Wild Cooking

Hawthorn Berry Syrup

Hawthorn Syrup or Jam is an incredibly tasty way to enjoy the abundant red berries. Many say it tastes a bit like Strawberry Jam! It is a simple process and can be enjoyed with roasted apples or other delights.

Elderflower and Lemon Drizzle Cake

Elderflowers are for many the smell and taste of Summer. They are out for a relatively short window of time in the year and there are many delicious things you can make with them. Here we show how to make an Elderflower and Lemon Drizzle Cake.

Hawthorn and Crab Apple Fruit Leather

Celebrating the abundance of Autumn is a wonderful seasonal thing to do. By making fruit leathers out of ripe, red Hawthorn Berries and Crab Apples, we can preserve their yummy nutrition for Winter months ahead.

Nettle and Cheese Bread

I take you through how to make a delicious nettle and cheese bread in a dutch oven.  Then I’ll go through some variations that can be more helpful in some group settings. 

Roasting Sweet Chestnuts

Here we gather Sweet Chestnuts to roast in the embers on an open fire as well as suggest a couple of other ways to enjoy these woodland treats!

Elderflower Lookalikes to Get to Know

Foraging Elderflowers offers delicious opportunities. At a quick glance though they can look similar to other clusters of white flowers, some of which are toxic. This film gives a brief handshake with some of these lookalikes.

Quick Elderflower Cordial

The feeling of summer stored in a drink!  Here we go through how to make a quick elderflower cordial over the fire with a group to be drunk the same day or very soon after.

Pine Pollen Pancakes

Each year, there is a short window of just a few weeks when the Pine Trees are forming their pollen catkins ready for pollination.  Just as they become mature, they offer an incredibly nutritious and delicious food source.

Making Spring Green Pesto

Pesto is a popular sauce for pasta and wonderful accompaniment to spread on crackers and such like.  Here Anna shows you how to make pesto from foraged Spring greens that are common...

Spring Green Foraging

Here Anna gathers four common Spring greens: Nettles, Wild Garlic, Bramble tips and Hawthorn leaves.  In the following video she uses these Spring greens to make a pesto...

Spring Green Salad

Anna introduces nine common Spring plants that grow in gardens, hedgerows and meadows that you can get to know, add to your salads and enjoy their gifts.

Cleavers Juice

Here Anna shows you a couple of ways of bringing the Spring goodness and juice out of this common plant to make a scrumptious Spring tonic. Cleavers (Galium Aperine) or sticky weed comes up in March...

Nourishing Nettle Tips

Nettles are one of the first foraging opportunities in the new year... Here we share the properties of the nettle, some ways to harvest the tender greens and enjoy as tea or added to soup.

Respectful Harvest

Plants have so many gifts to share, from food and medicine to materials for crafting and whittling, to fuel for our fires. Here we consider how we can harvest from the plants in a respectful way...

Safe Foraging Practice

Whilst plants have so many gifts to offer and there can be many health and connection benefits to foraging, you must be aware of the hazards. As many of us have grown up without being shown about wild foods, it is crucial to learn the risks before foraging.

Cooking Dandelion Fritters

Celebrating the familiar and common dandelion! Here we go through gathering dandelion flowers, making a batter and frying up yummy fritters or little sunshine pancakes to enjoy.