Recipes

Hogweed and Orange Shortbread

A wild take on a traditional flavour combination, these Orange and Hogweed shortbread biscuits have a wonderful festive flavour.

Pickled Wild Garlic Seeds

The blooming of the Wild Garlic flowers signals the end of their season but there is one final part of the plant that we can make use of.

Wild Garlic Scones

A deliciously wild take on a savoury scone, using just a few fresh Wild Garlic leaves, perfect warm and fresh from the oven.

Crafting Herbal Salves

Herbal salves can have so many different benefits, depending on which herbs you choose to use, and are so incredibly simple to make.

Nettle and 'Honey' Cake

Nettle cake is sweet and delicious, and wonderfully green all the way through. This recipe uses Dandelion 'honey' syrup as an alternative.

Rosehip Mince Pies

Mince pies have a long history almost as rich as they are, this recipe is a wild take on the traditional ingredients, using rosehips.

Crafting Elderberry Syrup

Classic Elderberry Syrup should be a cupboard essential for Winter, a simple recipe which brings a great many health benefits.

Bramble Jelly

Nothing sings more of the arrival of Autumn foraging for blackberries, and what better way to preserve them than making Bramble Jelly.

Crafting Wild Flower Syrups

Mid-Summer brings with it the heavy scents of so many beautiful edible wild flowers and one of the easiest ways to make the most of the...

Nettle and Wild Garlic Soup

A fresh and delicious combination, this soup is my go to for a little comfort on rainy Spring days. Using only a handful of ingredients,...

Wild Garlic Pesto

A wonderful introduction to cooking with wild food, wild garlic pesto is simple but delicious recipe, that is a staple come Spring for...

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Nothing quite says 'Hello Autumn' like the first apple and blackberry crumble of the year, fresh from the oven and still bubbling - a...

Blueberry and Elderflower Cake

This Blueberry and Elderflower cake is a deliciously sweet and tangy combination of two of my favourite summer ingredients. The soft cake...

Strawberry and Elderflower Cordial

A refreshing spin on the time honored summer classic. If you've only ever dabbled with wild food, I could hazard a guess and say you've...

Lilac Shortbread Rounds

A simple recipe for delicious shortbread biscuits made using the delicious taste of a favorite summer floral - lilac blossoms.

The Cramlington Forager

Here I share my own recipes which I use to make the most of seasonal wild food. You'll find handy foraging guides and plant profiles to help get to know the plants which grow all around us, and to start you down your own foraging journey.