food
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Eat the Weeds: Eating Stuff in April That I Did Not Plant
Today I was eating some Beans and $H!T, and as I was warming up the beans, I started walking around my yard to see what I could put in there to increase the nutritional value of my easy meal. Typically, when people think about foraging, they think of nature, forests, native species, etc. But I’ve
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Budget Meals: Beans and $H!T
No, not literal $H!T, but it all ends up there anyway. Not every meal has to be gourmet, but I am a big advocate for maximizing the nutritional value of even the easiest meals, usually by adding fibre in the form of easy and diverse greens, as well as a protein (i.e. whatever’s clever). This
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Wild foods: Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
For years, I’ve been harvesting Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica) on the west coast. I blanch them (quickly boil and then ice bath), squeeze them into a ball, and freeze them on a tray. Super simple, and if I harvest enough in one session or two, I can stock the freezer to get me through to
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Wild food identification resources
Okay, first of all… make sure you’ve read our Terms of Use and Safe Harvesting Tips… Now you can keep reading 🔎 The Pacific Northwest is amazing. In the qathet Region and beyond, the forests, fields, coastline, intertidal zones, and even the disturbed areas offer an exceptional diversity of edible organisms, including plants, fungi, and
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Safe Harvesting Tips
Safe Harvesting Practices Harvesting wild resources, whether plants, fungi, or other natural materials, is fundamentally about judgment. The risks are rarely dramatic or obvious; they are cumulative, contextual, and often invisible. Safe harvesting is less about memorizing rules and more about developing good habits. This applies equally to foraging food, collecting medicinal plants, or gathering
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Why Frozen Spinach Deserves a Permanent Spot in Your Freezer
Frozen spinach rarely gets enthusiasm. And I get it… It is not trendy, photogenic, or exciting. And yet, from a practical standpoint, it may be one of the highest-value foods you can keep on hand. It is inexpensive, long-lasting, nutrient-dense, and endlessly adaptable—exactly the kind of ingredient that quietly improves your options day after day.
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Sprucing up your ramen
Elevating Instant Ramen with What You Already Have Instant ramen is cheap, shelf-stable, and fast to make. But on its own, it’s fairly thin in nutritionally. But with a small amount of intention, ramen can become a practical base for a solid meal. The goal here is not gourmet cooking from scratch, but taking an
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Eat the Weeds: Chickweed (Stellaria media)
I absolutely love that it’s early January and I’m still harvesting fresh greens from the garden. Mind you, these are not greens that I’ve planted, but they sure are greens that I did not weed out! Here’s a picture I took today of Chickweed (Stellaria media) growing out of rich soil I have spent many