From the Wild by Heidi Merika

An essential companion to identifying, cooking and enjoying common wild plants for health and healing.

Discover the joys of wild plants for food and herbal medicine with From the Wild, a cookbook offering a simple, resourceful, nature-based approach to health and wellbeing. Qualified naturopath and medical herbalist Heidi Merika draws on her decades of experience to create delicious, nutritious, plant-based recipes and healing home remedies with 30 of the world's most common edible wild plants, from cat's ear to cobbler's pegs, dandelion to dock, and nasturtium to wild raspberry.

Featuring more than 100 recipes, this celebration of the wild also includes practical information on:

¿ correctly identifying wild plants

¿ foraging safely and sustainably, all year round

¿ harvesting, cooking and preparing

¿ nutritional value and beneficial properties

¿ herbal medicine fundamentals and uses.

Inspiring you to make the most of the plants growing in your backyard, From the Wild is the guide you need to forage, cook and eat wild foods for abundant health.

Heidi Merika is a nationally respected naturopath, medical herbalist and wildcrafting/foraging expert

Topical and timely as backyard foraging grows in popularity for budget, environmental and food-security reasons

Features 30 of the world's most common edible wild plants with delicious recipes, foraging guide and traditional medicine information for each