Fancy some variety in the kitchen? Try it with wild herbs. This is the best recipe for the spread with herbs collected by yourself.
Hiking is not only a benefit for the head. With the right herbs, you also still have something from the hiking tour at home.
What should not be missing on any hiking tour? A small bag for fresh herbs. On the way, you can collect wild herbs unharmed and later turn them into a great spread, add them to smoothies or salads.
Tip: Make sure there is no hole in your bag. When you have collected the herbs, blow air into the bag and close it tightly. This way your wild herbs will make it home unharmed.
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Why you should make wild herb spreads yourself
Quite simply, wild herbs are full of vitamins. Many great recipes can be prepared with the intense flavor. Fresh herbs from the hiking tour bring variety into the kitchen.
Spreads in the supermarket are expensive and have little variety. Chives and parsley are usually the highest of the feelings. However, the purchased products often have little to do with herbs - they get their flavor from the addition of flavoring.
Therefore, many people do not even know how much flavor nature has to offer.
Since you process the herbs of your hiking tour fresh, they are a taste sensation for your palate. They also have a much higher content of vitamins and minerals.
Another plus is for the absence of artificial flavor enhancers, sugar and preservatives.
You are also very flexible with the quantity. To avoid eating the same spread for days, you can easily prepare small quantities. Everything that you can not consume, you simply give up a dandelion salad or a classic green salad and thus enhance it.
You have to try these curd spreads!
If you are interested in herbs, I can give you the book The Power of Herbs* recommend. It contains 350 recipes and ideas for herbs and wild herbs.
For example, how you can make herbal salt, herbal oil or creams from herbs. But also how you can turn weeds into recipes and experiences of over 30 herb women. I love this book!
Spread with wild herbs: how to do it
Spreads do not have to be complicated. There are many very simple recipes. You can add pepper, lemon juice, nuts, seeds or other herbs to the recipes I present here.
Which wild herbs you reach for, of course, depends on the season. Many grow only in summer, while others sprout only in autumn. And others provide a taste explosion in spring with their delicate flowers and leaves.
Of course, your sense of taste also plays a big role. One likes it better bitter, the other rather mild. By the way, you can choose from Wild herbs also prepare a delicious soup!
Eating wild herbs always sounds so easy. But which ones are suitable for a spread? It is important that you always collect only those herbs that you really know. If you are unsure, leave them alone.
There are mixed wild herbs available for purchase at many farmers markets as well, so you save yourself the work and can be sure of what you're ingesting.
Tip: You can rub edible herbs you're not sure of the taste of between your fingers first, smell them, and then taste them.
These wild herbs are suitable for your spread
- Goutweed: Thought by most to be a weed, goutweed is very rich in minerals. It tastes slightly nutty and is found mainly under trees. Collect the small, light green leaves for the spread.
- Nettle seeds: The seeds of nettle are very strengthening for our body. They are good for the bronchi, memory and at the same time are blood cleansing and detoxifying.
- Brownelle: From this purple flowering wild herb is especially suitable petals.
- Watercress: Similar in taste to the cress we know from the supermarket, but much more intense. It grows mainly in the spring.
- Wild garlic: brings a delicious garlic flavor to the spread. Should not be missing in any case! Likewise, the buds can be utilized.
- Daisies are usually not far away. Here, too, you can pluck off a few heads. They serve more for decoration than for taste.
- Red Clover: Red clover brings a little color to the spread. For this, pluck off the leaves of those flowers that have just blossomed.
- Sorrel: A slightly sour taste of our spread is provided by sorrel.
- Dost: In no case should be missing dost. It gives the typical taste to the wild herb spread. The dost is also called wild marjoram.
- Yarrow: Whether you want to have this herb in your spread, you should clarify beforehand. It tastes very intense. In the spread on the picture there are only 2-3 leaves of it. And a few flowers.
- Dandelion: Collect a few petals and small leaves of the plant.
Wild herbs spread with cottage cheese
Ingredients
- 1 Handful Herbs
- ½ Garlic clove
- 150 g Curd
- 50 g Yogurt
- ¼ TL Salt
Anleitung
- Wash the herbs only briefly. Do not soak them in water!1 handful of herbs
- Chop the herbs into small pieces. But use a sharp knife for this. The duller it is, the more essential oils end up on the cutting board. Put a few flowers aside for decoration.
- Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press.½ clove garlic
- Mix garlic, cottage cheese, yogurt, salt and herbs. Let the spread infuse briefly and it's ready.1 handful of herbs, 150 g curd cheese, 50 g yogurt, ¼ tsp salt, ½ clove garlic
Notes
- 8.8 grams carbohydrates
- 17.8 grams protein
- 7.5 grams fat
Nährwerte
If you don't feel like yogurt and cottage cheese, you can also make the wild herb spread vegan. Simply replace the dairy products with avocado.
How about an avocado spread for breakfast?
Where can I collect wild herbs?
You should collect wild herbs wherever there are few people and especially dogs. At the edge of the forest, in clearings or along the hiking trail, it is worth looking carefully. But even here I recommend you to leave the classic path at least 4 to 5 steps to collect no contaminated herbs.
Many fields use artificial fertilizers and pesticides - as good as the herbs look, you should leave such.
Always collect only as much as you can actually use. By picking flowers, you deprive insects of their food. However, you can collect a few flowers without any problems.
Who is unsure, attends a course for the identification of wild herbs. There are now also many online offers, but especially with this topic it is advantageous to attend a classic group course. Many hotels also offer guided walks with herbal experts.
In no case should you experiment yourself if you are not sure. There are many herbs that look confusingly similar. However, while some are very tasty, others are poisonous.
If necessary, the way to the farmers' market remains. Especially in March and April, there are plenty of wild herbs to be found here.
How to make your own wild garlic salt!
Our conclusion
Prepare wild herbs recipes is not difficult. The less the herbs are processed, the more flavor they retain. I like to slice them onto salad or make a delicious wild herb spread with them. If you don't know your way around, buy the herbs at the market. Never eat herbs you are unsure about!
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