Posted in frugal living, grow your own food, make it yourself, recipes, self-sufficiency, wild foods, tagged nettles on 7 May 2008 | No Comments »
what are nettles good for #5 - nettle pasta
After making the nettle beer, I was left with a panful of nettle pulp with a few bits of lemon peel. I picked these out and thought… seems a shame to have done all that tedious nettle picking and then throw them away and only keep the [...]
Posted in frugal living, grow your own food, recipes, self-sufficiency, wild foods, tagged nettles on 4 May 2008 | 3 Comments »
what are nettles good for #4
Honestly, I thought nettle beer would be disgusting….and it’s not - its really very good!.. made in a similar way to elderflower champagne (but not quite as wonderful).
Me being me.. I looked at a few recipes for nettle beer, then tweaked it into my own. A hit with us - so [...]
Posted in frugal living, grow your own food, recipes, self-sufficiency, wild foods, tagged nettles on 30 April 2008 | No Comments »
#3 in what are nettles good for? nettle soup.
I cooked nettles last year and found they were horrible.. now I realise the trick is to only pick young nettles, and to only pick the tips. a bit tedious, and gloves are mandatory, but they are free.. and free is my favourite price. There are lots [...]
Posted in home education, wild foods, tagged nettles on 28 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
#2 Interesting home education experiment: colour changing nettle tea
I got this idea from this site when I was looking for recipes for nettle tea. Actually you don’t need a recipe for nettle tea.. it is nettles and hot water! … but best to choose young nettle tips. The tea will be green.. darker green the [...]
Posted in grow your own food, recipes, self-sufficiency, wild foods, tagged apples, fruit, nuts on 12 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
some last ofs. Himself cracked the last of the hazelnuts we harvested last Autumn, roasted them, and made the last batch of hazelnut chocolate chip cookies. Shall miss them, but this is seasonal eating I guess. We didn’t do anything fancy to store them, they have just been lurking in a bowl with the nutcracker.
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