recipes for invasive plants

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Last week, a friend of mine showed me the APWG recipe page, called Eat Your Weedies.  Some of the links there include recipes for garlic mustard soup, Japanese knotwood and apple pie, barberry jelly, and rose hip jam.  I know some of us have talked about trying to learn to identify and hunt mushrooms, but most of these invasives are much easier to spot.  And, hey, eating invasive plants gives the native plants just a little more of a chance, in addition to being relatively simple to find nearby.

(Lilac shown because I bought a branch of lilac blossoms at the farmers’ market this morning.  I don’t recommend eating them.)