Beef
Barbecue Dolmas Stuffed with Bacon, Beef, and Cheese
These barbecue dolmas are stuffed with chopped bacon, ground beef, smoked havarti cheese, and bbq sauce. Um, yes please!
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Breakfast
Danish Koldscål with Wild Raspberries
This Danish koldscål with wild raspberries is the perfect summer treat. Enjoy it during the hot summer months when berries are peaking!
Big Game
Venison Steaks with Creamed Hominy and Pigweed
These venison steaks with creamed hominy and pigweed recipe uses both wild game and wild edibles to create an incredibly delicious dish!
Big Game
Wild Pork Loin with Wild Strawberry Tarragon Vinaigrette
This wild pork loin with wild strawberry and tarragon vinaigrette is a gorgeous treat to eat in June when wild strawberries are in season!
Big Game
Boreal Venison Sausage
Video – These boreal venison and pork sausages are stuffed full of woodsy aromatics like spruce tips, spruce salt, and Labrador tea!
Foraged Foods
Mongolian Mushroom Stir Fry
This Mongolian mushroom stir fry has nothing to do with the cuisine of Mongolia, but it is coated in the eponymous sweet and salty sauce!
Foraged Foods
How to Harvest Pavement Mushrooms
Video: Join the Intrepid Eater in this video where he’ll show you how to identify and harvest Agaricus bitorquis, or pavement mushrooms!
Foraged Foods
Asparagus and Spruce Tip Risotto
This asparagus and spruce tip risotto is the perfect vegetarian meal to make before springtime swings into summer!
Domestic
Bacon and Mushroom Lasagna
This bacon and mushroom lasagna was made with wild Agaricus bitorquis mushrooms, but could easily be made with white buttons or portobellos!
Foraged Foods
How to Harvest Burdock Root
Video – Learn how to harvest burdock root with the Intrepid Eater! Burdock is best harvested in the spring or in the fall from first year plants.
Fish
Springtime Pike Chowder
This springtime pike chowder makes use of spring-caught northern pike, fiddleheads, pheasant back mushrooms, and other spring treats!
Foraged Foods
Spruce Tip Marinated Goat Cheese
This spruce tip marinated goat cheese is an incredible way to use up some of your spring spruce tip foraging bounty!
Foraged Foods
Mashed Potatoes with Spruce Tip Swirl
These mashed potatoes with a spruce tip swirl are a delicious and impressive dish to present to guests during the spring time!
Baking
Pheasant Back and Kasha Knishes
These pheasant back and kasha knishes are baked goodies stuffed with wild mushrooms and buckwheat, done in the New York style!
Fish
Spruce Tip Pickled Pike
This spruce tip pickled pike is the perfect thing to make with smallish pike that are biting hard in the spring when the spruce are budding!