Nettle :

A Walk on the Wild Side with Crescent Dragonwagon: Nettle Pesto and a Blog Giveaway

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I just returned from Portland, Twitter hashtag PDX. There for the annual conference of IACP (short for International Association of Culinary Professionals), over the course of a week long stay, I listened to fascinating discussions, ate and drank[...]

Dried Stinging Nettles, Nettle Soup recipe and Cooking with Nettles information

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Nettle grows like crazy here in the Pacific Northwest. Lucky for us ferns do too so if we get stung collecting fresh (stinging) nettles relief is usually close at hand- just rub the underside of the fern leaf on the stings. I found a reliable[...]

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Stinging what? Stinging nettles?? Brought home a big bunch of stinging nettles from the farmers' market yesterday. A new culinary find for me; have developed a thing for weeds as of late thanks to Beth and the crew at Green Acres Farm . You might[...]

That really does sting

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I’ve become interested in the idea of foraging. Being the timid city dweller that I am, I’m not quite ready to put down my purse and shimmy up trees, traipse through swamps, or scrounge under rotten logs. I’ve been reading about the[...]

Revenge On The Nettles

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As a child, one of the things that was sure to spoil a day in the park was a leg covered in welts from having run into a patch of stinging nettles. I know that nettle tea has been used for a long time to treat everything from arthritis and[...]

The Nettles Strike Back.

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A few weeks ago I posted a little about my love of cooking with stinging nettles and used them in some tasty ravioli. In my book, the only thing better than really tasty food is food which is not only delicious, but mostly free, incredibly healthy[...]

4 Foraged Teas For Better Health

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Many people hold their ground pretty firmly on whether they are a ?tea person? or a ?coffee person?. Both can contain caffeine, although the caffeine in tea typically feels less abrasive than a shot of espresso or black coffee. As someone who[...]

If you go down to the woods today

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School holidays are wonderful.  The kids love them.  Who wouldn’t?  Before the Easter holidays, however, I did my usual secret panic attack: how was I going to keep my dynamic girls occupied for two whole weeks? Sure, we live half an hour[...]

Urban Foraging, Wild Greens and More

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Who dosnt like getting stuff for free! Urban Foraging is a great term that just means getting stuff for free and either eating it or reusing it.  I am a great believer in recycling also.  Recycling and Urban foraging are really quite[...]

Irish nettle soup

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1 pt Nettle tops 1 oz Butter 1 oz Oatmeal 10 fl Water, stock or milk Salt and pepper Wash the young nettle tops in several changes of cold water, WEARING RUBBER GLOVES!!!! Chop finely, or mince. Melt butter in pot. Sprinkle in oatmeal and[...]