that start to show deterioration. A place where I found them in great numbers are pollard willows. Since they often show deterioration from pruning. For harvesting you will need the young supple pieces. Hard pieces can still be eaten but are a bit bitter. It can be used in recipe's just like chicken.

Prior to the mid-20th century, dandelions and clover were considered signs of a healthy lawn. In fact, people frequently pulled up grass to make room for them. The narrative shifted due to targeted industry marketing.

Dandelions were labeled as "pesky," "ugly," "useless," and "invaders". But we know better! Dandelions are a superfood. Everything can be eaten from root to flower.

So let's start by making a patty from the flower. Make sure you pick them from a place where no dogs could have urinated and where there are plenty left for the bees.

During spring large bundles of white flowers can be found on a bush. The elderflowers. The flowers are edible raw and the berries, that come after the flowering, are edible after cooking.

Both are used in a wide range of recipe's. The berries can be made into a vinegar or drink. The flowers can be used as decoration, made into a champagne and a syrup.

Fun fact: In old tales the elderberry was thought to ward off evil while others told of evil witches lurking under the berries.

Not really a recipe but I could not, not share it! Goosegrass or sticky willy is sooooo good for you! It's full of vitamine c, iridoids, which are known for their antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and neuro-protective effects.

It has been used to treats wounds, eczema, psoriasis, fevers, sleaplessness, cancer, bladder infection and much more. So instead of treating it as an annoying weed, let's use it!

The taste could be explained as a mix of cucumber and lettuce. You can also eat it, but better to bake or cook it first since the hairs aren't a very nice feeling.

Nettle are known for their huge amount of vitamine c, and still used until this day in many culinary dishes as well as medicine. Their painful sting is actually very healthy for our body.

Though the underside of nettles do not sting, I find it the most easy to harvest nettles by using scissors. Make sure to keep some for the butterflies since they love them as well!

Now, let's forget about unhealthy potato chips from the supermarket and make our own healthy variant. Nettle chips!

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I love berries! And blackberries can be found by the dozen these days due too the large amounts of nitrogen. I decided to make one with an oreo cookie base since I love the combination of chocolate and berries.

On the top I decorated with some more blackberries, some blueberries and flowers from herb-robert. The flowers don't really taste like much but just gives this little finishing touch. You can also use flowers from camomille, lavender or wild violets.