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Edible Wild Plants

Recipes and harvesting guides for a variety of edible wild plants and mushrooms. You'll find step by step guides on how to gather edible wild plants safely, and then recipes on how to cook them once you've gathered them.

These are broken into sections covering edible wild greens, berries and other fruit, wild mushrooms, starches and nuts, as well as a selection of pickle recipes using wild plants.

how to clean nopales

How to Clean Nopales

By Hank Shaw on April 5, 2019, Updated October 15, 2020 - 9 Comments

How to clean nopales, prickly pear cactus paddles. Step by step instructions, with a video, on how to remove spines from nopales.

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A bowl of nopales en escabeche

Nopales en Escabeche

By Hank Shaw on February 1, 2019, Updated June 15, 2020 - 5 Comments

A recipe for nopales en escabeche, pickled nopales from Mexico. Prickly pear cactus pads, diced and piickled with jalapenos, carrots and onions.

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fireweed tea recipe

Fireweed Tea

By Hank Shaw on October 8, 2018, Updated June 16, 2020 - 43 Comments

Fireweed tea is a fermented, black tea like store-bought, only made from the leaves of fireweed, Chamaenerion angustifolium.

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band-tailed pigeon recipe

Fancy Pigeon

By Hank Shaw on October 1, 2018, Updated December 22, 2020 - 4 Comments

A band-tailed pigeon recipe that uses ingredients from where these game birds live. Acorn spatzle, a pigeon jus, pine nuts and various pickled fruits.

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prickly pear BBQ sauce recipe

Doves with Prickly Pear BBQ Sauce

By Hank Shaw on September 6, 2018, Updated June 23, 2020 - 10 Comments

A damn good barbecue sauce featuring the fruit of the prickly pear, also called a tuna.

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pickled blueberries with venison steak on a plate

Pickled Blueberries

By Hank Shaw on August 9, 2018, Updated October 29, 2020 - 25 Comments

Pickled blueberries – blueberries or huckleberries (or really any small berry) preserved in a semi-sweet vinegar. Use them alongside meat or poultry.

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trout with morels on a platter, ready to eat

Trout with Morels

By Hank Shaw on May 21, 2018, Updated June 16, 2020 - 12 Comments

Trout with morels is a classic springtime combo; you can often find the two in the same trip! Simple, pan-fried trout with bacon, morels and onions.

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A bowl of nettle soup.

Nettle Soup

By Hank Shaw on March 19, 2018, Updated June 6, 2022 - 13 Comments

A recipe for Scandinavian nettle soup; basically a nettle bisque. This recipe is based on Swedish nasselsoppa, and can be made with any vivid spring green.

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Hi, my name is Hank Shaw; I’m a James Beard Award-winning author and chef. I started this site back in 2007 to help you get the most out of all things wild: fish, game, edible wild plants and mushrooms. I also write cookbooks, have a website dedicated to the intersection of food and nature, and do a podcast, too. If it’s wild, you’ll find it here. Hope you enjoy the site!

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