Spend too much time in the kitchen cooking them! But hey, it’s autumn so being in a warm kitchen making yummy-smelling food which might even keep you fed over winter isn’t so bad…
Posts Tagged ‘foraging’
What to do with too many apples?
Posted in What to do with..., tagged apples, baking, cooking, dessert, food, foraging, fruit, leftovers, party food, pastry, pear, preserves, recipes on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Blackberry wine and apple fruit leather
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, tagged alcohol, cooking, food, foraging, fruit, preserves, recipes, vegetarian on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Making booze from fruit is an idea that’s always intrigued me. It sounds too good to be true that we can pick fruit for free all summer and turn it into warming winter cocktails! But all the recipes I’ve ever seen seemed a bit complicated and I was too intimidated to give it a try. But once I realised how simple it can be, I knew blackberry wine would be just the beginning…
First spring forages and food…
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, Side dishes, tagged alcohol, cooking, food, foraging, preserves, recipes, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Spring is here and food is growing again woop! I’ve been foraging a couple of times already and I’ve even harvested a few things from the garden…
What to do with sloes?
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, What to do with..., tagged alcohol, food, foraging, gifts, leftovers, preserves, recipes on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in October I went foraging for sloe berries for the first time. Foraging seems to be more and more popular at the moment and I had no trouble getting together a group of friends to join me! We all went home and made sloe gin from our berries and Christmas is the traditional time to take that first sip you’ve been waiting for…




