Wow this is our 300th post! So what a better way to celebrate than to share some wild edibles! One of my favorite teas is Sassafras Tea. The best way is to harvest the roots of the small sprouts, clean, dry and then boil in hot water, steep, strain and add coconut sugar to sweeten.
The next is Garlic Mustard Pesto that my friend Scott turned me onto
last year. It grows wild and is free! It's an invasive species so why
not pick a bunch for your lunch!
In the picture to the right, is what it looks like in the first year of growth. The flavor is really in the second year of growth...
This is what it looks like in the second year, taller and the tops are seed pods. When you harvest this don't put it in a compost, discard or burn, we have enough growing.
Often it will have white tiny flowers and will smell of garlic and slight mustard all at the same time!
So pick as much as you want to make. It can be frozen and used at another date after processing.
Wash it and strain it. Pick the leaves off the stems, however you can include some stems, there is flavor there too!
I put the leaves into a food processor, added some garlic, Parmesan cheese, sea salt and fresh ground pepper and there you got it, Garlic Mustard Pesto harvested from the weeds growing wild in my yard! it is good to freeze, serve to friends who stop by on crackers or over pasta! Yum!
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