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Foraging and Wild Food Recipes

Like many people, the kids and I love to forage. Foraging is simply searching for, and collecting wild food. There are many good reasons to forage. Wild foods are far more nutrient-dense than commercially produced crops, and the meals in our hedgerows are what our ancestors evolved to eat, making them essential for our health. Foraging also allows us to learn, and pass on our knowledge, as well as giving us a closer connection with the natural world around us.

Foraging for wild food is a brilliant way to get outside and interacting with our natural environment, and over the next few weeks nature’s larder will explode in an abundance of new growth as our wild plants establish themselves for another year. If you look closely while out for a walk you’ll find plenty of wild edibles already growing well in sheltered spots.

A quick summary of the legality of foraging in the UK…

  • It is illegal to uproot ANY wild plant without permission
  • It is illegal to disturb or collect plant material from any PROTECTED wild plant
  • It is illegal to trespass, so you must gain permission before foraging on private land

Common sense also says that if you entirely strip an area of wild food, you will damage that habitat, so only collect where food is bountiful, and just take reasonable amounts.

Only collect and eat a wild food that you are 100% sure you have identified correctly. Be aware of what goes on in the area that you are harvesting from. Plants near busy roads may be absorbing emissions from vehicles. If nearby fields are sprayed with pesticides, chances are some will make their way onto wild plants too. And if watercourses are polluted, your native plants will be drinking that water.

There are endless ways that you can introduce wild food into your recipes. Try using edible spring shoots in soups, quiches, pesto or just thrown into a salad.

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    How to make Apple, Rhubarb and Elderflower Fruit Leather

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders June 7, 2018

    Elderflower season is upon us here in the UK, and the hedgerows are bursting with these fragrant flowers.

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    How to Make Pine Resin Salve

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders February 27, 2018

    Pine resin is the sticky substance secreted by pine trees when they get damaged.

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    How to make Oak Gall Ink

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders January 22, 2018

    Do you know what the Magna Carta, the American Declaration of Independence and Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice all have in common? They were all written in Oak Gall Ink.

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    Making Dye from Lichen

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders December 8, 2017

    Throughout history, people have dyed their textiles using familiar, locally available materials and archaeologists have discovered evidence of textile dyeing dating as far back as the Neolithic period.

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    Learning bushcraft skills as a family

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders September 18, 2017

    Bushcraft is the art of living in a natural environment, using the resources that it provides. With the right skills and knowledge, not only can you survive outdoors, but, in…

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    The Best Reasons For Freezing Foraged Fruits

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders August 4, 2017

    With the fantastic hot weather we have been having this year in the UK all the signs suggest that it’s going to be a bumper year for many of the…

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    Learning Bushcraft with Cotswold Adventures at Cotswold Farm Park

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders June 1, 2017

    Cotswold Adventures is the brand new Bushcraft day that takes place in the stunning Cotswold hills.

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    How to Make Delicious Stinging Nettle Liqueur

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders March 30, 2017

    There are young nettles wherever we look at the moment, here in our part of the UK. I’m not sure when it crossed my mind to try and make a…

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    How to Make Easy Snow Ice Cream

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders March 2, 2017

    It’s not often we get massive amounts of snow here in the UK, but this week we seem to be getting more than our fair share. Once the kids have…

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    Spring Foraging Recipes the kids will love

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders February 27, 2017

    Foraging for wild food is a brilliant way to get outside and interacting with our natural environment, and over the next few weeks nature’s larder will explode in an abundance…

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    How to Make Delicious Wild Game Sausage Rolls

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders November 18, 2016

    Hunter sausage rolls is a great recipe for introducing kids to cooking with wild game meats. Super easy to make, game is great value for money and has high nutritional…

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    How to make Ground Ivy and Wild Horseradish Vodka

    by Sarah - Craft Invaders October 3, 2016

    Regular readers will remember that back in June I was given a fabulous hoard of wild horseradish roots.

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