I love foraging for “edible weeds” and harvesting the bounty that nature provides. It is the season for poke salad greens and I have made cooked poke salad (aka Polk Salad) many times before. This time I thought I would try something new and unusual so I have a polk salad recipe with a twist- […]
How To Cook Dandelion Greens- Wildly Edible Yard Weeds!
Right now is the time, for a short time, to gather dandelion greens while these wild edible yard weeds are tender and delicious. Once the dandelion leaves get too overgrown, they just don’t taste as pleasing. This morning we gathered a bunch of dandelion greens. Most likely you will find these common edible yard weeds […]
Early Spring Foraging And A Dandelion Salad Recipe
As someone who loves homesteading, now is the time to get outside and get some of earth’s free edibles! It is my philosophy that every meal made from nature is one less meal to buy at the grocery store. It is a way to carve away from the grocery bill, infuse nature’s nutritious and healing […]
Black Bean Quinoa Burger Recipe
I decided yesterday to totally “wing” it, by creating some vegan burgers without sorting through cook books and magazines. So let this little blog article be “veginspiration” to you that you can actually make a vegan burger without a recipe! But, of course, I will give you this delicious black bean quinoa burger recipe, for […]
Growing Hazelnuts: A Wise Tree Choice For Homestead & Health
Are you happy when you can grow something that you don’t have to buy? Do you like nuts? Do you like a quick return on investments in your gardening and tree planting? Then, you just may want to plant hazelnut trees! The edible hazelnuts are a versatile, tasty food with good nutrition. They are even […]