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Foraging Tips, Tricks and Recipes

September 13, 2013

Foraging Ideas

A slightly more unusual topic for us here at Red Ted Art, but one that I LOVE: Foraging – going into the great outdoors with empty buckets and containers.. and coming back with nature’s gifts of blackberries, apples, elderberry and whatever else you can find! Foraging is a wonderful activity to do with kids. Helps the learn about their environment, the seasons and nature. As well appreciate “what we have” and “waste not want not”. Clearly, foraging will vary depending on what country you are in. This video shared is for people in the UK and other parts of Europe. The principles of forgaing apply and many recipes will also be suitable for other foraged fruit. Blackberries here in the UK, will be Blueberries in Canada or Cherries in Austria (actually, you probably find blackberries pretty much everywhere???). Anyway. The video below is quite long at 30min.. I encourage you to turn it on and whilst you potter in the kitchen or complete some chore like the ironing listen to us natter way. See what you can pick up. I know I will be making some nut crunch this weekend for sure!!!!

Foraging tips and recipe ideas include:

Jams, Foragers cake, ย drying Rose hips and Meadowsweet for tea, ย fruit beena, Elderberry cough syrup (I am impressed!!), ย Elderflower cordial, Apple cider vinegar (love that you use the “left overs” from a peeled apple), Lavender ice cream, ย Blackberry cordial, ย Cobnut brittle, ย Blackberry jelly, Pear cake and freezing fruit.

Foraging Tips and Tricks

Some links… on Foraging

1) Foraging with Kids (an introduction)

2) Blackberry Jam

3) Foragers Cake

4) Point 2.4’s tips

5) Elderberry Cough Syrup

6) Lavender Ice Cream

7) Salt & Caramel Crunch (delicious!!)

8) Blackberry Tie Dye

9) Pear Muffins

10) 10 Blackberry Recipes

11) Crab Apple Jelly

There is another lovely post on foraging over on Country Kids

12) Make Elderflower Cordial (super easy recipe!)

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Filed Under: Autumn, Nature, Recipes, vlogs 7 Comments

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  1. Luschka says

    September 20, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    We do loads of foraging, and we learnt, of all places, in South London. There’s a group that goes around the area once a month. It’s awesome. Let me know if you want me to look them up! Very child friendly too!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      September 21, 2013 at 7:15 am

      Foraging is fabulous, isn’t it?! Luschka!!

      Reply

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  1. Crab Apple Jelly Recipe | Life At The ZooLife At The Zoo says:
    September 24, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    […] our foraging continues. We love collecting things from nature and mkaing the most of it. So when I spotted some […]

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  2. How to Make Vinegar from Apple Peelings | Life At The ZooLife At The Zoo says:
    October 20, 2013 at 8:40 am

    […] apple peels and cores is RIGHT up my alley! I first learnt about it from Blue Bear Wood on our Foraging Tops & Tricks hangout. Simply genius and so […]

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  3. Country Kids from Coombe Mill says:
    July 31, 2014 at 9:37 pm

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  4. Easy Elderflower Cordial Recipe - Life At The Zoo says:
    May 27, 2015 at 4:32 pm

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    September 11, 2018 at 7:00 am

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