Wild edibles are fun to forage for and a great source of free food! There are wild edibles just waiting for you to pick them in your own backyard. Of course, before eating any wild edible you must properly identify it, and be 100% sure what you eat is edible. Here are 16 recipes that use wild edibles that you will love!

Drinks

Elderberry Wine

Elderflower Soda

Fermented Rosehip Soda

Wild Nettles Beer

Savory

Dandelion Egg Noodles

Dandelion Flower Fritters

Pontack Sauce (Elderberry Ketchup)

Creamy Stinging Nettles Dip with Roasted Garlic & Mint

Nettle Gomae 

Nettle And Ramps Pesto

Eating Hop Shoots

Sweet

Wild Violet Muffins With Wild Violet Sugar

Strawberry Rose Hip Jam

Forsythia Syrup

Wild Violet Granola

Spruce Tip Ice Cream (Dairy Free)