Here is my submission for the Foraging - Sand - Elective 2Dish: Forage and Prepare a Dish BB.
I foraged for lambs quarters and (after washing) added it to the salad for dinner - SkIP 2021 Event.
To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- A picture of one of the plants in the wild
- A picture of obviously more than a cup of foraged ingredients (or pic of the ingredients in a measuring cup)
- A picture of the finished dish
- A description of what the dish is: mixed green salad with lambs quarters, spinach, and lettuces
Here is my submission for the Foraging - Sand - Elective Dish#3: Forage and Prepare a Dish BB.
I foraged for lambs quarters and (after washing) added it to the salad for lunch - SkIP 2021 Event.
To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- A picture of one of the plants in the wild
- A picture of obviously more than a cup of foraged ingredients (or pic of the ingredients in a measuring cup)
- A picture of the finished dish
- A description of what the dish is: mixed green salad with lambs quarters, spinach, and lettuces
Today I foraged some dandelions from a wild spot near my garden. I then harvested some other bits, which had been intentionally grown, and made a salad. For those interested, the other ingredients were: sorrel, borage flowers (also wild), rose petals, sage flowers, lettuce leaves, Hablitzia tamnoides and parsley.
I tossed the salad with a homemade dressing and served it with some sliced tomatoes and mozzarella. Simple but healthy and very tasty. The dandelions were not as bitter as I feared - I usually avoid them whilst foraging as I've eaten some that were shockingly bitter.
Ingredients:
- One cup of dandelion leaves
- One cup of lettuce leaves
- Edible flowers (borage, sage, dandelion)
- Parsley sprigs
For the dressing:
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Honey
Method:
1. Wash and dry the ingredients. Cut the dandelion and lettuce leaves into small strips.
2. Toss the ingredients together in a bowl.
3. Mix a little olive oil, balsamic and honey together in a jar to make the dressing. I used a mostly-empty honey jar and omitted that ingredient.
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Dandelions in the wild
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Foraged leaves
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Other ingredients too!
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Finished salad looking v. colourful
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It was delicious!
Small-holding, coppice and grassland management on a 16-acre site.
Here is my submission for the Foraging - Sand - Elective Dish4: Forage and Prepare a Dish BB.
I foraged sheep sorrel and (after washing) added it to the salad for dinner today - SkIP 2021 Event.
To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- A picture of one of the plants in the wild
- A picture of a cup of foraged ingredients
- A picture of the finished dish
- A description of what the dish is: mixed green salad with sheep sorrel, spinach, chard, and baby kale